Education

The Board of Education met for the final time in 2019 on Thursday, approving five-year renewals for six charter schools.

Thrive NJ Coalition’s ‘report card’ gives New Jersey sex ed programs just a ‘C’ grade, saying schools should spend more time on the subject.

The city agencies tasked with oversight have failed to enforce Philadelphia’s post-Flint crisis water quality standards.

Increasing numbers of catchment families are enrolling in their local District schools in this section of Northwest Philly.

Kids will need parents’ permission to earn the excused absence.

Students at Westminster Choir College worry an address change will mean the end, with nine months to move, and no shovels in the ground.

About 1,500 Philly students attend Chester campuses run by the charter organization seeking to take the district over.

Over the past decade, Philly's public schools experienced an average of one lockdown every other day, leaving many students with nightmares.

The district argues the Pa. Human Relations Commission doesn’t have the authority to dictate how it educates its students or spends its money.

In what would be a first in Pennsylvania, Chester Community Charter School is pushing to take over all traditional K-8 education in its home district in Delaware County.

Five years ago, Philadelphia police found a girl nearly naked in a snowy, abandoned lot. That dark day led to a brighter future for special needs kids.

International flags flutter at Valencia Newcomer School, where more than 200 children from around the world are learning English skills and American classroom customs.

Spanglish isn't the only dialect that has popped up from contact between two languages.

The Pa. Human Relations Commission says "Redskins" is a slur for Native Americans, but will allow a Bucks County school district to use the nickname for its sports teams.

An analysis of records from the past 10 years shows there’s no real standard for how to report these incidents, which can leave students with nightmares.