Schools

Pennsylvania schools are not required to have AEDs – new legislation aims to change that

School District of Philadelphia to relocate Building 21 students following asbestos exposure

Building 21 school students relocated asbestos outbreak

Philly school district adopts new calendar; first day of classes will begin after Labor Day this fall

School Distirct of Philadelphia calendar changes

Police seek 3 men who shot 7 people, including a toddler, near Strawberry Mansion school

Strawberry Mansion Shooting

St. Hubert's expels students responsible for racist blackface video

St. Hubert Students Expelled

Students at two Philly high schools face discipline for racist blackface video

St. Hubert Catholic School

Pennsylvania school funding formula is unconstitutional, judge rules in landmark case

Pennsylvania School Funding Case

Cantina La Martina's to host competition among 10 street vendors to see who makes best tamales

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AEDs are lifesaving tools, but they're not required at Pa. school sporting events; A proposed law would change that

Pa. senators make push to allow freedom of religious dress for teachers across the state

Former Glen Mills Schools students reach $3 million settlement over abuse claims

Glen Mills Schools

School District of Philadelphia delays its lottery for special-admissions schools

School District special admissions lottery postponed

Meek Mill, Kevin Hart, Michael Rubin to donate another $7 million to Philly private and parochial schools

Philadelphia schools will require students, staff to wear masks for two weeks after winter break

Philadelphia school district mask mandate winter break

N.J. schools must submit digital maps of buildings to police to help first responders in emergencies

New Jersey School Safety Maps

Pennsylvania's standardized test scores are still below pre-pandemic levels, data shows

Standardized Test Scores

A few Philly high school students are learning to fly as part of a program that's finally getting off the ground

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Philly ballot questions: Voters to consider new aviation department and boost for school district's CTE grads

November 2022 Ballot Questions

School District of Philadelphia considers adding more 'phone-free' classrooms

Yondr pouch Philly schools

17-year-old faces charges for bomb threat at Coatesville Area Senior High School

Coatesville Bomb Threats

Camden County schools will receive naloxone kits in effort to prevent opioid overdoses

Roxborough High School receives $500K in state funding to enhance security in wake of deadly shooting

Roxborough Shooting Security Funding

ACLU federal complaint alleges Central Bucks School District of discriminating against LGBTQ students

Children's Health

Children with head lice can remain in school, new AAP guidelines say

Satanists win again in Delco as another school district amends its dress code

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Children's Health

School start times, screen time late in the evening exacerbate sleep deprivation in teens

Teen sleep deprivation

All Pennsylvania students can receive free breakfasts again this school year

Free Breakfast Pennsylvania

Penn, Princeton fall in Forbes' annual ranking of best U.S. colleges

Penn Forbes College

Gun shipment mistakenly delivered to Chester High School by FedEx

Chester High Guns

For first 10 days of class, Philly school district students and staff will be required to wear masks

School COVID Policy

New Jersey schools will form threat assessment teams in effort to prevent student violence

New Jersey school threat assessment

Pennsylvania seeks to reverse teacher shortage, diversify staff in K-12 schools with new plan

Teacher Shortage

Lancaster County school district adopts athletic policy restricting trans students in sports

Trans Sports Lancaster County

New Jersey to lift sales tax on back-to-school supplies later this summer

NJ School Supplies Tax Holiday

New superintendent of Philly schools to conduct listening tour during his first 100 days

Watlington SDP Superintendent

Community College of Philadelphia to forgive $1.4 million in student debts

Community College of Philadelphia

Pennsylvania bill would limit discussions of gender identity, sexual orientation in elementary schools

Transparency Bill

St. Joseph's University finalizes merger with University of the Sciences

St. Joseph's Merger

'Abbott Elementary' creator Quinta Brunson rejects fan requests for school shooting episode

Abbott Elementary Uvalde

Schools in Philadelphia region are among most segregated in the U.S.

School Segregation

Philly's public high schools will not start later in the fall

School District Start Times

Teen charged with stabbing student at Coatesville Area Senior High School

Coatesville High School Stabbing

City Council votes to approve additional asbestos inspections for Philadelphia schools

School District Asbestos

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