Some of the biggest education policy changes in the Pa. budget revolve around cyber charters, which have come under intense ...

(WHTM)– A Pennsylvania lawmaker says he will introduce a bill that would drastically cut teacher certification fees. State Representative Peter Schweyer (D-134) said this legislation is part of a ...

Public school districts will save an estimated $178 million on cyber charter tuition. The budget also adds policies to ...

Pennsylvania’s new $50.1 billion state budget — four months overdue — includes a $193 million increase for Philadelphia ...

The House Education Committee approved a bill package Monday designed to reduce a chronic teacher shortage with bipartisan support. The committee approved six bills to expand the pool of those ...

A classroom at Penn Wood High School in Lansdowne, Pa., Wednesday, May 3, 2023. According to Teach Plus, a nonprofit education advocacy group, the statewide teacher shortage is more acute in special ...

Schools in Westmoreland County are struggling to fill special education teaching positions. They’re not alone. More than 2,000 teaching positions were vacant in Pennsylvania as of October, according ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at Al-Aqsa Islamic Society in Philadelphia on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (Carmen Russell-Sluchansky/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what ...

A report from Pennsylvania education advocates points to dire teacher shortages across the commonwealth, finding that most counties are suffering from severe or extremely severe staffing gaps in their ...