Education
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Student mental health tops the list of challenges for Pennsylvania schools
The Pennsylvania School Board Association’s annual State of Education report found that the biggest challenges facing school districts in the commonwealth are student mental health concerns, staffing shortages, and school finances.
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Central PA school board director cancels himself over gay guest speaker fallout
Brian Drapp, director of the Cumberland Valley School Board, quit on Monday citing the school board’s decision to reinstate former 30-Rock star actor Maulik Pancholy’s anti-bullying speech.
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18,000 PA residents who attended the Art Institute have student loans forgiven
The Biden administration announced last week they were forgiving student loans for 317,000 borrowers who attended the Art Institute.
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Opinion: Are Pennsylvania’s taxpayers helping students from low-income families to attend high-quality academic institutions, or are we financing lavish lifestyles for well-to-do households?
Pennsylvania resident Coleman Poses, advocates for additional accountability to ensure taxpayer-funded scholarships are properly allocated and accounted for.
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A look at the groups pushing anti-LGBTQ policies in Pennsylvania schools
Republicans may have suffered embarrassing school board defeats across Pennsylvania in 2023, but that’s not stopping them from working with anti-LGBTQ groups.
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The PA mother who’s standing up against book bans—and the Dems standing with her
Pennsylvania ranks third in the nation for proposed book bans in academic libraries and public schools.
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Shapiro says Pennsylvania will move all school standardized testing online in 2026
The Shapiro administration will move all standardized school assessment tests online in an effort to save more classroom time for instruction, create a user-friendly exam for students and relieve a burden from teachers and administrators.
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Biden cancels student loan debt for 10,800 more Pennsylvanians
Friday’s announcement is just the latest round of student debt cancellation enacted by the Biden administration, which has approved relief for more than 4.3 million people so far, including 112,510 people in Pennsylvania.
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PA’s new student teacher program receives thousands of applications in opening hours
The PA Student Teacher Support Program received over 3,300 applications in the first two hours after launching on Thursday.
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Student teachers will be able to apply for teaching stipends starting Thursday
Starting on Thursday at 9 AM, student teachers in Pennsylvania will be eligible for up to $15,000 to help them through their student teacher training period.
