Education

Instead of making Pilgrim hats, students are hearing what scholars call “hard history” — the more shameful aspects of the past.

The African American Charter School Coalition includes 21 schools that serve more than 13,000 children and families across the city.

Activists have called for UPenn to support city schools for years. So why is Penn giving now — and what does it mean for the future?

On Monday, Montgomery County schools will temporarily move to virtual learning to limit COVID-19's spread. Parents worry how the move will affect students' mental health.

Montgomery County students are heading for at least two weeks of all-virtual school after a judge denied a legal challenge to the county’s remote-learning order.

Hallahan holds a special place in Philly’s educational history — and a special place in the hearts of many alum.

With COVID numbers rising, more schools are going all remote But what your child has access to depends on what you have time for and how much is in your wallet.

Three Montgomery County residents are suing to stop county officials from forcing all schools there to move entirely online for two weeks.

Whatever view you take of Secretary DeVos, here's a look back at the facts of her achievements and how likely they are to survive the next secretary.

John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School in Philadelphia and Bishop McDevitt High School in Wyncote will shutter due to declining enrollment.

The president-elect called for immediate action to help borrowers who are "having to make choices between paying their student loan and paying the rent."

A nonpartisan think tank says state funding of New Jersey schools has failed to recover from the Great Recession of 2008 and actually receded to levels seen in the mid-1990s.

Penn, which doesn’t pay property taxes, had been under growing pressure to support Philly’s public schools.

Contract tracing in Philadelphia, School Superintendent William Hite on revamping reopening plans amidst city COVID spikes, and the Eagles in the NFC East.

College students are preparing to come home for Thanksgiving, but COVID-19 is making things complicated. Epidemiologists say there are things families can to do reduce risk.