City launches program to provide free internet access to 35,000 families
The city and the Philadelphia School District are tackling the digital divide with the launch of PHLConnectED, a $17 million
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August 6 — 4:38 pmThe city and the Philadelphia School District are tackling the digital divide with the launch of PHLConnectED, a $17 million
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July 30 — 10:41 pmIn an occasionally testy Board of Education meeting where members expressed concerns about safety, monitoring, and community engagement, the board
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July 29 — 7:45 pmSuperintendent William Hite has pledged that all students will have internet access by the beginning of the 2020-21 school year,
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July 28 — 12:58 pmUPDATED 6:30 p.m. Responding to an avalanche of opposition and fear regarding safety from the COVID-19 outbreak, Superintendent William Hite
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July 27 — 9:14 pmOne of the biggest challenges facing the Philadelphia School District as it struggles with how to start the 2020 school
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July 24 — 1:13 amBarraged by six hours of non-stop criticism from parents, principals, and teachers, Philadelphia’s school board delayed voting on a plan
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July 24 — 1:12 amThursday’s Board of Education meeting featured an unprecedented outpouring of public opposition to the School District of Philadelphia’s reopening plan.
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July 22 — 7:19 amUPDATED 10 a.m. with a response from Superintendent William Hite. As the Board of Education gets ready to hold a
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July 16 — 6:27 pmPhiladelphia school officials on Wednesday announced a plan for reopening schools that gives families a choice whether to send children
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July 15 — 5:43 pmThis story has been updated. The School District of Philadelphia announced a complicated hybrid reopening plan Wednesday in which most