schooling in a pandemic

A temporary mask mandate is in effect at schools in the School District of Philadelphia as students and staff return from the holiday break. NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal reports on the reasoning for the two-week mask requirement.

Be sure to send your child to school with a face mask in the Philadelphia and Camden school districts as school officials hope to curb the spread of flu, COVID and other respiratory viruses as students return from winter break.

The Camden City School District will have a “short mask mandate” for two weeks after the holiday break amid concerns over COVID-19 and respiratory illnesses.

The Camden School District will make staff and students wear face masks for two weeks after winter break due to concerns over the spread of flu, COVID and RSV.

Public health officials are asking the community to mask up as we enter the holiday season due to the rise of upper respiratory infections. NBC10’s Leah Uko shows us how the city is responding to the precautions.

The School District of Philadelphia is once again requiring students and staff to once again wear face masks, citing an increase in COVID-19 and other respiratory infections.

Two New Jersey men and the captain that saved them and their dog from a stranded sailboat describe the ordeal. NBC10’s Brenna Weick reports on people in the Chinatown neighborhood expressing concerns about the Sixers’ new arena proposal at a public meeting. Plus, school closings and delays due to wintry weather hitting the area. And, masks are coming back to...

Burnout, not enough pay and other reasons are being given for a shortage of teachers, school bus drivers and other school staff across the country, and right here in Pennsylvania. NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal examines what’s being done to address there being too few teachers in schools.

Philadelphia schools are welcoming back students Monday. NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal on a celebration and why kids are wearing face masks for the first couple weeks of class.

Students returned to the classroom at Philadelphia public schools Monday for the start of another school year amid COVID concerns, but with a more normal feel.

NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal reports on the start to the 2022-23 academic year in the School District of Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia School District has announced its masking policy once teachers and students return to class in a few weeks. NBC10’s Frances Wang breaks down the key takeaways from the recent announcement.

Masks will be required for all for the first 10 days of the upcoming School District of Philadelphia school year, but they will be optional thereafter as long as coronavirus transmission levels are not high.

NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle previews the School District of Philadelphia’s COVID guidelines for the upcoming 2022-23 school year.

The latest round of standardized testing in Delaware found less than one-fourth of high school students proficiently in math and less than half proficient in reading.

The School District Of Philadelphia Back to School Bus tour stopped in Northeast Philadelphia to give students supplies and vaccines. NBC10 reporter Claudia Vargas spoke with parents about what it means to get their children vaccinated.

Back-to-school shoppers will get a break on New Jersey’s sales tax later this summer. Gov. Phil Murphy and fellow Democrats in the Legislature announced an agreement on Wednesday to implement a short sales tax holiday.

Gas prices, groceries, even airline tickets — it seems like it’s all going up lately. It feels like the recently raised interest rate is intended to start slowing the economy. So we talked to John Leer, chief economist at Morning Consult, to help us understand why inflation is happening and how it will affect us.

Amid another rise in COVID cases, school districts in our area are debating whether or not they should bring back indoor mask mandates. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville has the details.

As COVID cases rise again, some schools in our area are considering bringing back mask mandates for students. NBC10’s Deanna Durante has the details.