Education

Hours before her evening event at the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia, Michelle Obama surprised a group of teens with a visit.

Hockey pucks: They're small and heavy and — one Michigan college thinks — may be the perfect weapon against an active shooter on campus.

DEA says community outreach efforts — including sponsoring after-school and summer programs — are as vital as its law enforcement mission in addressing the opioid epidemic.

Philadelphia’s City Council held a first-of-its-kind hearing Tuesday with school district officials and members of the city’s new school board.

One of the three, Burlington City High School will begin offering the P-Tech curriculum in the fall.

Guest: Anea B. Moore

Lock Haven University will launch a pilot pet-friendly program in January when the spring semester begins.

Large community potlucks and school plays where students dress up as Pilgrims and Indians help students learn the familiar story of the very first Thanksgiving.

Anea Moore is both a product of the city's premier university and high school. But her experience at two neighborhood schools shaped her journey just as much.

"You are, as a female, really having to stand up, and maybe sometimes stand up a little taller and be noticed," said one superintendent.

Cheyney University’s accreditation has been extended for another year under probationary status, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education announced Tuesday.

School shootings have taken a terrible human toll. They have also been a boon to the business of security technology.

The department will collect public input on the rules before they can be finalized.

The Future Ready PA Index has been a long time coming.

Twenty Delaware school districts or charters will receive a total of $438,000 in federal grants to expand high school career pathway programs.