Education

E.W. Rhodes Middle School students in class in North Philadelphia on September 8, 2021.

More Pa. student teachers apply for stipends than funding can support. Advocates say more aid is needed

Bipartisan legislation is funding the program, which works to lessen the financial burden facing student teachers.

Harrisburg, PA. Dr. Khalid Mumin, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Dept. of Education (PDE), speaks during Thursday’s event. Officials with the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) and Department of Education (PDE), joined students at Central Dauphin School District (CDSD) to highlight their evidence-based substance use disorder (SUD) prevention program and remind schools of the mental health resources available to students during the holiday season and throughout the entire school year. December 14, 2023.

PA state education secretary makes his case for $1.1 billion budget proposal

Ben Wasserstein

Under Pennsylvania’s system of funding schools, wealthy communities with high local tax bases can adequately fund their schools. But poorer communities cannot.

Outside of the newly renovated Spring Creek Elementary School.

Education

Short-staffed SCASD program leaves hundreds of parents scrambling to find after-school care for their children for the fall

Logan Groeneveld-Meijer

The State College Area School District is hopeful it can fix its low staffing levels of its CEEL program for the 2022-23 school year.

Broadcast Journalism student Anan Hussein was the only in-person student for Photojournalism with Professor Will Yurman on October 8, 2020. The rest of the class attended on Zoom. On some occasions, none of the class's 13 students were in person.

Education

Penn State's In-Person Class Sizes Are Shrinking, Students Say

In July, Penn State president Eric Barron announced that nearly half of the university’s classes this fall would have some in-person component. But since…

Bryan Peasley and his mom, Debbie at a Penn State football game.

Education

Deadline Nears For SCASD Students To Choose A School Format For The Fall

The State College Area School District will be offering three different forms of learning to its students for the coming fall semester. Families have…

Education

Take Note: Education Prof. On How K-12 School Closures Increased Inequities

Emily Reddy

Pre-K-12 schools in Pennsylvania were closed for the last three months of the school year that just ended, due to coronavirus concerns. Gov. Tom Wolf told…

Penn State announced Monday that both the Child Care Center at Hort Woods and the Bennett Family Childcare Center at University Park will reopen on Aug. 19.

Education

Penn State To Hold Both Upcoming Virtual Town Hall Meetings On Monday To Avoid Juneteenth

Penn State announced Monday it will move a virtual town hall on the return to in-person instruction for the fall semester because it fell on Juneteenth.…

Lacresha Berry talks about her most recent show, "Tubman," with WPSU.

Arts and Entertainment

Take Note: Lacresha Berry On Bringing Vulnerabilities Into Her Art And Her One Woman Show, "Tubman"

Cheraine Stanford

Lacresha Berry is a singer, actor, writer and educator living in Queens, New York. Her work infuses her life experiences into a broader, historical…

Crime and Law Enforcement

Judge Throws Out Spanier Conviction, Pa. Attorney General Will Appeal

Kristine Allen

Updated Wednesday, 12:11pmPa. Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced today he intends to appeal the judge's decision to overturn Spanier's…

'Schooling Narratives' Mini-Documentary Highlights Experiences Of Students Of Color

Adison Godfrey

Since 2014, Wideline Seraphin and Ana Díaz have been collecting narratives from members of marginalized communities about their experiences living in…