Education

When I heard that students from my alma mater received Saturday detention for their participation in the National Student Walkout, I had one reaction: shame.

The recently ousted principal at Padua Academy, a prominent Delaware girls Catholic high school, is firing back.

While they receive state funding, Penn State, Temple, Pitt and Lincoln universities are exempt from Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know law and Ethics Act.

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Penn's Ira Harkavy about the university's second-ever teach-in.

Hundreds of pink-clad students of Padua Academy, a prominent Catholic high school for girls in Wilmington, gathered outside the school Mo ...

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia offers a range of internships, the most popular is open to Philadelphia teens who have experience violence.

Kenney asked for more diversity in the applicant pool, and the nominating panel provided 18 new candidates.

A debate is raging in Delaware educational circles about how transgender students are treated in public schools.

The growth hasn't been as dramatic as in major cities, but the number of suburban students in charter schools has grown for 15 consecutive years, according to the new report.

Wednesday’s protests were officially about gun control. But they were was as much about young people stretching their voices, finding their place in the world.

"National approaches to school safety" are on the agenda Thursday as the Pennsylvania House Education Committee meets in Harrisburg for a hearing on school safety measures.

Not all of the events in New Jersey occurred with the blessing of school administrators. Some didn’t occur at all.

Following the walkout, students at Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, Del. attended a town hall forum that was dominated by state lawmakers.

In 2012, after a distinguished career in higher education, Ruth J. Simmons retired and moved back to her home state. But after several years, Prairie View A&M came calling.

A 1958 deadly fire at a Chicago school was the catalyst for life-saving fire drills. Experts say the 1999 Columbine shooting spurred school security changes at a slower pace.