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
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July 13 — 12:20 pmLast Monday morning, Adrian Jackell was ecstatic. It was his first day back in his early childhood center in more
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July 12 — 10:58 pmFrom toxins in educational facilities, to plummeting representation at selective schools, to white classmates casually dropping the n-word, Black students
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July 10 — 8:30 amWorlds collided this week when Philadelphia School District officials, now deep in the weeds of their own planning process for
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July 7 — 11:08 amTHIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED to reflect that KIPP Philadelphia did not accept its loan and make some other clarifications. More
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July 1 — 5:26 pmMost students, parents, and school-based staff who responded to a Philadelphia School District reopening survey indicated that they would feel
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June 29 — 3:49 pmThis story has been updated. A majority of Philadelphia teachers responding to a union survey say that they prefer a
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June 26 — 8:13 amThis story has been updated. This story has been corrected to note that it was Ameen Akbar, not Julia Danzy,
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June 25 — 4:02 pmThe class of 2020 is bound for the history books. They were born in the wake of 9-11. Entered kindergarten
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June 24 — 11:20 amUPDATE 6/24: Comcast announced Wednesday that it is also extending through the end of 2020 access to its 1.5 million
Since mid-April, Notebook Contributing Editor Dale Mezzacappa has spoken to 1st-grade teacher Mattie Davis nearly every day. She would call