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Lawmaker asks state AG to investigate LH School District policies

After sexual assault charges were filed against two Laurel Highlands High School teachers within a week, state Rep. Charity Grimm Krupa asked the state attorney general’s office to determine whether the district followed state mandatory reporting policies and properly investigated reports. ...

Educators, policymakers discuss ways to bring more people into teaching

There was a time when the supply of teachers in Pennsylvania so outnumbered the available spots that prospective teachers had to bide their time for years substitute teaching while waiting for a full-time job. Those days are over. The number of certified teachers coming out of ...

Carmichaels teachers vote to give negotiators power to strike

Teachers from the Carmichaels Area School District’s union voted unanimously Monday to allow its negotiating team to authorize a strike. The 66-0 vote came immediately after members of the Carmichaels Area Education Association overwhelmingly voted down a tentative agreement with the ...

Staffing shortfalls at child care centers addressed at roundtable

A Washington County child care operator is urging support for $55 million in the proposed state budget to help address staffing shortages in child care centers. State. Sen. Camera Bartolotta joined child care professionals and parents Friday morning at SmartKids Child Care & Learning ...