Education

A health expert said every school in the city that has plumbing joined by lead solder should stop allowing children to use drinking fountains immediately.

The law itself would only apply to parents in Harrisburg. But one of Pa.’s most powerful legislators calls it a “pilot” program for school vouchers.

Low milk prices have made the past few years tough for Pennsylvania’s dairy farmers.

About 50 Rutgers-Camden students will trade their warm beds for cardboard and sleeping bags in the quad outside the campus center as part of a “sleep out.”

Recent testing uncovered high lead levels in the water at Mastery Frederick Douglass Elementary. Parents say they should have been told sooner.

A group of retired military leaders says too many young Pennsylvanians don’t meet standard eligibility requirements for serving in the armed forces.

The proposal would have the state pick up what federal dollars do not for school lunch costs.

As the son of Black Panthers, Sharif El-Mekki grew up in West Philadelphia enraged at the injustice he saw all around him, including in education.

A decline in the number of licensed school bus drivers statewide has some districts scrambling to get students to and from school.

1,700 kids came to see Hamilton the musical at Forrest Theater and showcase their own songwriting skills.

For the second time in as many city elections, Philadelphians have elected an education activist to Council. What does that mean for the city’s education landscape?

Half of all internet traffic is estimated to be bots. Researchers at the University of Delaware hope to deploy memes in the effort to defeat them.

The school board election in Tamaqua was framed as a referendum on its controversial gun policy, which would be a first in the state.

District officials thought they had a plan to deal with exposed asbestos at a North Philly school — until parents rose up against it.