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Suicide Risk School Year

Youth suicide attempts increase during the school year and fall during the summer, study finds

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Philly kids can get free school supplies, immunizations at these summer events hosted by the district

Philly Back to School

Cabrini University to close in 2024 after years of financial trouble; Villanova to buy campus property

Cabrini closing Villanova

Upper Darby bus driver charged with duct taping 10-year-old to seat

Upper Darby Bus Driver

Pennsylvania student teachers could receive $10,000 stipend under proposed law

Student Teacher Stipend

As Philly's next mayor, Cherelle Parker says struggling communities would be her top concern

Cherelle Parker Philly Mayor

Lehigh Valley school district must allow after school club run by Satanic group, federal judge rules

Saucon Valley Satan Club

A sixth Philadelphia school closed after asbestos exposure, City Council wants independent oversight of buildings

Universal Vare School asbestos

School District of Philadelphia anticipates more asbestos will be identified after two more schools closed

More asbestos philly schools

15-year-old shot and killed near Simon Gratz High School, police say

Simon Gratz Student Shot

Pennsylvania schools are not required to have AEDs – new legislation aims to change that

School District of Philadelphia to relocate Building 21 students following asbestos exposure

Building 21 school students relocated asbestos outbreak

Philly school district adopts new calendar; first day of classes will begin after Labor Day this fall

School Distirct of Philadelphia calendar changes

Police seek 3 men who shot 7 people, including a toddler, near Strawberry Mansion school

Strawberry Mansion Shooting

St. Hubert's expels students responsible for racist blackface video

St. Hubert Students Expelled

Students at two Philly high schools face discipline for racist blackface video

St. Hubert Catholic School

Pennsylvania school funding formula is unconstitutional, judge rules in landmark case

Pennsylvania School Funding Case

Cantina La Martina's to host competition among 10 street vendors to see who makes best tamales

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AEDs are lifesaving tools, but they're not required at Pa. school sporting events; A proposed law would change that

Pa. senators make push to allow freedom of religious dress for teachers across the state

Former Glen Mills Schools students reach $3 million settlement over abuse claims

Glen Mills Schools

School District of Philadelphia delays its lottery for special-admissions schools

School District special admissions lottery postponed

Meek Mill, Kevin Hart, Michael Rubin to donate another $7 million to Philly private and parochial schools

Philadelphia schools will require students, staff to wear masks for two weeks after winter break

Philadelphia school district mask mandate winter break

N.J. schools must submit digital maps of buildings to police to help first responders in emergencies

New Jersey School Safety Maps

Pennsylvania's standardized test scores are still below pre-pandemic levels, data shows

Standardized Test Scores

A few Philly high school students are learning to fly as part of a program that's finally getting off the ground

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Philly ballot questions: Voters to consider new aviation department and boost for school district's CTE grads

November 2022 Ballot Questions

School District of Philadelphia considers adding more 'phone-free' classrooms

Yondr pouch Philly schools

17-year-old faces charges for bomb threat at Coatesville Area Senior High School

Coatesville Bomb Threats

Camden County schools will receive naloxone kits in effort to prevent opioid overdoses

Roxborough High School receives $500K in state funding to enhance security in wake of deadly shooting

Roxborough Shooting Security Funding

ACLU federal complaint alleges Central Bucks School District of discriminating against LGBTQ students

Children's Health

Children with head lice can remain in school, new AAP guidelines say

Satanists win again in Delco as another school district amends its dress code

Satanic Delco Garnet Valley

Children's Health

School start times, screen time late in the evening exacerbate sleep deprivation in teens

Teen sleep deprivation

All Pennsylvania students can receive free breakfasts again this school year

Free Breakfast Pennsylvania

Penn, Princeton fall in Forbes' annual ranking of best U.S. colleges

Penn Forbes College

Gun shipment mistakenly delivered to Chester High School by FedEx

Chester High Guns

For first 10 days of class, Philly school district students and staff will be required to wear masks

School COVID Policy

New Jersey schools will form threat assessment teams in effort to prevent student violence

New Jersey school threat assessment

Pennsylvania seeks to reverse teacher shortage, diversify staff in K-12 schools with new plan

Teacher Shortage

Lancaster County school district adopts athletic policy restricting trans students in sports

Trans Sports Lancaster County

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