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coronavirus, early childhood, funding, governor wolf, jim kenney

July 13 — 12:20 pm

Child care centers are reopening, but all is not well

Last Monday morning, Adrian Jackell was ecstatic. It was his first day back in his early childhood center in more

Dale Mezzacappa and Bill Hangley Jr.

activism, activism/organizing, central high school, coronavirus, discrimination, equity, healthy schools, high school selection, magnet schools, Masterman

July 12 — 10:58 pm

Students, teachers, alumni march against racism in schools

From toxins in educational facilities, to plummeting representation at selective schools, to white classmates casually dropping the n-word, Black students

Neena Hagen

coronavirus, health, jerry jordan, philadelphia federation of teachers, philadelphia school partnership, superintendent hite, william hite

July 10 — 8:30 am

A careful process meets a rash demand

Worlds collided this week when Philadelphia School District officials, now deep in the weeds of their own planning process for

Bill Hangley Jr.

charter schools, charters, coronavirus, funding

July 7 — 11:08 am

Philly-area charters receive $30 million-plus in PPP loans

THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED to reflect that KIPP Philadelphia did not accept its loan and make some other clarifications. More

Neena Hagen and Dale Mezzacappa

community voices, coronavirus, facilities, fall, william hite

July 1 — 5:26 pm

Survey: Most students, staff say they will return to school if safety measures are in place

Most students, parents, and school-based staff who responded to a Philadelphia School District reopening survey indicated that they would feel

Neena Hagen

coronavirus, fall, online learning, philadelphia federation of teachers

June 29 — 3:49 pm

Teachers prefer hybrid reopening model to full-time online or in school

This story has been updated. A majority of Philadelphia teachers responding to a union survey say that they prefer a

Dale Mezzacappa

activism, board of education, charter schools, coronavirus, equity, magnet schools, philadelphia school partnership, philadelphia student union, racial equity, school climate, school police, school police officer, school safety, special admit schools

June 26 — 8:13 am

Board supports ‘re-imagining,’ but not disbanding, school police

This story has been updated. This story has been corrected to note that it was Ameen Akbar, not Julia Danzy,

Dale Mezzacappa

coronavirus, graduation, keystone crossroads, whyy news

June 25 — 4:02 pm

The class of 2020: Three students come of age as pandemic meets racial reckoning

The class of 2020 is bound for the history books. They were born in the wake of 9-11. Entered kindergarten

Kevin McCorry, Avi Wolfman-Arent, Miles Bryant
WHYY NEWS

comcast, coronavirus, equity, internet access, william hite

June 24 — 11:20 am

Comcast extends offer of two months free internet to new customers, as well as public hotspot availability

UPDATE 6/24: Comcast announced Wednesday that it is also extending through the end of 2020 access to its 1.5 million

Dale Mezzacappa
computer keyboard

coronavirus, teachers

June 23 — 2:18 pm

Long-time elementary teacher prepares for seeing students in person again

Since mid-April, Notebook Contributing Editor Dale Mezzacappa has spoken to 1st-grade teacher Mattie Davis nearly every day. She would call

Dale Mezzacappa
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