Education

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

A little-known learning disability is helping kids — and adults — reframe their struggles with numbers.

A proposal backed by a powerful Republican would steer families to district-run cyber programs and away from cyber charter schools.

The system of 14 universities had asked for an increase of almost $38 million, or 8 percent. Last week, Gov. Tom Wolf proposed an increase of $7 million, or 1.5 percent.

The eight school districts are saying reductions will devastate the learning environment for thousands of students.

For decades, people in the U.S. have worried about falling behind the rest of the world at math. Some teachers think they have answers.

This is important for Philadelphia, where marginal applications are sometimes approved for fear of costly and ultimately successful appeals to the state board.

In a searchable database, you can see how much your school district would receive.

Area schools install devices that resemble smoke detectors to combat the use of e-cigarettes, or vapes, in bathrooms and other places without cameras.

For years, Pennsylvania's school-funding system has stuck out nationally, occasionally flagged as one of the least equitable.

The University of Delaware spends $19 million a year on scholarships and financial aid for in-state students. It wants taxpayers to shoulder the same amount.

A court’s recent strike-down of PARCC graduation requirements has led to widespread confusion. Lawmakers try to keep the requirements in place for current juniors and seniors.

Is it a case of suburban anxiety run amok? Or a window into how enlightened parents can undermine the reputation of a reputedly great school district?

In Tredyffrin/Easttown, some children are struggling to read. Their parents blame dyslexia and schools they say aren't teaching them, but the reality is more complicated.

Wolf wants to boost the minimum teacher salary from $18,500 to $45,000, a move that mostly affects Pennsylvania's rural school districts.