Education

In the wake of violent attacks both in the U.S. and abroad linked to Islamic extremists, many peaceful Muslims here feel increasingly mar ...

A push by the Republican majority in Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives to free up $578 million for Penn State and other state ...

Philadelphia School District superintendent William Hite has selected two charter school operators to take over operations at two distric ...

Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration and the Legislature are facing a lawsuit from Pennsylvania schools over the budget impasse’s f ...

In the first 15 years of charter schools in Pennsylvania, the state acknowledged the alternatives to traditional public schools pose a fi ...

The warm, fuzzy feelings didn’t last long. As Pennsylvania expedited billions of dollars in overdue payments to schools, cou ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s top priority in his first year in office has been to secure a historic funding boost for public educat ...

Schoolyard taunting and cruel jokes in the classroom — and online — are standard fare for many kids. Despite efforts to stem bullying ...

Seven hours after he’s sworn in as Philadelphia’s 99th mayor,  Jim Kenney will attend a private fundraiser for the Fund ...

Thousands of Pennsylvania students who rely on scholarships through tax credit programs have gotten a last-minute gift from Gov. Tom Wolf ...

Gov. Tom Wolf announced Tuesday that he’ll issue a line-item veto to reject major parts of the spending plan passed last week by Pe ...

The Pennsylvania Senate’s effort to amend the PA School Code ( ...

The Philadelphia School District took a big risk last summer. In an attempt to boost the number of substitute teachers willing to ...

In what’s being celebrated as a major victory for parents, the Pennsylvania Department of Education has validated their claims of d ...

Thomas Jefferson University is a 190-year-old medical school that is trying to function more like a startup. Philadelphia University, mea ...