Education

Teachers facing stagnating wages have the option to pay nothing at all while still being covered by the union bargaining contract.

We should identify and support good schools; and we should identify and fix — or close — bad schools.

Governor Tom Wolf and GOP challenger Scott Wagner have spent much of this month trying to paint one another as supporters of school funding cuts.

Pennsylvania’s public universities have set their budgets and tuition rates for the coming school year. These include the 14 ...

With Pennsylvania licensing fewer and fewer teachers, the state recently announced it will send $2 million in federal aid to eight colleg ...

Leading Youth Through Empowerment helps high-achieving, low-income students gets into elite high schools and programs.

As the price of private preschool soars and states spend more than ever on public programs for the poor, will the middle class be left behind?

Parents today struggle to set screen time guidelines. One big reason is a lack of role models.

At her fourth annual Educator Summit, Penn professor and "grit" expert Angela Duckworth brings teachers from all over the globe. WHYY spoke to some about the theory.

The Department of Education will collect and publish data about the suspension process in an effort to cut back on unnecessary disciplinary measures.

Temple University ousted Moshe Porat, dean of its Fox School of Business after a ...

Governor stopped short of nixing the test entirely, but suggested that's what he wants to do

By a unanimous vote, the nine board members chose former School Reform Commission chairwoman Joyce Wilkerson to as the first board president in this new era.

Since the state enacted a charter school law 20 years ago, starkly different trends have played out in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

Here's a rundown of the facts in place, and the latest developments.