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Philly colleges COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Philly to implement COVID-19 vaccine mandate for colleges, health care systems

N.J. to reverse course, reimplement COVID-19 mask mandate in schools this fall

Nearly 20,000 Philly students are behind on state vaccinations, could face bans from school

School Immunizations

Upper Merion School District employees must get vaccine or weekly COVID-19 tests

Upper Merion School District

Murphy signs bill requiring all N.J. middle schools to teach civic education

New Jersey Civics

Bucks County teacher's aide charged with having sex with 14-year-old student

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Philly schools finalize new bell schedule with more than 3 start times

Philly schools start times

Philly teachers, students must wear masks when school returns this fall

Masks Philly Schools

Philly students to receive new SEPTA fare card as replacement for Transpasses

SEPTA Student Fare Card

Radnor selects new school nickname after removal of former mascot, Native American imagery

Radnor High School nickname

N.J. to lift COVID-19 mask mandate in schools this fall

South Philly's Andrew Jackson School to be renamed for Fanny Jackson Coppin

Andrew Jackson School name change

St. Joe's University to absorb USciences in forthcoming merger

St. Joe's USciences merger

Villanova University requiring all students, employees to be fully vaccinated by August

Villanova University COVID-19 vaccine

Penn mandates all faculty, staff must be fully vaccinated by August

Penn employees COVID-19 vaccine

Philly schools may operate on new schedules next fall

Philly Schools Schedule

All New Jersey schools expected to fully reopen next fall

Can schools require COVID-19 vaccines for students now that Pfizer's shot is authorized for kids 12 and up?

Rowan University offering students incentives to get COVID-19 vaccine ahead of fall semester

Rowan University COVID-19 vaccines

Transphobic incident at N.J. restaurant results in school district's investigation of vice principal's involvement

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Philly pre-K students may now qualify for the city's free internet services program

phlconnected internet program

Penn, Drexel to require students receive COVID-19 vaccine for fall semester

Penn Drexel COVID-19 vaccines

Pennsylvania's state-owned universities freeze in-state tuition for third straight year

Philly school district staffer named 'Pennsylvania School Nurse of the Year'

philly school nurse award

Pennsylvania relaxes social distancing guidelines for students in classrooms

Pennsylvania schools social distancing

Keep your COVID-19 vaccination card in a safe place — you may need it later

Philly schools to welcome back more elementary students in late April

School District of Philadelphia

More Philly public schools set to resume in-person learning this week

School District of Philadelphia

Cabrini University to cut some academic programs, staff in effort to address financial woes

Cabrini University programs cut

School District of Philadelphia to expand hybrid instruction model to more students

School District of Philadelphia

New Jersey named top state for public education by U.S. News & World Report

Pennsylvania to establish COVID-19 vaccine sites for teachers, school staffers

Pennsylvania teachers COVID-19 vaccine

New law requires N.J. school districts to teach diversity and inclusion classes

New Jersey public schools

New Jersey to open COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to teachers, essential workers

For first time in a year, some Philly public schools to open next week for hybrid learning

philly schools hybrid march

New details on reopening plan for Philly schools expected Monday

Philly schools reopening plan

Teachers more likely to drive COVID-19 transmission at schools, CDC finds

COVID transmission in schools

Philly schools postpone reopening until March

School District of Philadelphia

CDC releases new guidance to reopen schools and limit spread of COVID-19

Schools Reopening CDC

CHOP partners with Philly to get city teachers the COVID-19 vaccine

CHOP Teachers Vaccine

Philly teachers don't need to return to schools Monday, Mayor Kenney says

Philly teachers union

Philly teachers union tells members not to return to schools on Monday because of safety concerns

Philadelphia school district reopening

South Philly's Andrew Jackson School community getting chance to distance itself from namesake's troubling past

Andrew Jackson School Renamed

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