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HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania’s Acting Secretary of Education Noe Ortega joined U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona this week for visits at Olney Elementary School in Philadelphia and Beverly …
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HARRISBURG, PA — The Pennsylvania departments of Health and Education this week announced modifications to their instructional model recommendations for Pre-K to 12 schools in response to updated guidance recently issued …
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HARRISBURG, PA — The Pennsylvania departments of Health (DOH) and Education (PDE) this week updated recommendations for K-12 schools on social distancing in classrooms and how to handle COVID-19 cases …
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About a month ago a teacher’s meeting in California aired some disturbing comments about the families these teachers worked for. One teacher mocked the student’s parents, claiming that “they wanted …
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HARRISBURG, PA — The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) will use a nearly $1 million federal grant to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on K-12 students across Pennsylvania …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday updated K–12 school guidance to reflect the latest science on physical distance between students in classrooms. CDC now …
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It has been nearly a year since COVID-19 became a reality we all had to live with and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) began recommending social distancing, increased handwashing …
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CHESTER COUNTY, PA — As the one-year mark of schools being closed due to the Covid-19 virus approaches, remote/hybrid learning is taking its toll on students and families from both …
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced this week that more than $54 billion in emergency relief funding is now available to support fully reopening K-12 schools, …
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ATGLEN, PA — Dr. Michele M. Orner, the Octorara Area School District Superintendent of Schools, today released the following statement regarding the District returning to remote learning:
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