Schools
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School vouchers 101: Does Pennsylvania have them? How do they work?
Education funding is a regular topic of debate in Pennsylvania, both among lawmakers and residents—especially when you add school vouchers to the discussion. Here’s a breakdown of what school vouchers are and how Pennsylvania uses them.
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Book ban debate heats up over French book in Lebanon County schools
Residents recently spoke up at a Palmyra Area School Board meeting with concerns that the board could reject a popular French language reader because it contains “fringe topics.”
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Fourth grade teacher wins PA 2026 Teacher of the Year
Madeline Loring, Pennsylvania’s 2026 Teacher of the Year, is on a mission: to draw people to the education profession that she fell in love with as a child inspired by her own teachers.
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Bill advances mandating bell-to-bell cellphone bans in Pa. schools
School districts — whether public or private — across the commonwealth may be required to draft a policy prohibiting student cellphones with limited exceptions following a unanimous vote in the state Senate Education Committee Tuesday.
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Quinta Brunson funds free field trips for Philly public schools with newly launched program
“Abbott Elementary” star and Philadelphia native Quinta Brunson launched a new program to provide free field trips to local students. Here’s what you need to know.
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OPINION: Pennsylvania students deserve better than a delayed state budget
In Pennsylvania, districts burdened by adequacy funding gaps, poverty isn’t an abstract concept—it’s the daily reality for 70% of enrolled students. In July 2024, the Pennsylvania General Assembly delivered a landmark, bipartisan solution by codifying a new methodology for calculating the state’s obligation to underfunded districts and integrating it into the 2024-25 state budget. In…
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PSEA backs phone-free policy to boost student learning
As a growing number of states move to restrict student cellphone use in classrooms, the Pennsylvania State Education Association is advocating for legislation which would mandate strict limits on use of mobile devices in schools.
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What does Pennsylvania’s new budget mean for K-12 schools?
The new state budget includes new funding and policies for public schools, primarily, they’re based around increasing oversight of cyber charter schools, increasing the amount of money doled out through the state’s adequacy formula and recruiting and retaining teachers as the commonwealth faces a shortage.
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Democrats propose compromise on cyber charter tuition amid Pennsylvania budget impasse
School districts would be permitted to deduct more from their per-student payments to online schools.
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A group checked 193 Pa. school districts for censorship, LGBTQ+ policies. What did it find?
According to the Education Law Center, Adams, Beaver, Bucks, Lancaster, and York counties each have more than two districts with policies that ban books, suppress certain forms of expression, and bar transgender students from bathrooms, locker rooms, or sports teams that match their identities.
