Education

Philadelphia’s traditional public schools, charters and Catholic schools ...

​ In July 2010, when Saliyah Cruz was named principal of Communications Technology High, state test scores said the small school ...

A state-appointed turnaround officer has presented what he calls a “radical and bold” recovery plan for the troubled Chester ...

The Philadelphia School District revealed Wednesday that its system for rating schools is faulty The district has suspended use of ...

UPDATED 11/1/12 In the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, school districts across the region are facing a varying array of challenges ...

Pennsylvania’s college graduates carry more student loan debt than almost any other state.  A new report by ...

Pennsylvania professors are taking the first step toward something they have never done: strike.  Delegates from the union represent ...

When Pennsylvania House Republicans were unable to muster the necessary votes Wednesday night to pass a controversial package of charter ...

A federally funded program to provide low-cost job retraining at all of Pennsylvania’s 14 community colleges is up and running, aft ...

As usual, Karen Lewis is trying to manage a dozen things at once. And as usual, Lewis’ son, 8-year-old Cooper Harbol, is the focus ...

As part of its Renaissance Schools turnaround initiative, the School District of Philadelphia has outsourced management of 17 struggling ...

In order to close as many as one fifth of the city’s traditional public schools by the fall of 2013, Philadelphia district official ...

Standardized test scores have dropped across the state – dramatically so in Philadelphia and in those Pennsylvania schools suspected of ...

Mayor Nutter and Pennsylvania State Senator Anthony Hardy Williams joined over a hundred Philadelphians Wednesday night for a special adv ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett rallied with Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput Thursday at a Catholic high school in Drexel Hill.&nbsp ...