Education

Lawmakers passed a bill in 2018 that added a student and a teacher to the state board in non-voting roles. The student must be in 11th or 12th grade.

The training provides a glimpse of how Pa. schools could change if armed teachers become a new normal in classrooms.

Pennsylvania has started to modernize its science curriculum, including a focus on climate change.

The School District of Philadelphia says students attending the climate strike on Friday will be marked as absent, unlike in New York.

Amid a larger push by Governor Tom Wolf to reform charter school policy, bipartisan interest has grown to amend the rules and funding methods of cyber charters.

Paul Tough discusses his new book, "The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Break Us," which examines inequities in college admissions system.

After the university sent an alert based on an unverified report of a shooter, students understandably freaked out. Did Villanova jump the gun or follow best practices?

A report from New Jersey Policy Perspective, a progressive think tank, says the state’s teaching workforce does not resemble the state’s student body.

Swarthmore College professor Lee Smithey urges educators around the world to cancel classes for a “global climate strike” on Sept. 20.

Wilma Mishoe, 70, will step down from the historically Black university at the end of the year, according to the university’s website.

Ito reportedly resigned from other boards he sat on, including the James L. Knight Foundation. He was named director of the M.I.T. Media Lab in 2011.

The government said there would be no homework for students in grades one and two.

Robert Morris School in North Philadelphia has made notable academic progress. But, like the school district, it still has a long way to go.

Hite says steady progress and stability is the recipe for Philly schools. But is that type of change powerful enough for the long-struggling system?

A recent training for a group in Pa. addressed the softer skills around how to assess and prevent threats.