Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is not considering reinstating a statewide mandate for mask wearing in K-12 schools despite Tuesday’s updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommending everyone in… Read More
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday reversed its mask guidance to specifically target areas of the country with the highest levels of the coronavirus and recommended that… Read More
Improvements to school ventilation systems and doubling down on disinfection and social distancing measures are not going to be enough. As schools across Pennsylvania and the country gear up for… Read More
Spending an extra year in school — and a second year in the same grade — to pick up the lessons missed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic apparently… Read More
With the new school year fast approaching and the COVID-10 pandemic still hanging around, school districts are finalizing their preparations to ensure a safe return to in-person, five-day-a-week instruction. They… Read More
As local school districts look to fill their rosters this summer for the upcoming school year, they’re finding that it’s becoming more difficult. While district leaders aren’t reporting that won’t… Read More
New COVID-19 cases among children are back on the rise after months of declines, just as schools across the United States are gearing up to reopen in a few weeks. The… Read More
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights released a Q&A document Tuesday highlighting procedures schools should take when responding to reports of sexual harassment, which follows policy based on… Read More
With COVID-19 cases soaring nationwide, school districts across the U.S. are yet again confronting the realities of a polarized country and the lingering pandemic as they navigate mask requirements, vaccine… Read More
More than a third of Pennsylvania’s students are children of color, and just 6% of its educators are teachers of color — one of the starkest gaps in the nation…. Read More