Education

The Cheltenham branch of NAACP’s Youth Leadership Committee went public with a video sharing stories of discrimination at Springfield Twp. High School.

When kids leave foster care they have to make a decision: A job, or college? A new scholarship program tries to tip the scales toward education.

State Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker says it’s not enough to teach about racism and slavery during Black History Month.

District leaders say calls to Philly Hopeline, the crisis hotline launched a year ago, are getting longer due to losses from the pandemic, gun violence, and racial trauma.

Students who pushed officials to address campus racism said the board’s unanimous vote was heartening. Still, they’re withholding higher praise until they see results.

The advocacy from superintendents comes as the financial pressure on districts has increased due to a significant boost in charter enrollment during the pandemic.

All students who return to campus at the University of Delaware this fall will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 under new guidelines issued by school leaders.

The board seems to have become functionally non-existent as important disputes between Pennsylvania school districts and charter schools are in limbo.

Democrats are skeptical of the projected savings and worry about job loss. PASSHE leaders say inaction will lead to “worse outcomes.”

The charter network, which enrolls about 14,000 students, started hybrid learning back in March, with some starting in April.

As an academic year like no other comes to an end, colleges and universities are celebrating their graduates in a variety of ways.

Of the students who made it through four years at Parkway Middle College, 95% are graduating with both a high school diploma and an associate’s degree.