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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The Pennsylvania Literacy Coalition, launched this month, is working across sectors to bring awareness to what they’re calling a “literacy crisis” among Pennsylvania students. -
After months of ire from families and stakeholders, Pittsburgh Public Schools will consider cementing a hybrid public hearing format into its policies. -
Howard Slaughter, president and CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Pittsburgh, said Carter’s involvement made the international organization a household name. -
The U.S. Department of State has designated Oakmont native Marc Fogel, who has been held in a Russian penal colony for more than three years, as “wrongfully detained”. -
Pittsburgh Public Schools board members have approved a $752 million budget for 2025, as well as union contracts for the district’s teachers and paraprofessionals. -
A suspect has been charged after shots were fired outside Perry Traditional Academy on Tuesday morning. -
A WESA analysis found Pittsburgh Westinghouse was one of eight schools across the district to be led by five or more different principals in the past decade. -
One Pittsburgh Public Schools board member says he’s interested in bringing community stakeholders together to discuss North Side development known as the Esplanade. -
Pittsburgh Public Schools employees and administrators have reached a series of tentative contracts for the district’s teachers, clerical workers and student support staff. -
Nearly 84% of all Pittsburgh Public Schools seniors are on track to graduate this school year.
