Education

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.

The order was passed unanimously by the county’s Board of Health Friday, despite hundreds of parents and residents speaking out against the move online.

Currently, roughly one in five districts is providing remote lessons only in New Jersey and relatively few outbreaks have been tied directly to schools.

After hours of public testimony — virtually all of it against a proposed shutdown — the Board of Health abruptly postponed a vote scheduled for Thursday.

Many students boycotted classes after college leaders sent out an email discouraging involvement in Philly protests of Walter Wallace Jr.’s death.

Researchers from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia say the coronavirus surge has reached critical levels. They believe schools must shutter.

As the new president sets his priorities, will having an educator as first lady help schools and colleges get what they hope for?

Catanch-Bradley decided to have a photoshoot with Black female principals from the School District of Philadelphia and the surrounding areas.

Some students were expected to come back on Nov. 30. That’s now on hold indefinitely.

Philly public school teachers are expected back in classrooms next Monday. One problem: Their union opposes the plan.