Education

Division is growing among parents and others as a proposed plan to close several Camden public schools appears to inch closer to reality.

A new study suggests reopening schools may be safer than previously thought, at least in communities where the virus is not already spreading out of control.

The governor and his top public health and education administrators say schools have not proven to pose a serious risk for coronavirus transmission.

Each nominee is Black and has an intimate connection to Philadelphia’s school district. But their biographies are starkly different.

"People don't realize how much we need to see these kids," says one teacher, noting they're often the first to see signs of child abuse or food insecurity.

Former Education Secretary John King Jr. thinks a national tutoring program would help students make up for lost learning during the pandemic.

Philly Reading Coaches is not letting the pandemic distract them from its academic mission. But it needs about 100 volunteers by January.

Cyber charters get the most attention, but there’s a niche world of private online academies. Could they be having a moment?

Administrators at Universal Daroff Charter School in West Philadelphia are appealing the decision by the city’s Board of Education to not renew its charter status.

College enrollment fell nationally, with schools in Pa., NJ, and Delaware seeing larger-than-average dips.

University President Eric Barron says he's looking forward to environmental issues getting more focus in Biden administration.

Philadelphia has expanded eligibility for PHLConnectED, its program to provide free internet access to families with school-age children.

Those results were consistent across the state, in urban and rural areas alike. And they remained evident in the second half of kindergarten.

Countless children in small towns across are being robbed of their right to learn and develop, writes Edward Albert of the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools.

More than a fifth of Pa.’s 500 school districts haven’t had a single teacher of color in at least seven years. Pa.'s student/teacher disparity is among the widest in the U.S.