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Education
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Warren: The time to rethink child care is now
The pandemic upended child care. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says that is an opportunity to reimagine the system.
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Parenting in a pandemic: Tell us your story.
How are you balancing schooling, child care, work and parenting in a pandemic? Take a quick video and share your experience with our 19th community.
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New federal rules could make it harder for parents to take paid leave
New guidelines from the Department of Labor on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act say parents whose children have access to in-person learning are no longer eligible for paid leave.
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Biden surrogates hit campaign trail with a focus on safely reopening schools
Teachers are ‘scared they’re going to have to stand in front of kids and make promises they cannot keep,’ Biden surrogate Rep. Jahana Hayes told The 19th.
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The classroom and COVID: Teachers say they want to be ‘treated as though we’re real people’
Educators want their safety to also be a priority in the return to school. But some are still being held to contracts that threaten fees or a suspension of their license if they quit.
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This West Philly high school teacher struggles to reconnect with her students
The pandemic is exacerbating long-existing inequities in all areas of society across the city and the country, but perhaps nowhere more acutely than in education.