Education

The start of the school year brings renewed dreams for students and a host of challenges for educators. To discuss some of the iss ...

Former School Reform Commissioner Sylvia Simms will return to her activist roots as executive director of a pro-charter parents group. ...

In remarks before a cross-section of the city’s elite, author David Osborne argued cities such as Philadelphia should create more c ...

The first week of school ended with some sunny financial news for the School District of Philadelphia. The credit-rating agency Mo ...

Later this month, WHYY-TV will air Ken Burns and Lynn Novicks’ 10-part documentary on the Vietnam War. American forces withdrew ...

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says any new policy on investigating sexual assault on college campus must balance the rights of victims ...

One of the most influential education organizations in Philadelphia announced plans to raise and distribute $60 million over the next thr ...

The start of the school year brings renewed dreams for students and a host of challenges for educators. To discuss some of these c ...

Alain Locke School in West Philadelphia was named the city’s twelfth community school Wednesday, moving Mayor Jim Kenney’s ad ...

Last month, after school started, a New Mexico teacher was caught in an audio recording denouncing President Trump in class. “If yo ...

Superintendent William Hite made a joke. When I sat down with Hite last week for an interview and asked him to state his name and ...

So how does a local kid become one of the nation’s top youth poets? In Juliet Lubwama’s case, the journey started with ...

So how does a local kid become one of the nation’s top youth poets? In Juliet Lubwama’s case, the journey started with ...

For the first time in nearly four years, students and teachers will show up for classes Tuesday at Roberts Vaux High School in North Phil ...

What’s the point of public school? To foster academic and critical thinking skills? To prepare students for the workforce? A ...