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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As Governor Josh Shapiro continues to be talked about as a potential running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris, some public education advocacy groups are urging Harris to look elsewhere. -
In McKees Rocks, county funding is going toward deploying “violence interrupters” when tensions begin to escalate. -
Several proposals will be presented to families and revised next month before consultants take their recommendations to the school board for a vote. -
Speaking at a midday news conference, Gov. Shapiro identified the man as Corey Comperatore, 50, and called his shooting and that of two other men who were wounded by gunfire "shocking, for this Commonwealth and the country." -
With big changes on the horizon, Pittsburgh Public Schools is hosting several town halls this summer to gather community input and answer questions about the district’s future. -
Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry is trying to ease the process for seasonal school workers filing for unemployment benefits. -
Board members at Pittsburgh Public Schools vote to begin the formal process required to close down Passport Academy Charter School. -
Roughly 37% of students at Pittsburgh Public Schools were considered chronically absent — missing at least 10% of school days — during the 2023-2024 school year. -
The University of Pittsburgh has named Eboni Zamani-Gallaher as the new dean of the School of Education. -
Pittsburgh Public Schools will soon begin delivering educational services at the Allegheny County Jail. The district is responsible under state law for the education of students held there.
