Education

The purpose of providing the starter deposit is to raise awareness about the children’s savings accounts, known as 529 accounts.

The Trump administration is moving to rescind Obama-era guidance that encouraged schools to take a person's race into account to encourage diversity in admissions.

Books are everywhere in your house, and yet ... they're not being consumed. Because it's summer, and kids have so many other things they'd rather do.

Governor Tom Wolf called for a major change to the way Pennsylvania funds schools Friday, advocating for the state to distribute its larg ...

Gov. John Carney’s attempts to create an anti-bias policy in Delaware schools that would protect all children, especially transgender o ...

Penn State University wants a moratorium on college sports betting — while the University of Pittsburgh wants a piece of the action.

Last week, members of Philadelphia's School Reform Commission gathered for the last time. Next month, a city school board will begin official duties.

In the 1980s and ’90s, Jimmy Bennett was a regular in the Delaware Valley folk/country music circuit, playing bass or rhythm guitar ...

"Growing up, I kind of believed that sexual violence was, just in general, a Western concept, like it doesn't happen to people who are Muslim."

The debate in many ways comes down to this: What's more important — cold steel or warm hugs? Harsh consequences or second chances?

The Keystone Exams would be delayed until 2020-21.

West Philadelphia’s Farrad McLaughlin, 26, was crushed when he lost his older brother to gun violence a decade ago. But since that mome ...

Data analysis shows that the Trump administration is less likely than its predecessor to find wrongdoing by school districts.

The SRC also left some business on the table, failing to reach agreements with 25 charter schools that say the commission’s terms are too restrictive.

This year's negotiations have featured a lot less rancor, and education seems to be at the heart of the compromise.