Education

Superintendents say vulnerable children in Pa. lose critical links to the outside world and caring adults when their parents enroll them in cyber charters.

The Department of Education has proposed several key changes to its massive survey that collects data from the nation's public schools on a wide range of civil rights issues.

Despite job fairs and ads in other cities, Newark still has a teacher shortfall, and some students are being taught by substitutes year-round.

For the first time, the School District of Philadelphia’s Board of Education has voted to convert two charter schools back to district control.

A report from the New Jersey School Boards Association finds uneven availability of mental health services at public schools. It says building trust is a key first step.

The fiasco that resulted in 1,000 students from two Philly high schools being out of class for three weeks exposed parents' anxieties about the safety of their schools.

“No outsiders should be allowed.” Some Catholic school parents freaked out when their school thought about taking in public school kids.

Rodeph Shalom executive director Jeff Katz sent an email to congregants saying the district’s announcement was “premature and made without our knowledge.”

Stockton University hired Andrew Kortyna even though he had been fired for retaliating against students who complained of sexual harassment.

After parents rejected an early proposal, Philly officials have found semi-permanent homes for 1,000 high school students displaced by asbestos, construction delays.

A former chairman of Pennsylvania’s Board of Education, Larry Wittig, has been permanently banned from US Olympic sports for sexual misconduct involving a minor.

Enrollment at Pennsylvania’s state universities once again took a downward tumble for the ninth consecutive year, dropping by 2.6% from last year.

Over 1,000 Philly students displaced by building, issues including exposed asbestos, could soon learn where they’ll attend school.

Both schools proposed as alternates for the 1,000 students being relocated by the School District of Philadelphia because of asbestos have also been found to contain asbestos.

The Philadelphia School District has spent over $100 million getting rid of the toxic substance.