Education
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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.
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Biden unveils new plan for student debt relief
The president’s plan builds on existing debt cancellation efforts and would extend loan relief to more than 30 million borrowers.
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78,000 public service workers get student loans canceled by Biden administration
Through improvements to the public service Loan Forgiveness Program, the Biden administration has canceled loans for more than 871,000 public service workers.
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Bill to offset student debt through tax credit passes Pennsylvania House
The legislation, which passed unanimously and now goes on to the state Senate, would allow employers to contribute up to $500 to an employee’s tuition savings account annually for a tax credit equal to 25% of the employer’s total contributions.
