Education

The nonprofit Delaware SkillsUSA awarded about $800,000 in scholarships and apprenticeships. One winner said vo-tech gives kids a “head start” on a career.

Presentations ran the gamut from so-called “soft” solutions like mental health counseling to “hard” solutions like metal detectors and armed staff.

The moves come after protests over how the Eastern Lancaster County School District is providing locker room and bathroom access for a transgender student.

In 2011, its economic impact on the state was just over $1 billion. By 2017, that figure grew to more than $6 billion.

As a young woman, Annabel Liu defied her father's demand that she study medicine. He could never see that her passion was writing — something she did until the day she died.

Penn students react to the school’s former basketball coach taking $300,000 to save a spot on the team for an unqualified player.

Rich people are no smarter than the rest of us. They’re just better at cheating.

The salary and prestige of these jobs are still low, despite their importance to child development.

The ratings ranged from 1 to 100 and are based on a compilation of factors for schools in each category.

Newark is taking aim at the University of Delaware’s party school reputation with a new ordinance to combat unruly ‘super parties.’

Over the last several years, Cheyney University has struggled to stay afloat. Now, it looks like it has a recovery plan. Will it survive and what's at stake for students?

Support for career and technical education happens to be one of the only work-related areas where Pennsylvania Republicans and Democrats agree.

Students in rural Pennsylvania face two big obstacles to college completion: cost and access. A new college is out to change that.

Nearly 370 districts will be seeing some increase in aid; another 200 will lose out.

"People tend to overlook the rural areas. I think it's kind of disappointing because some able students could get looked over."