In his budget proposal, Gov. Josh Shapiro has called for $3 million to be set aside to provide period products to all public school students free of charge.
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.
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.
The PA Student Teacher Support Program received over 3,300 applications in the first two hours after launching on 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.
The president’s plan builds on existing debt cancellation efforts and would extend loan relief to more than 30 million borrowers.
Through improvements to the public service Loan Forgiveness Program, the Biden administration has canceled loans for more than 871,000 public service workers.
Close to 100 parents, teachers and community members from the West Shore School District held a rally outside the district’s headquarters on Thursday to protest the school board’s decision to have a private, closed door meeting with the Independence Law Center (ILC).
We need a robust, highly skilled workforce in STEM to support the influx of major infrastructure projects cropping up across the country. The way to fix this is by starting at the high school level.
Pennsylvania is in the midst of a teacher shortage crisis. With more teachers leaving the profession than ever before, and not as many newly certified teachers coming in, something has to be done to address the issue. One school in Lancaster is doing just that. JP...
