Pennsylvania Teachers Nab Trial Victory in Equal Pay Lawsuit

Two women who say the Pennsylvania school district where they taught paid them less than male coworkers secured $165,000 in damages following a jury trial, a federal judge said.

The teachers sued Central Bucks School District—the third largest in Pennsylvania—under the Equal Pay Act in 2020 and followed a bumpy path to Thursday’s jury verdict in their favor. The US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania decertified a collective made up of other female teachers last year after an earlier jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict, and a new proceeding this week ended in a victory for ...