Parents can be paid up to $300 per month, $3K yearly to drive their kids to school
The Parent Flat Rate Transportation Plan began as a pilot in 2020. Approximately 13,000 families are currently enrolled in the plan.
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The Parent Flat Rate Transportation Plan began as a pilot in 2020. Approximately 13,000 families are currently enrolled in the plan.
New Jersey will require school districts to offer free menstrual products for grades six through 12 under a new law Gov. Phil Murphy has signed.
Eager parents, students and staff say they are ready to get the ball rolling on the first day back to school.
Community leaders say the school, which now officially bears her name, will help continue her legacy to generations of learners.
The last day of the back-to-school bus tour is happening at Roosevelt Mall.
Thanks to fundraising efforts by the nonprofit "The Block Cares," Edward T. Steel Elementary School got a new playground, just in time for the new school year!
While the national teacher shortage continues to be an ongoing problem, a Philadelphia non-profit trying to change that.
The trend was favored by larger school districts over smaller, more rural districts.
Hundreds of families came out to Martin Luther King High School in Germantown to load up on free school supplies Monday.
Unlike Biden's blocked one-time forgiveness program, the new repayment plan will provide benefits for both current and future borrowers who sign up for it.
The nearly 40% increase would immediately make Dr. Abram Lucabaugh one of the state's highest-paid superintendents.
The cyclists made a pitstop in Lawnside, New Jersey Tuesday morning.
The plaintiffs originally sued in 2014, arguing that Pennsylvania's system of paying for public schools is failing the poorest districts.
It's a summer program working to combat the teacher shortage by giving the next generation of diverse educators class time experience.
Many college students who are struggling with hunger are facing the potential loss of SNAP benefits or food stamps.
Lawyers for the school districts that sued in Pennsylvania say they want action now that Republican lawmakers aren't appealing a judge's ruling on funding.
While you can't prepare children for everything, health experts say you can set them up for a successful school year by preparing now.
Nearly 30,000 Pennsylvanians have been approved for more than $1.3 billion under Biden's IDR forgiveness plan.
The state government approached two weeks without full spending authority on Tuesday, while loose ends remained untied.
Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro called on the Republican-controlled Senate to return to the Pennsylvania Capitol to finalize a state spending plan, as the state government neared a week without full spending authority.
Shapiro has remained out of sight in the Capitol, but in a statement said he would issue a line-item veto.
Camden City Schools launched its free meals program Wednesday, which is expected to serve breakfast and lunch to about 4,000 students this summer.
This week, St. Joe's University stepped up to help Cabrini students after the Delco university's abrupt closure, a Philadelphia high school won a cash prize for a sports documentary produced by its students and an Ambler mom is going viral on TikTok for her hilarious sports commentary.
Some said this was the right decision and that students will be judged based on their merits, instead of their race, but there's also a major concern that this decision will result in less diversity on college campuses.
High school seniors in Pennsylvania would be required to fill out the FAFSA under a bill passed by the state Senate.
