Jillian Forstadt is an education reporter at 90.5 WESA. She focuses on various aspects of the education system, including K-12 education, special education, and higher education, while also exploring themes related to public education and adaptive learning. Her work has been featured in notable outlets such as NPR, The Hollywood Reporter, and Billboard.
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By: Jillian Forstadt
Researchers warn that the U.S. is experiencing a reading recession — a slide predating the pandemic's disruptions in schooling. But they also note that some schools — including several in Western Pennsylvania — are bucking that trend.
By: Jillian Forstadt
Pittsburgh city leaders are teaming up with the workforce development nonprofit Partner4Work to expand their summertime Learn and Earn program into the school year.
By: Jillian Forstadt
District leaders are again deciding whether to close nine school buildings and reconfigure many more — a plan administrators failed to get board support for last fall. PPS board members are slated to take up another vote on the plan next week.
By: Jillian Forstadt
But enrollment in B.O.O.S.T. didn't necessarily result in academic improvement. An independent evaluation of the program WESA obtained through a records request found that, compared to students who did not attend B.O.O.S.T. at all, there was no significant impact on reading or math scores.
By: Jillian Forstadt
Dozens of elementary school students filled the conference room inside Pittsburgh Public Schools' administration building on Tuesday night. Third grader Serenity Brewer came to tell board members not to close her magnet school in Bloomfield, Woolslair PreK-5.
By: Jillian Forstadt
After nearly three years of heated deliberations, Pittsburgh Public Schools will move forward with its sweeping school closure and reconfiguration plan.
By: Jillian Forstadt
The number of students completing teacher preparation programs in Pennsylvania has modestly increased since 2019, although those gains aren't spread equally across the state.
By: Jillian Forstadt
Two in five Allegheny County kids whose parents want to enroll them in summer programs are missing out, according to new data from the national Afterschool Alliance together with Allegheny Partners for Out of School Time (APOST).
By: Jillian Forstadt
Outreach workers, community "violence interrupters" and public safety officials will be on hand at every city pool this summer, according to City of Pittsburgh STOP the Violence coordinator Ian Reynolds.
By: Jillian Forstadt
The district is considering policy changes that would require administrators to solicit multiple bids when contracting for professional services, materials and supplies.
