Keystone Crossroads Archive

Going virtual for two weeks would allow the virus to work its way through anyone who was infected over the holidays, they say.

School districts across the region are trying to navigate the current COVID-19 wave, sometimes drawing different conclusions about what's best for students and staff.

A new Pennridge School District policy limiting student access to books and resources related to gender identity has ignited a battle over civil rights.

Although the amendment was struck down by the courts, questions of how to balance rights for alleged victims and perpetrators of crimes could resurface.

The Democratic governor said the legislation “politicizes what is being taught in our schools."

A kindergarten teacher and athletic director testified Wednesday in a landmark trial over Pennsylvania’s system for funding public education.

District spokesperson says the 18 linked cases are connected to several sports teams and a club working on a production.

The political future of President Biden’s social spending plan remains in flux as Democrats’ razor thin majority in the Senate demands full consensus of its members.

Democrats could have the upper hand if proposals for state House and Senate maps hold after changes and potential court scrutiny.

Members of the public didn’t get the granular data needed to analyze the map in detail until after lawmakers had already voted on it. Here’s what you need to know.

The new map is expected to pass through a key House committee Wednesday morning, though both Democrats and Republicans said they didn’t have all the details.

Neither the state nor any school district in Pennsylvania require the COVID-19 vaccination to attend school.

Women are picking up gig work in droves, many motivated by the need for flexibility. But experts say it could cost them in the long term.

At least five school districts in the Philadelphia suburbs are no longer requiring face masks to be worn by students and staff.

At Panther Valley Elementary in the heart of coal country, students struggle to learn in a leaky school building where needs run deep.