Education

While the Democratic Presidential candidates who will be on stage in Pittsburgh this Saturday agree on many public education issues, local organizers say…

A group of retired military leaders says too many young Pennsylvanians don’t meet standard eligibility requirements for serving in the armed forces, and…

In Matthew Derr’s “discovery classroom,” third graders watch tornadoes swirl around their classroom using augmented-reality technology.As they view their…

On October 3, 2018, sometime before dawn, a toddler wandered alone from his home on the edge of a small Schuylkill County town and into a nearby…

This is the first part in a three-part WESA special on public libraries. Find the second segment here and the third here. Free to the People. The words…

On today's program: Pittsburgh education takes an international honor; apple growers face an unknown threat that's killing trees; school districts are…

Stefaine D’Amico says her oldest son Bobby was bullied relentlessly at the public and Catholic schools he’d attended.“The bullying just took over. That’s…

On today's program: Propel charter schools are prioritizing early learning benchmarks; fires in the Amazon rainforest are diminishing migratory bird…

All across the country, students are returning to school, and in Pittsburgh, that includes youth housed at the Allegheny County Jail. The jail runs a full…

Pittsburgh Public Schools will introduce a new student assessment tool this year, which officials say will cut down on the total time children spend…