Education

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 ...

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 ...