Education

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 ...

The Philadelphia School Reform Commission voted unanimously Thursday night to extend Superintendent William Hite’s contract through ...

A Philadelphia medical school is merging with a liberal arts university known for its design programs in a move officials say will help t ...

The Philadelphia School Reform Commission will vote Thursday night on a resolution that would temporarily outsource two upper management ...

The Philadelphia School District may not be able to pay its employees or its bills after January 29, 2016. Superintendent William ...

Supporters and opponents of the plan to transform Philadelphia’s Wister Elementary into a Mastery Charter school squared off last n ...

President Obama last week signed a bill that weakens federal oversight of public schools and transfers autonomy to the states. Pen ...

Charter schools are a hotly debated public education option in the Keystone State, particularly in the Philadelphia area, where one out o ...

Philadelphia School District leaders are questioning the need for a potential new state law that would require the state to take drastic ...

In a bipartisan 42-9 ...

For the second time in a month, a tentative deal to end Pennsylvania’s five month-long budget impasse has fallen apart. Gov. ...

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and top legislative leaders say they’ve reached an agreement to end the state’s more-than five ...

Private schools in Pennsylvania are putting the pressure on the Wolf administration to reverse its decision not to authorize up to $150 m ...