Under the change about 33,000 workers qualify for a one-time $600 Pandemic Relief Award. A spokesperson for the Department of Human Services said that during a disaster period states have greater flexibility in how to use federal child care dollars.

The temporary changes in eligibility will extend through the end of the COVID-19 health emergency, which the Biden administration has said is expected to last throughout 2021.

This school year the Baldwin-Whitehall district is piloting the Talking Points smartphone app that allows teachers to send translated text messages.

Jadyn Gibson’s African-American literature class spent last Thursday discussing the foreshadowing and tension they had felt building during President Donald Trump’s administration.

Pittsburgh Public Schools students and staff who returned to buildings this week for the first time since March will again return to learning and teaching from home on Monday.

Pitt wants students to have to shelter-in-place for two weeks – only leaving their homes for necessary trips like in-person classes or work.

The struggles students face during remote learning — like isolation, technology fatigue and anxiety about the future — are all exacerbated for students who are not proficient English speakers.

The Keystone Exams administered to Pennsylvania third through eighth-graders and high school juniors were canceled last year when all school buildings were closed and districts shifted to remote learning.

The United Way and the early childhood advocacy group Trying Together partnered to distribute CARES Act funding to 60 providers. Those providers now open their doors during the day as a space where students can learn online in smaller groups of students than would be in school buildings.