“It’s so easy to feel isolated and alone and demoralized especially nowadays in the current political climate,” said former Penn swimmer Lia Thomas. “We have to stick together and support each other."

Katrina Armstrong’s move comes days after Columbia agreed to a host of policy changes demanded by the Trump administration to restore $400 million in government funding.

Some truck operators said they will have to close if they can’t maintain their spots overnight on the University City campus.

On Friday, the mood was decidedly uplifting and confidence abounded as R. Lorraine "Laurie" Bernotsky was inaugurated as West Chester University's 16th president.

“If we did not use the fund balance, we’d quite simply have to make people and program cuts,” the superintendent said. “At all costs, we must do all we can to protect the classroom.”

She was smart and friendly, and became a mentor to many. “She was the most confident person I’d ever known,” said her wife, Sheri Cole. “In a quiet way, she had a strong gentleness.”

Follow along with Inquirer education reporter Kristen A. Graham, reporting from the monthly Philly school board meeting.

The parents of a Plymouth Whitemarsh High School student spoke out against a rule change barring their child and other transgender athletes from competing in girls' sports.

A strike that was set to begin at 7 a.m. Wednesday will not happen. The four-year agreement includes raises and smaller class sizes.

Mumin was superintendent of the Lower Merion School District for a little more than a year before being tapped by Gov. Josh Shapiro to lead the Pennsylvania Department of Education in January 2023.

The district is considering building a new school to replace Doyle and Linden elementaries as part of the plans for updating eight schools, and says there will be tax impacts.

The halted payments follow comments from a Trump administration official last week that $175 million in federal funding would be paused because Penn allowed a transgender athlete to compete.

Margo DelliCarpini has been named provost and vice president of academic affairs at The College of New Jersey, starting July 1. Penn State is expected to announces campuses to close in May.

Katrina McCombs, who's led Camden schools for seven years, will become acting assistant commissioner of education for the New Jersey Department of Education.