Education

Philadelphia teachers may have already cast their lot with Jim Kenney in this year’s mayor’s race, but they are having seriou ...

Acting Pennsylvania Education Secretary Pedro Rivera began his remarks to the Senate Education Committee as he would before a classroom. ...

The superintendent of Philadelphia schools is saying the district can’t cut anymore as he lobbies Pennsylvania state lawmakers for ...

Philadelphia School Reform Commission already rejected 34 out of 39 charter school applications this year. But any rejected charte ...

Four years after Pennsylvania state budget cuts reduced recurring funding for Philadelphia classrooms by $294 million dollars, Mayor Mich ...

The universities that make up Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education serve 15,000 more students than they did 17 years ago ...

In what’s become a more common strategy for public schools all over our region, the Philadelphia School District wants to outsource ...

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has made headlines recently for blasting the field of candidates running to take his job. Specif ...

Parents in some suburban Philadelphia school districts are opting out of standardized tests in previously unseen numbers. One test, the P ...

Summer is approaching, which means sandy beaches, bathing suits and … textbooks. The Jersey Shore is set to be more than a vacation ...

File this story under “wonky but important.” In an era where standardized test scores often determine a school’s ...

In two years, Pennsylvania students will have to pass three standardized tests — the Keystone Exams — to graduate high school ...

They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but the Community College of Philadelphia recently pledged to make its tuition free ...

Twenty-two percent of the country’s 1,100 community colleges serve mostly racial and ethnic minorities. Community colleges e ...

The Philadelphia School District wants $100 million from the city to help address its financi ...