CHRIS MORELLI cmorelli@lockhaven.com
BELLEFONTE In spite of COVID-19, school closures and snow days, the Bellefonte READS program continues to grow. At Tuesday night’s Bellefonte school board meeting, interim superintendent Tammie Burnaford highlighted the success of the reading program.
“We did Bellefonte READS the week before we shut down (in 2020),” Burnaford reminded the board.
According to Burnaford, the Pennsylvania State Education Association came to the school last year to do a story about the program. However, due to the closure, the story was never finished.
“PSEA came last year, interviewed Jackie Wynkoop and Nicole Kohlhepp for Bellefonte READS … they came and they interviewed and they did all kinds of cool stuff. Then we shut down, so they never got the story written,” Burnaford said.
90.5 WESA s The Confluence for Thursday, February 25, 2021
On today s program: The Pennsylvania State Education Association says it’s disappointed the U.S. Department of Education is not waiving annual assessments but appreciates flexibility from the state; PA Youth Congress, a youth LGBTQ advocacy organization, says there is an epidemic of violence against transgender people; and a researcher explains how HIV and COVID-19 have disproportionately affected people of color.
Schools continue to struggle with standardized testing delays amidst pandemic
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The U.S. Department of Education decided against waiving standardized tests despite many teachers calling upon the Biden Administration to cancel them amidst the pandemic.
UPPER DARBY, Pennsylvania (WPVI) School districts in Chester and Delaware counties are considering their biggest return to in-person learning since the start of the pandemic. I think that students need to get back into our schools. It s best for students to be in classrooms learning, said Dan McGarry, the superintendent of Upper Darby School District.
The district is one of 29 across the two counties that is considering expanding in-person learning following updated guidance from the health department. The new guidance relaxes social distancing requirements from six feet to three. That s going to require public discussion and a vote on our health plan, but we feel like we re moving in a direction to get more kids into our schools, said McGarry.
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