Education
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Education advocates call on Pa lawmakers to close $4 billion funding gap
Education advocates called on Pa lawmakers to close the $4 billion funding gap between poorer and wealthier school districts over the next four years. A 2023 report found that 387 of Pennsylvania’s 500 school districts have inadequate funding gaps.
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Democratic lawmakers celebrate funding to clean PA’s toxic schools
Pennsylvania has some of the oldest school buildings in the country and cleaning toxic schools will cost billions of dollars. A new round of funding will help restart the cleaning process.
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I’m helping my college-age kid fill out the 2025-2026 FAFSA. Here’s what to know.
If the financial aid fiasco last year had you, like me, coming up with creative alternatives for the FAFSA acronym, you can take a big, deep breath. This year, the process is so much easier. Or maybe you’re a FAFSA newbie, and you have no knowledge of 2023’s drama—you just want the quick ‘n’ easy…
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Pennridge School Board overturned policy that banned pride flags
Pennridge School Board members overturned a controversial ban on pride flags and a policy that barred teachers from discussing LGBTQ+ issues with students.
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Shapiro administration distributes $120 million for school safety and mental health support
Close to $20 million in grant funding from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency’s (PCCD) School Safety and Security Committee was approved last week to fund school safety and mental health support across the commonwealth.
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Trump nominates former WWE head, private school voucher advocate for Education secretary
McMahon is relatively unknown in education circles, although she has expressed support for charter schools and private school vouchers.
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PA House Democrats promise to double down on public education support following election victory
PA House Democrats are looking forward to continuing to make investments in public education following their electoral wins last week. Last year, they helped Gov. Josh Shapiro secure a historic $1.1 billion education funding boost and are looking to build on that going forward.
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Army returns remains of 9 Indigenous children who died at Carlisle boarding school over a century ago
The remains of the nine children were buried on the grounds of the Carlisle Barracks. The children attended the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School, where thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and forced to assimilate to white society as a matter of U.S. policy.
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Opinion: Philadelphia English teacher compares and contrasts Harris & Trump
In this op-ed, Philadelphia English teacher Sonny Bavaro stresses the need for fully funded public schools and contrasts Kamala Harris’s support for education with Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine it.
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Ex-leaders of Penn State frat will spend time in jail for their roles in hazing death of Timothy Piazza
Brendan Young, who was president of the now-defunct chapter of Beta Theta Pi, and Daniel Casey, who was vice president and pledge master, were sentenced to two to four months behind bars over the 2017 death of Piazza, a 19-year-old engineering student from New Jersey.
