Schools

Standardized Test Scores

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

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

Frankford Aviation student.JPG

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

Satanic Delco Garnet Valley

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

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

School District Start Times

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

School Segregation

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

Philly schools to bring back COVID-19 mask mandate, citing spike in cases

Philly Schools Mask Mandate

Pa. schools need more funding, A.G. Josh Shapiro, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, argues in court case

New Jersey bill would provide menstrual products to all students in middle and high schools

New Jersey Menstrual Equity

Northeast Philly Catholic school accidentally sold Mother's Day flowers stuffed with thongs

St. Anselm School Thong

Hindu priest urges schools in New Jersey to observe Diwali as more districts add holiday

Philadelphia school district unveils website to track yearlong review of its aging infrastructure

Facilities Planning Process

Philadelphia public schools continue to lose Black teachers as city officials vow improvement

Teacher Diversity

Masterman High School cracks top 10 in U.S. News national rankings

Masterman US News rankings

New Jersey public schools could soon be required to teach about 9/11, global response to terrorism

9/11 Education

Pennsylvania state universities to freeze tuition for fourth consecutive year

Pennsylvania state universities tuition freeze

Pennsylvania schools have banned books more often than every state but Texas since last summer

Pennsylvania Book Bans

New Jersey high schools should start later to give teens much-needed sleep, lawmakers say

New Jersey School Start Times

School District of Philadelphia selects Tony Watlington as next superintendent

Tony Watlington School District of Philadelphia

Gov. Wolf instructs Pennsylvania schools to prepare for Ukrainian refugees

Ukrainian Refugees Pennsylvania

Guida's milk pulled from New Jersey schools in response to Camden students getting sick

Milk Sanitizer Camden

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