Education

The organization A Better Chance Lower Merion has helped young students of color with mentors and access to strong schools.

Research shows participation in the program sets up students for success by strengthening their executive functions.

Board members reviewed 18 schools up for charter renewal, two weeks after approving the first new charter school since 2018.

Three years ago, they came to Philly with hardly anything. Now the grads are planning their careers here.

The Public Education Funding Commission still has to determine how to weigh additional funding to schools for low-income students and English language learners.

Former Penn Board Chair Scott Bok on the fallout from the 2023 campus protests, the antisemitism probes, and Wall Street's outsized influence on universities.

At least two dozen students along with community members traveled to Trenton asking the board to reverse cuts to address the $91 million deficit.

Low pay, difficult working conditions and high attrition rates fuel the need for teachers in Pennsylvania, education experts say.

The ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a temporary restraining order on behalf of three individuals who were banned from school board meetings. A judge ruled it is no longer relevant.

Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter of The Roots spoke at the Community College of Philadelphia about overcoming and growing from childhood trauma.

News that the global Catholic Church would get its first U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholic students at Princeton and other U.S. universities.

Hill-Freedman Records gives students a chance to be heard — and to collaborate with big names like John Legend, Jordan Mailata and HBO.

State education officials recruited a suburban Chicago firm to conduct a nationwide search to find a successor to Katrina McCombs.

Philadelphia's University of the Arts closed almost one year ago. Former students and faculty and local performers will commemorate the closure with events and performances.

The school district in Delaware County said it is in need of Pennsylvania cyber charter reform and additional adequacy funding to balance the budget.