Education

Staff shortages, high costs and Covid closures are straining an already broken child care system. Today, how our patchwork approach fails America's youngest and how to fix it.

If the entire legislature passes the legislation, the measure would enable school districts to hire employees from neighboring states, like Pennsylvania, New York and Delaware

The Red Clay district school board approved a policy affirming the rights of trans students to be addressed by a name and pronoun corresponding with their gender identity.

The spike in Philadelphia youth involved in gun violence has staff at the school district’s Juvenile Justice Services Center School calling for help.

State leaders broke ground on the new Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Equity at the school that became part of the landmark 1954 ruling.

The declines many school districts reported last year have continued, an NPR investigation finds. What educators don't know is where those students have gone.

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

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

This year, Olga Rosario is focused on re-establishing classroom norms, routines, and expectations. It’s a challenge.

Identifying individuals who may have been overlooked for child care jobs in the past is one of several ways providers are trying to solve unprecedented staffing shortages.

“We could pretend to chalk it up to a strategy,” said a digital marketing coordinator, “but it really was just an accident.”

With remote learning, many parents took on the role of part-time teacher to their children.

More than half of Pennsylvania 3- and 4-year-olds don’t have access to public preschool programs, even with slow, steady state funding increases over the past several years

Superintendent Hite said the change was a step towards becoming more “equitable and inclusive.”

Removals still happen and disparities based on race, gender, and disability status persist. Some advocates fear the pandemic could stall or reverse recent gains.