Education

There are 25 seats up for grabs on Delaware's school boards on Tuesday. But if history is any guide, fewer than 2 percent of the eligible voters will cast ballots.

Since Tuesday, activists have camped out in the offices of two deans they want fired.

Former Philadelphia Schools chief executive officer Paul Vallas is running for mayor in Chicago. Vallas is no stranger to Chicago, ...

College Signing Day turned North Philadelphia into West Hollywood, all in the service of spurring more Philly students to college.

Many districts monitor students to make sure they actually live within district boundaries and aren't using a fake address, but what does that monitoring actually entail?

The Every Student Succeeds Act replaces No Child Left Behind, the controversial plan that caused upheaval in some schools.

Mastery Charter Schools hosted its first ever “action assembly” in West Philadelphia Monday night to engage public officials about how to make their neighborhoods safer.

When school districts remove students for residency fraud, they say they're enforcing rules and protecting taxpayers. Others see a system that targets the poor and minorities.

Fate continues to haunt Knight and his family. But he has worked tirelessly to overcome hardship and heartbreak as a good son, brother, student, teammate.

The fire that destroyed her dad’s third-floor apartment is the scariest thing that’s ever happened to 8-year-old Dakota Johnson. It w ...

Delaware’s efforts to make sure students are ready for the jobs of tomorrow got a $3.2 million boost from Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Delaware's alternate diploma will give students a major boost when it comes to job prospects in grocery stores, clerical work and so much more, advocates say.

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with Kevin McCorry, host of the WHYY podcast 'Schooled.' The second season of began this week.

Colleges that have gone "test optional" enroll — and graduate — a higher proportion of low-income and first generation-students.