Education

The ratings ranged from 1 to 100 and are based on a compilation of factors for schools in each category.

Newark is taking aim at the University of Delaware’s party school reputation with a new ordinance to combat unruly ‘super parties.’

Over the last several years, Cheyney University has struggled to stay afloat. Now, it looks like it has a recovery plan. Will it survive and what's at stake for students?

Support for career and technical education happens to be one of the only work-related areas where Pennsylvania Republicans and Democrats agree.

Students in rural Pennsylvania face two big obstacles to college completion: cost and access. A new college is out to change that.

Nearly 370 districts will be seeing some increase in aid; another 200 will lose out.

As it faces a November decision on whether it will keep its accreditation, the school plans an aggressive fundraising campaign and several partnerships.

Legislators questioned the practical implications of the proposal, warning that it could cost more than the administration predicts.

A growing number of colleges are adding cannabis to the curriculum to prepare graduates for careers cultivating, researching, analyzing and marketing the herb.

The nation’s oldest historically black university is working to fulfill the conditions for certification, but it has options other than closing should it lose accreditation.

The decision could signal a new attitude toward the growing charter school sector in Philly. The board said the applications before it didn’t meet its high standards

A southern New Jersey school employee has won a round in a dispute over using a sick day during last year's Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl victory parade.

Legislators have responded to a deluge of passionate phone calls from parents urging them to reject a bill they say would allow unlimited testing of students for years to come

In our view, lawmakers should prohibit charter school owners and operators from leasing and purchasing property from their other companies.

The issue is expected to come up during education department budget hearings.