Education
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Philadelphia teachers union and school district reach one-year contract extension
Philadelphia public school teachers and school district personnel represented by the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT) will receive a 5% raise this September thanks in large part to a one-year contract extension between the union and the School District of Philadelphia (SDP).
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Biden administration cancels $45.1 million in student debt for Pennsylvania residents
President Joe Bident’s administration announced last week that they forgave $1.2 billion in student loan debt for 153,000 borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) repayment program.
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Biden proposes new student debt relief plan for Pennsylvania borrowers facing ‘hardship’
The new proposal will focus on providing debt relief to those with older loans or loans with large sums of interest; those with high-cost, unavoidable child care or health care expenses; borrowers who are highly likely to default; and others who face “financial hardship.”
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Which Pennsylvania state university is cheapest? We ranked them all by cost
According to US News and World Report, the average cost of in-state tuition for a public university is $10,662. Most of Pennsylvania’s state universities cost more than that.
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New Penn State Berks course examines Taylor Swift’s musical and cultural impact
The course Taylor Swift, gender, and communication, will be offered for the fall 2024 semester, and will focus on Swift’s cultural and musical impact and her portrayal in the media.
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VIDEO: School funding advocates celebrate first anniversary of Commonwealth Court ruling
Wednesday marked one year since the Commonwealth Court released a 786-page decision declaring that Pennsylvania has been failing to meet its constitutional obligation to fund public education in the commonwealth, and education advocates praised Gov. Josh Shapiro’s new budget, which proposes a $1.1 billion increase to public education. Deborah Gordon Klehr, the Executive Director of…
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How fixing school buildings became ‘incredibly personal’ for one PA lawmaker
Cleaning Pennsylvania’s toxic and aging school buildings is a cause State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler has championed since she was elected to the Pennsylvania House in 2018.
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Education advocates praise Shapiro’s budget but call it ‘step one’ of the process
Education advocates involved in the school funding lawsuit gathered at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg on Wednesday and thanked Gov. Josh Shapiro for proposing a $1.1 billion education funding increase that follows the recommendations laid out by the Basic Education Funding Commission.
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Shapiro calls for historic $1.1 billion education funding increases in second budget address
Shapiro proposed a historic $1.1 billion funding increase for public education in his second budget in an effort to plug the commonwealth’s $6.2 billion education funding deficit.
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We asked, you answered: What should Gov. Shapiro prioritize in Pennsylvania’s new budget?
With the governor having previewed two of his main objectives for Pennsylvania’s upcoming budget — overhauling the state’s higher ed system and increasing public transportation funding — we asked our newsletter readers to sound off on what they wanted to see Shapiro prioritize in the state’s new budget.
