Education

The decision could signal a new attitude toward the growing charter school sector in Philly. The board said the applications before it didn’t meet its high standards

A southern New Jersey school employee has won a round in a dispute over using a sick day during last year's Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl victory parade.

Legislators have responded to a deluge of passionate phone calls from parents urging them to reject a bill they say would allow unlimited testing of students for years to come

In our view, lawmakers should prohibit charter school owners and operators from leasing and purchasing property from their other companies.

The issue is expected to come up during education department budget hearings.

Dorrell Green is a longtime educator who helped lead the consolidation of several Wilmington schools where poverty is high and proficiency is poor.

After several incidents came to light in the early 2000s, the school said it would take action. So why are beatings still happening?

All the bill needed to become law was President Donald Trump's signature. It would create a national archive of documents from civil rights cold cases.

Enrollment across the 14 state-owned schools has decreased by 18 percent since 2010, dropping to less than 100,000 students in fall 2018.

After an African-American student was punished for wearing an African head wrap, administrators are accused of favoring Hispanic teens at Camden Academy Charter High School.

A tax-break program that routes millions to Pennsylvania private schools could grow much larger if a new bill becomes law.

Teachers at The College School in Delaware are using robots and 3D printers to help struggling students succeed.

Temple and Penn have updated policies as fraternities and sororities participate in efforts to raise awareness. But is it enough?

Student loan debt has more then doubled in the last decade to $1.5 trillion. We look at the causes, consequences and possible policy solutions for tackling student debt.

Pennsylvania has 500 school districts — nearly every one with its own full-time superintendent, hired by locally elected school board members.