Education

Anticipating mass absences from teachers who live in Montgomery County, Philly school officials made a sudden move to close 63 schools Thursday night.

Philly area districts are closing schools briefly to gear up for a scenario where schools are closed for a long time due to COVID-19.

The public university will pay $290K to women who said it failed to protect them from sexual violence and thoroughly investigate their claims.

A new generation of fundraising groups has popped up in Philly’s gentrifying schools. A new study examines their impact.

Despite a legal blow in court this week, students of a N.J. choir college say they’re going to continue to fight its parent university’s plans to consolidate campuses.

A social media post by a white student-athlete from Central High School that uses racial slurs to refer to a Black opponent sent tremors across the internet in Philadelphia.

Only a third of those have women of color as a namesake.

But public meetings will not include open forums to question District officials

One in 5 American children struggle with anxiety. To help students cope, more and more schools are turning to mindfulness — but the interest has some researchers cautious.

Lea DiRusso, 51, was diagnosed with mesothelioma last year. The veteran educator’s diagnosis set off a public firestorm over asbestos in schools.

An overall increase in “formula aid” would help lower the cost of property taxes, which are largely driven by local education costs, Gov. Phil Murphy said.

Former Penn coach Jerome Allen was hit a 15-year show-cause penalty after he accepted $300,000 in bribes to get a wealthy Florida businessman's son into the university.

Philly educators turned out in droves for the latest union election. But the energy was not enough to topple the current leadership.

Where low-wage immigrant labor undergirds the local economy, stress is put on other institutions — especially public schools, which face a mandate to educate all.

The Bridesburg school has a large deficit, a CEO on leave, and some sort of problem related to the identification of special education students.