Education

Though recent state test scores paint a rosier picture, new results from a respected national test suggest Philadelphia students haven't made big strides.

A national survey of college students found 36 percent struggle to find enough to eat or have a safe place to live.

Philly's community school initiative will be smaller and take longer to expand than initially projected. Still, the dozen schools already named are forging ahead.

A former Dover charter school principal has been sentenced to 13 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $145,000 in restitution for embezzling federal education funds.

The mayor insists much of the money will go toward pre-K and Rebuild after the Big Soda lobby is defeated in court. Then why not create a reserve fund earmarked for pre-K?

What should students do once they've been wait-listed?

A Philadelphia middle school has launched a "calming room" to help students unwind.

The American College of Physicians has issued a position paper on "ethical obligations" for medical volunteers.

Kenney's board will replace the state-controlled School Reform Commission on July 1.

One school board member calls the allocation to Chesterfield School District a "punch to the gut."

The family of a Wilmington high school student who died after being attacked in the bathroom nearly two years ago is suing two attackers her and the school district.

State Sen. Vincent Hughes intends to introduce his Pennsylvania Promise legislation on April 16.

In wide-ranging talk, former vice president chides millennials for not voting and spills a White House secret.

Administrators of intensive English programs say a kaleidoscope of factors have contributed to the contraction — including the economy and the 'Trump factor.'

SRC chair Joyce Wilkerson and commissioner Christopher McGinley needed to leave the five-member body before Mayor Jim Kenney could pick them to serve on the new board.