Jillian Forstadt
Education ReporterJillian Forstadt is an education reporter at 90.5 WESA. Before moving to Pittsburgh, she covered affordable housing, homelessness and rural health care at WSKG Public Radio in Binghamton, New York. Her reporting has appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition.
She can be reached at jforstadt@wesa.fm.
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Students whose families earn less than $75,000 will be able to attend Carnegie Mellon University tuition-free beginning next year. -
Three Western Pennsylvania districts and the Department of Education settled a lawsuit concerning the state’s Culturally-Relevant and Sustaining Education framework. -
More than a dozen former Pittsburgh Public Schools such as Larimer School are now apartment buildings, both affordable and market-rate, according to a WESA analysis. -
After months of planning, analysis and public feedback, Pittsburgh Public Schools announced late Friday that no school closures will take effect for the 2025-2026 school year. -
Superintendent Wayne Walters told school board members Tuesday night that the district is using the latest third-grade reading scores to reevaluate how schools teach the subject. -
In the face of persistent educator shortages, more and more school districts in the Pittsburgh region are looking inward to “grow their own” supply of teachers. -
Election results for Pennsylvania'a attorney general election between Democrat Eugene DePasquale and Republican Dave Sunday. -
Officials ask residents to avoid Downtown Monday as Harris and Trump both plan rallies in PittsburghBoth Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will be in Pittsburgh Monday for separate campaign rallies in the lead-up to Tuesday’s election. -
Many elementary and middle schools across Pittsburgh could double or triple in size if city school board members vote to move forward with school consolidations. -
Many PPS teachers and families say students need stability, not another change. That’s especially resonant for the district’s immigrant and refugee community.
