Education

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said he wanted to pass school vouchers and a Marcellus Shale impact fee this year. Neither one of th ...

Penn State has tapped a big name to lead an independent investigation into the university’s actions regarding recent sex abuse alle ...

The state Senate has passed a proposal to create vouchers for 17 school districts in 11 counties throughout Pennsylvania. The plan ...

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Education advocates and government watchdogs in Philadelphia are calling for answers.  Yesterday’s report from the Mayor’ ...

Delaware and New Jersey are expected to be among the first to receive waivers to the “No Child Left Behind” law. The O ...

A boy who was bullied by a “wolf pack” in Upper Darby in January is headed to Washington, D.C.   Nadin Khoury dre ...

A dozen Philadelphia-area trailblazers are joining more than 500 notable African Americans across the country for the ...

The mayor’s chief integrity officer has come down hard on state Rep. Dwight Evans and recently ...

A former U.S. Supreme Court Justice came to Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center today to discuss the role of civics educati ...

State budget cuts are hurting the Chester Upland School District, NAACP officials said Tuesday. The district, which received $10 m ...

Leaders of the Philadelphia school system still aren’t talking about their decision to pay departed superintendent Arlene Ackerman ...

The Philadelphia Archdiocese’s 17 city and suburban high schools are open today but teachers are on strike.  Mary Rochford, th ...

Philadelphia’s public schools open their doors today, welcoming 155,000 students back to a district that has undergone major change ...

Roman Catholic high schools in Philadelphia are set to open this week but teachers still don’t have a new contract to replace the o ...