Georgianna Sutherland
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For Spotlight PA
Since Penn State announced its multimillion-dollar budget deficit in 2022, the university has deeply cut the budgets to its graduate school and engineering college, a Spotlight PA analysis found.
Katie Blackley
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90.5 WESA
Elan Mizrahi
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Duquesne University
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Key Republicans are questioning whether an “adequacy” supplement targeted at underfunded schools is inherently unfair. -
Superintendent Wayne Walters told board members Wednesday that the district needs more trained reading specialists to move the needle on third-grade reading scores. -
10 Japanese students spent a week in an educational STEAM-focused immersion program in Pittsburgh. -
They’re endorsed by Black Women for a Better Education, which has successfully elected several candidates to the school board in the last few years. -
The University of Pittsburgh has ordered a hiring freeze for faculty and staff as it braces for continued federal funding uncertainty. Just weeks ago, the school paused Ph.D. admissions. -
WESA went to the PPS Student Voice conference to ask students what they think about the district's proposed changes, as well as their hopes for the district’s future. -
Kristina Moon, a senior attorney at the Education Law Center, said the changes violate state and federal civil rights protections for transgender students. -
The review was led by Republican Auditor General Tim DeFoor, who identified “uncommon” spending on gift cards and real estate. -
The University of Pittsburgh could soon resume admissions to its Ph.D. programs. In a statement, a spokesperson said the university is in the "early stages" of extending offers after putting a school-wide pause in place last week. -
Board members say the policy changes will increase transparency and make the district more efficient — though some parents are less trusting of their origins and reach.
