Education

Decked out in blue for the school’s colors, teachers and staff at ASPIRA Olney Charter High School linked arms in the school’ ...

School districts complain that the amounts have not kept up with costs. In 2014, the state modestly increased funding while making some c ...

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly attributed a quote from Michael Churchill to Barbara Grimaldi. ...

“Why are the politicians stopping good schools from helping more of our kids?” That’s the question asked by one ...

Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities must do more to comply with federal laws meant to ensure campus safety, according to a n ...

Public universities and colleges across the country are relying on tuition more than ever before. At 47 percent of the schools’ rev ...

With education funds scarce in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the debate over how charter schools get their money has never been more ...

One night in March, Kristen Lewis was working her cell phone as one of about 50 volunteers for the Children’s Scholarship Fund of P ...

There’s a general rule in Harrisburg: Republican leaders don’t authorize more education spending without demanding stricter a ...

Pennsylvania’s system for distributing its state education aid has been rated by some surveys as one of the most regressive in the ...

Philadelphia teachers may have already cast their lot with Jim Kenney in this year’s mayor’s race, but they are having seriou ...

Acting Pennsylvania Education Secretary Pedro Rivera began his remarks to the Senate Education Committee as he would before a classroom. ...

The superintendent of Philadelphia schools is saying the district can’t cut anymore as he lobbies Pennsylvania state lawmakers for ...

Philadelphia School Reform Commission already rejected 34 out of 39 charter school applications this year. But any rejected charte ...

Four years after Pennsylvania state budget cuts reduced recurring funding for Philadelphia classrooms by $294 million dollars, Mayor Mich ...