Education

The trouble at CCP reflects larger education funding issues that go beyond Philadelphia and the community-college sector.

The oldest reform school in the country has announced plans to lay off about 250 staff members at the Pennsylvania campus amid state probes into allegations of child abuse.

Even as school districts across the country have become more aware of how trauma can affect learning, there’s been little concrete policy on the state or federal level.

The Philadelphia school board voted to require metal detectors at all district high schools; protesters then took over the meeting

Bridgette May has a salary under $45,000 a year.

The disclosed sale agreement of Westminster Choir College to a conglomerate partly owned by the Chinese government states that the owners can close the school at any time.

Pa. officials have ordered the "emergency removal" of all children remaining in the oldest reform school in the country.

The University of Pennsylvania is exempt from paying property taxes in Philadelphia. Activists say the school should contribute its ‘fair share’ for city services anyway.

There are lots of legal ways that wealthy students get into America's top schools.

Gov. Tom Wolf is once again pushing for a severance tax on Pennsylvania’s natural gas producers — this time by focusing on how the money could be used for schools.

A lawsuit filed last year claims residency rules are to blame for lack of diversity in New Jersey public education.

Even before dozens of parents were charged with paying bribes to universities all over the country, the university system has always been rigged to favor some over others.

Glen Mills was once one of the most prestigious reform schools in the country. Now, students are being pulled out in waves following allegations of widespread abuse.

To help students suffering from trauma and mental illness, Delaware lawmakers want to boost the number of elementary school counselors and psychologists.

Closures displaced thousands of students, but a new study suggests the kids who fared worst academically were at schools where most displaced students went.