education
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Pa. could ban phone use in schools. When the rules would take effect.
Under the measure, districts would have to roll out their new ban by the start of the 2027-2028 academic year. Broadly speaking, these rules would have to keep students off their devices during the school day, but district officials would decide the specific manner of accomplishing this goal.
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Pennsylvania sees biggest school tax revenue jump in years
Pennsylvania schools collected more than $17.86 billion in property taxes in the last fiscal year, the biggest increase in collections in nearly a decade.
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New data shows where Pa. will face biggest worker shortages
Pennsylvania will face an acute shortage of educators and health care workers across all regions of the commonwealth in the next decade.
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How does Pa. compare to other states in per-student funding?
Public school spending per student hit record highs in the U.S. in 2024, and Pennsylvania’s levels topped most other states, according to new federal data.
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No discipline for Quakertown police, chief for ICE protest: Council
In a four-page statement, Council President Don Rosenberger defended Chief Scott McElree and the other officers in the clash between police and Quakertown students.
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Quakertown police chief back on job after student clash
Quakertown Borough police Chief Scott McElree is back from leave after sustaining injuries in a clash with high school students at an ICE protest in February.
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We asked, you answered: If you could ask any Pa. elected official one question, what would it be?
With so many issues impacting Pennsylvanians right now, what would you ask your elected officials if given the chance?
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Report: Pennsylvania’s richest billionaire profits from school voucher program
Entities associated with Jeffrey Yass received more than $30 million in tax credits from school voucher programs from 2017 to 2023.
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Pennsylvania high school history instructor named nation’s Teacher of the Year
A high school history teacher in Pennsylvania who helps students look inward to find their strengths and outward to find community inside and outside the classroom has been named the 2026 National Teacher of the Year.
