
Aubri Juhasz | WHYY
Aubri Juhasz is WHYY News’ education reporter. She joined the station in 2022 after covering education in Southeast Louisiana.
Prior to WHYY, she covered education for WWNO in New Orleans, where she reported on the city’s unique all-charter public school system and the impact of frequent natural disasters on districts across the region. Juhasz was also a key member of the station’s breaking news team and received two regional Edward T. Murrow awards for her coverage of Hurricanes Laura and Ida, along with her colleagues.
Before that, she was a producer for NPR’s “All Things Considered,” where she helped lead the show’s technology and book coverage.
She grew up on Long Island and holds a bachelor’s degree in English and political science from Barnard College, Columbia University.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro wants Pennsylvania to spend $1.6 billion more on its programs and services next year. WITF’s Sam Dunklau and WHYY’s Aubri Juhasz dig into some of the key ideas hiding in that number.
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Pennsylvania legislators are trying to remove an archaic law from the state’s public school code. The garb ban prohibits teachers from wearing anything that symbolizes their religion. WHYY’s education reporter Aubri Juhasz has more.
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A Pennsylvania judge says the state’s school funding system is unconstitutional and creates wide disparities between districts due to its overreliance on local property tax.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro has selected a second Philadelphia school district official to join his cabinet. Reggie McNeil, the district’s chief operating officer, will serve as secretary of general services, responsible for state buildings and vehicles, as well as procurement.
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State education officials are working to solve Pennsylvania’s teacher shortage. Among their many solutions is a new program they hope will attract more teenagers to the profession.
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Pennsylvania will spend $1.2 million on new equipment for career and technical education centers this year, further solidifying Gov. Tom Wolf’s spending record as he prepares to leave office in just a few weeks.
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Pennsylvania reached a milestone this week in its effort to overhaul state requirements for teacher-preparation programs. WHYY’S Aubri Juhasz has more on the state’s new “culturally-relevant” standards.
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For more than a decade, Pennsylvania’s pool of teachers has been shrinking. And this year, with an even tighter labor market, many districts are still reporting vacancies.
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With the number of certified educators in Pennsylvania way down from where it was a decade ago, school districts are facing stiff competition from one another when it comes to hiring teachers and support staff.