Schooling in a Pandemic

Some current and former students are suing the University of Delaware and demanding a tuition refund, accusing the school of shortchanging them with online learning that wasn’t as good as in-person during the pandemic. NBC10’s Tim Furlong has the details.

Leaders of the Philadelphia School District announced today that school buildings will be open to all students five days a week by the fall. NBC10’s Stephanía Jiménez has the details.

School District of Philadelphia students could return to in-person classes five days a week by the fall semester, district officials announced Wednesday.

Officials want public school students in Philadelphia to return to in-person classes five days a week by August of this year. The plan, though, is contingent on federal and local health authorities easing social distancing requirements in classrooms. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports.

On Monday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced that his executive order that allowed for remote instruction amid the COVID-19 pandemic will expire at the end of the current school year. NBC10’s Cydney Long has the details.

The CDC released guidelines on Friday recommending that K-12 schools continue to require face masks for the 2021-2022 school year.

Some parents tell NBC10 reporter Matt DeLucia that their children could benefit from repeating the school year they went through in 2020-2021.

Legislation that would give parents in Pennsylvania the option to have their children repeat a grade in school because of disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic passed the state Senate on Wednesday.

Students in 6th to 9th grades returned to the classroom in Philadelphia public schools Monday as the district slowly transitions to a hybrid learning plan after more than a year of virtual learning due to COVID-19. NBC10’s Lucy Bustamante has details about Phase III of the district’s back to school plan.

Students in New Jersey’s two largest cities have begun making their return to classrooms in person after working remotely because of the COVID-19 outbreak

An investigation is underway after eight classmates at an elementary school in the Lower Merion School District, as well as two family members who were fully vaccinated, tested positive for COVID. NBC10’s Deanna Durante gets reactions from parents.

The Lower Merion School District is looking into an outbreak of coronavirus in a 2nd Grade classroom at Penn Valley Elementary School in the Lower Merion School District. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports on when the students could return to the classroom.

NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal reports on Philadelphia public school students in third to fifth grades returning to classrooms for hybrid learning Monday, more than one year after COVID-19 caused all learning to go online.