Schools

NJ school shootings police

3 juveniles arrested for threatening shootings at 5 South Jersey schools

Classes will end three hours early Tuesday and Wednesday at 63 Philly schools without proper AC

Early school dismissals

Abington School District joins growing push to restrict students' use of cell phones in class

Abington School Phones

Test program that would lock up students' phones at school advances in Pa. Senate's education committee

Philly to test leaving 25 schools open all year by adding optional summer programs

Philly Year Round School

Frankford High School to fully reopen in 2025 after asbestos abatement

Frankford High asbestos

Delco school community fights plan to close ecology center that houses beloved tortoise

Tortoise Delco School

Two local educators are in the running for America's Favorite Teacher

Teacher Jim Rockenbach

Ex-Upper Darby school principal acquitted of sexual assault charges

Delco Principal Acquitted

Jalen Hurts donates $200K for air conditioning units in 10 Philly schools

Atlantic City mayor and wife charged with abusing teenage daughter

Mayor Cherelle Parker nominiates nine candidates for Philly school board

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Pennsylvania House committee passes bill targeting youth social media use

Social media youth safety bill Brian Munroe

Philadelphia school board's vice president announces intention to resign in April

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Parents at Port Richmond school receive letter warning of mpox infection

Philadelphia public schools hope to raise $40 million by 2028

Philly public school funding

Fight at Robeson High School high school put school on lockdown

012324 fight Robeson High School

Pennsylvania needs $5.4 billion to bring underfunded schools up to par, commission finds

Mayor Cherelle Parker delivers hopeful message at inauguration, says 'it's on us' to change Philly

Mayor Charelle Parker inauguration

Philadelphia reduces school-based arrests by 91% since 2013

Philadelphia School Arrests Drop

Pennsylvania ranks near the bottom in national study of charter school performance

Pennsylvania Charter Schools Ranking

Former J.R. Masterman School teacher fatally struck by car while biking in Roxborough

Cyclist Killed Masterman

New HBO documentary follows Philly high schoolers as they record an album

Stand Up & Shout documentary

Villanova University to take over Cabrini campus following academic year

cabrini villanova finalize agreement

A SEPTA strike may force Philly schools to go virtual – but the district prefers to avoid that scenario

SEPTA Strike Philly Schools

Lawsuit settlement allows Pennsylvania students with disabilities another year in school

6 North Philly schools to receive road and crosswalk safety upgrades with $25 million in federal funding

Traffic zone upgrades

New Jersey to waive sales tax on school supplies through Labor Day

Sales Tax Holiday NJ

Children's Health

New Jersey schools to provide free menstrual products to students

Children's Health

Eating breakfast improves academic performance, and in Pennsylvania, all public schools again will serve it for free

Pa. Free Breakfast Shapiro

Youth suicide attempts increase during the school year and fall during the summer, study finds

Suicide Risk School Year

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Philly kids can get free school supplies, immunizations at these summer events hosted by the district

Philly Back to School

Cabrini University to close in 2024 after years of financial trouble; Villanova to buy campus property

Cabrini closing Villanova

Upper Darby bus driver charged with duct taping 10-year-old to seat

Upper Darby Bus Driver

Pennsylvania student teachers could receive $10,000 stipend under proposed law

Student Teacher Stipend

As Philly's next mayor, Cherelle Parker says struggling communities would be her top concern

Cherelle Parker Philly Mayor

Lehigh Valley school district must allow after school club run by Satanic group, federal judge rules

Saucon Valley Satan Club

A sixth Philadelphia school closed after asbestos exposure, City Council wants independent oversight of buildings

Universal Vare School asbestos

School District of Philadelphia anticipates more asbestos will be identified after two more schools closed

More asbestos philly schools

15-year-old shot and killed near Simon Gratz High School, police say

Simon Gratz Student Shot

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

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