Education

School board members in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are pushing for higher standards for charter schools. They say the state appeals board undercuts their efforts.

Under President Allen's leadership, the university has restructured administration to give it more of a presence in Harrisburg and create better support systems for students.

State officials have revoked licenses for the oldest reform school in the country amid multiple state probes into allegations of child abuse at the Pennsylvania campus.

The fight to boost education funding brings lots of people together — teachers, superintendents, politi ...

The university said on Saturday it shared the "international revulsion" the laws induced and that it would reconsider a 1993 decision to confer the honorary degree.

The Mastery Parent Action Team rallied at City Hall Thursday morning. The group met with Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross and other city leaders.

A new policy will give Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities more of a say in what their students will pay in tuition.

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.