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Pennsylvania Locks In Daily Recess for Elementary Students Starting Next School Year
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (430+ words) The requirement takes effect at the start of the 2027-28 school year. Shapiro signed House Bill 1505 ceremonially alongside Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis. It had already been incorporated into the state's 2026-27 budget earlier this year. WHYY reported that HB 1505 directs the state…...
CHOP Nurse Brings Lessons Home From Botswana Fellowship
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (432+ words) A Children's Hospital of Philadelphia neonatal intensive care nurse traveled to Gaborone, Botswana in spring 2024 as one of the first participants in the hospital's newly launched Global Health Nursing Fellowship, according to The Philadelphia Citizen. The nurse, Alexandra Sawick, was…...
Philadelphia's $25 Million Reading Curriculum Is Struggling With Phonics
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (471+ words) Phonics instruction in Philadelphia's public schools is falling short, according to Chalkbeat Philadelphia, which reported this week on a new district research review exposing significant problems with the rollout of the city's EL Education English language arts curriculum. The district…...
Fifty-Two Philadelphia Schools Will Dismiss Early Thursday as Heat Returns
1+ week, 4+ day ago (371+ words) Students at 52 School District of Philadelphia buildings will be sent home early Thursday because of hot weather and buildings without adequate cooling, Fox 29 reported. All in-person after-school activities at the affected schools are canceled for the day. District policy calls…...
Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences Will Shut Its Doors This Month
1+ week, 4+ day ago (506+ words) Drexel University announced Tuesday that the Academy of Natural Sciences museum will close permanently on September 30, as reported by WHYY, ending nearly two centuries of public exhibitions along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The closure comes just short of the institution's…...
Philly schools developing mobile app for parents
1+ week, 6+ day ago (247+ words) The School District of Philadelphia is developing a mobile app to give parents quick access to school information from their phones, Superintendent Tony Watlington said. The app will display schedules for school and sporting events, lunch menus and attendance information....
BookSmiles gave Philly schools half a million books in 2025
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (603+ words) A New Jersey book bank that gave away half a million books to Philadelphia schools last year just hit a major milestone: five million books distributed since its founding in 2017. BookSmiles, the nonprofit started by Larry Abrams out of his…...
Fox Chase Farm volunteer group folds after 35 years, blames school district
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (458+ words) The all-volunteer nonprofit that supported Fox Chase Farm for more than three decades has shut down, with members saying the Philadelphia School District pushed them out of the city-owned property they helped maintain since 1990. Former president Karen Eble said the…...
Lower Merion families sue school district over student tech policy
2+ week, 1+ day ago (263+ words) Seven families have filed a federal lawsuit against the Lower Merion School District in Montgomery County, claiming its student technology policy amounts to an unconstitutional “digital free-for-all” that exposes children to serious harm. The suit, reported by KYW Newsradio, alleges…...
Exeter University strikes deal to train Saudi military officers
2+ week, 1+ day ago (441+ words) The University of Exeter has approved a partnership with Saudi Arabia’s National Defense University in Riyadh to train senior military officers and government officials, the Guardian reported. The deal would have Exeter academics deliver a master’s degree in applied security…...