Education

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.

In Philadelphia, the kids have been on fire for years — and violence has been a constant theme.

After Caesar Rodney Schools chief prohibited students and teachers from taking part in the Wednesday walkout over gun violence, the district deleted online complaints.

The vast majority — more than 90 percent — of American College of Nurse-Midwives members are white. Some recent grads of Penn’s nurse-midwifery program want to change that.

Students weigh in on gun violence and the upcoming National School Walkout.

Less than a month after Upper Darby's outspoken police superintendent proposed arming teachers, the local school board passed a resolution saying it won't back the idea.

A shortage of physics teachers limits physics-taking, which limits the number of physics teachers

LaVerne Harmon’s elevation to the highest post at the nearly 50-year-old New Castle-based school was formalized Thursday during an inauguration ceremony at the Chase Center.

The lawsuit challenging Pa.’s school-funding scheme continued its slow climb through the legal system with oral arguments before the Commonwealth Court in Philadelphia.

A bipartisan group of state senators is plotting another attempt at legislation that has become something of a white whale in Pennsylvani ...

In February, a divided Christina school board approved the framework of a partnership with the Carney administration to consolidate five high-poverty, low-performing schools.

We are nearing that tipping point where women no longer feel isolated or lonely. We want to make it “normal” for women to choose engineering.

"All I can say to you is keep going, keep fighting, keep marching, keep mobilizing," U.S. Sen. Bob Casey tells high-schoolers calling for changes in gun law.

A struggling charter high school founded six years ago to prepare students for careers in public safety is getting help from the Colonial School District.

Kenney says funding the school district is critical, but council members aren't thrilled about his plan to hike property taxes.