Pennsylvania Education

Watlington will take over for William Hite at the end of the academic year.

The board members voted in August to mandate masks after Pa.’s state of emergency ended. A parent filed for their removal. The district didn’t respond.

The K-8 school was renamed for a formerly enslaved woman who became a Philadelphia teacher and principal.

A Republican proposal to prevent transgender girls from competing in girls’ school sports is advancing in the Pennsylvania Legislature.

Officials denied most of the sensitive information sought, but the demand raised concerns about infringing rights of students and families.

The overall budget increased for Philly’s public schools. But some principals say their schools have been shortchanged.

A Pennsylvania regulatory board is supporting Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposal to subject charter schools to stronger ethics and accounting measures.

All three candidates for Philly’s top schools job visited the city this week for their public vetting. A final decision is just around the corner.

A Muslim athletic trainer claims she was fired by a private girls school in Bryn Mawr over years-old social media posts criticizing Israel.

The final candidates are school leaders from Baltimore, North Carolina, and Illinois.

After seven years of waiting and months of oral arguments, the first phase of this historic trial ended Thursday.

The legislation, if passed, aims to speed up the process of installing filtering hydration stations, but doesn’t earmark funds to help pay for them.

A trial over how Pennsylvania funds its schools is wrapping up in Commonwealth Court. Students from one of the plaintiff districts hope it leads to change.

Masks will now be optional for students and staff, except those in pre-K Head Start programs.

Starting March 14, the district will no longer require vaccinated staff members to get tested. Testing for unvaccinated staff will drop from twice a week to once a week.