Education

After an excruciating day of protests and pleas for mercy, Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission voted Thursday night to close 23 ...

In Philadelphia’s Far Northeast, within city lines but long its own sprawling world, the traditional neighborhood public elementary ...

Most of Philadelphia’s neighborhood high schools have turned into half-empty “dropout factories.”  Public school c ...

On Tuesday, Feb. 26, Philly Youth Radio Project (PYR) will present their prog ...

In 2011, Imhotep Institute Charter High School won its third consecutive Public League basketball title, but its quest for a fourpeat fel ...

Over six weeks, parents, students, labor unions, and clergy have all taken turns blasting the School District of Philadelphia’s pla ...

Philadelphia’s independent Renaissance school operators are bringing families back to struggling neighborhood public schools that t ...

The state of Pennsylvania just got caught cooking the books. Which books? Well, this little scam didn’t have to do with doll ...

A non-profit organization set up to manage a network of independent Catholic schools in Philadelphia has a new president.  Al ...

For parents hoping to enroll their children in kindergarten at coveted Penn Alexander Elementary School in West Philadelphia, it’s ...

Dozens of former employees claim that K12 Inc, a for-profit education company, used dubious and sometimes fraudulent tactics to mask astr ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Education has taken over the probe into possible widespread cheating on state tests at Philadelphia’ ...

Nearly a thousand angry students and parents from North Philadelphia turned out for a community meeting Tuesday night to challenge the Ph ...

Superintendent William Hite says the Philadelphia School District is “close to wrapping up” its piece of a far-reaching inves ...

Saying it’s time to “reset our district,” new Philadelphia School Superintendent William Hite this weekend released a r ...