Education

Will the pingpong game finally come to a rest? That’s the question Philadelphia education advocates are asking as Pennsylvan ...

The head of Pennsylvania’s Department of Education says a website should up next month to collect public comment on aspects of the ...

In the face of its continuing budget crisis, the Philadelphia school district continues to show a willingness to invest in new options fo ...

Overcrowded classrooms, shortage of guidance counselors, lack of proper coursework. These are among the reasons parents in the Phi ...

Want to boil the blood of some Pennsylvania voters? Utter four words: “Common Core state standards.” For those leery o ...

Ben Franklin High School student Brian Burney arrived at school early on the first day of classes. Before first bell, he joined a ...

Here we go again. The Philadelphia School District opens its doors today, and, for the second year in a row, district leaders admi ...

One of the latest and most ardently pursued urban education reform is the all-charter school district. New Orleans, Detroit, and the Dist ...

For students in the Philadelphia school district, there is such a thing as a free lunch. Starting this fall the School Di ...

For the first time since the designation has been in place, zero Philadelphia School District schools have been deemed persistently dange ...

Imagine a public high school in Philadelphia where class sizes are small, test scores are high, and violent incidents are almost non-exis ...

Alan Jacobs dropped out of Kensington High School at 16 and soon found himself locked up on a gun charge. His mom, Emma Johnson, f ...

The sun is hot. Water is wet. Teenagers like to sleep in. These truths we know to be self-evident. The American Academy of ...

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Under a blazing August sun, Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf practiced the politics of friendly with red-shirted ...