Education

Hartranft students are taught to be safe, responsible, and respectful. If a teacher “catches” a student embodying one of those characteristics, he or she is rewarded.

It's the only early Headstart program in the nation to enroll students directly from local county welfare offices.

The Mayor’s education nominating panel, charged with recommending candidates to serve for the Board of Education, met for the first time Friday.

Details expected next week during governor's fiscal 2019 budget address.

In advance of big game, Philly offensive tackle Lane Johnson capitalizing on underdog perception with sales of masks and shirts. Proceeds are going to city school district.

Keystone Crossroads’ Kevin McCorry recently visited Northwestern Pennsylvania to report on the issues that rural school districts face.

Now that US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has approved Pennsylvania’s 13-year education-improvement plan, state officials are working on rolling out some changes.

After fleeing hurricane devastation, a young pianist gets back on the ivories in Philadelphia.

The nominating panel features a baker's dozen of community, civic, and business leaders. The panel will help form Philly's new, locally appointed school board.

King's speech to a group of students at Barratt Junior High School in South Philadelphia urged them to make better lives. Many of them did.

Later school start times could mean teenagers are more likely to get adequate amounts of sleep, according to research published last month by Penn State researchers.

Gov.-elect Phil Murphy's choice to lead the New Jersey Department of Education is a 'visionary,' one analyst says.

Critics say the PARCC assessments force teachers to narrow their teaching to what is on the test.

Delaware won three national titles under Raymond, using the innovative Wing-T offense the former mathematics major helped create. He died last month at 92.