Pennsylvania Education

The district has about 97.4% of its teaching jobs filled for the new school year, according to the most recent data released by district officials.

The district's maintenance, custodial, and transportation employees voted on Saturday to authorize a strike, as contract negotiations with the district have stalled.

Several parents said the mask mandate was unnecessary and harmful, but one parent called it common sense.

Local authors fear Central Bucks School District’s new book policies will censor LGBTQ content.

Students will no longer be required to complete a writing assessment and the district will resume using PSSA results for its criteria-based middle and high schools.

Foster Angels on Earth hopes to help alleviate some of the stress foster kids face ahead of the school year.

The Central Bucks policy “effectively bans human development and sex education in the schools,” one expert said.

School District of Philadelphia officials said the district will take a “multi-layered” safety approach this school year.

While Philadelphia schools are mostly staffed with teachers and counselors, they are working to fill hundreds of support roles.

A report published Monday by Children First shows COVID’s toll on young Philadelphians. Students and child advocates want more school-based services.

The Pennridge school board is considering a policy that would limit the “nonschool materials” students can share in school and online.

The policy aims to keep books that a yet-to-be-determined group might deem “inappropriate” for unspecified “sexualized content” out of school libraries.

Making sure educators are paid well, come from diverse backgrounds, and feel supported on the job are among its goals.

A lack of transparency baked into state law makes it impossible to determine whether the program is actually improving outcomes for students who receive tuition assistance.

All students must now compete according to their sex assigned at birth, according to the updated policy.