Education

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 ...

When you see Naje Taylor behind the counter of The Monkey and The Elephant cafe, his face shows no signs of past scars. But they ...

The Philadelphia School Partnership will provide $10.5 million in startup grants to five new charter schools approved to open for the 201 ...

Four charter management organizations have applied to take over operations at three district elementary schools and run them as neighborh ...

The Pennsylvania legislature is one step closer to pushing back using standardized tests as a graduation requirement. As is, state ...

Pennsylvania’s House is giving its approval to a plan to delay for two years a set of mandatory tests for students before they can ...

Many Pennsylvania schools and organizations that rely on state money have been suffering as the budget impasse has cut off funding. ...

In his first major policy announcement since winning election, Philadelphia Mayor-elect Jim Kenney formalized a campaign promise to creat ...

Pediatricians prescribe many things, but a prescription for books may surprise parents. Research shows many parents don’t re ...

Does Pennsylvania’s school rating system make the grade? In a recent ...

The Philadelphia School Reform Commission hosted a marathon meeting Thursday night featuring a slate of nearly 70 public speakers. The bu ...

Caitlyn Bordon, a senior at Millersville University, thought she was hearing firecrackers or distant thunder, but it would turn out to be ...

For many Philadelphia families, the city’s special admissions magnet schools are key resources that keep them from moving out of to ...