Stories tagged: "schools reopening"
Slipping math and reading scores among Pennsylvania’s fourth and eighth grade students are consistent with a national trend.
Many facilities won't administer tests for young children, creating more problems for parents and schools trying to reopen.
Gov. Wolf's administration has largely shunned a one-size-fits-all approach in a sprawling state where the coronavirus has wreaked havoc in some heavily populated counties while barely touching others.
Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite Jr. and school board President Joyce Wilkerson emphasized the need for flexibility as the nation waits for a vaccine and outbreaks continue to occur.
Without a comprehensive plan that includes additional federal funding, teachers and parents argue, reopening schools could put students, their families, and educators in danger.
Unfortunately, we don’t have scientific studies on any of this yet, so we really don’t know how to open schools safely during a pandemic.
