Education

The man chosen to fix the Chester Upland School District’s troubled finances is proving to be controversial from the start. ...

  Everybody has a safe place, or at least should have one. Somewhere to let your hair down and recharge. In the series “Tee ...

The president of the Milton Hershey School has apologized to an HIV-positive teen who was barred from attending the boarding school. ...

Philadelphia public schools welcome students back to the classroom on Friday, Sept. 7, and the expanding role of charters has made lots o ...

Pennsylvania’s Department of Education has put together a list of the state’s 414 low-achieving schools. It represents bad ne ...

In this latest installment from Philly Youth Radio, Cavhanah Baht T’om talks about her safe place, Clark Park in West Philadelphia ...

A 75-year-old schoolteacher from Haverford has been indicted on charges of using her position to steal nearly $6 million from Philadelphi ...

The Delaware Valley’s largest philanthropic foundation made a big splash this month, announcing $32 million in grants — including ...

In this latest installment from Philly Youth Radio, Shayla Torres talks about leaving her safe place, her grandparents’ home, for t ...

The Boston Consulting Group has identified up to 60 Philadelphia school buildings as potential candidates for closure and helped line up ...

In the series “Teen Sanctuaries,” Philly Youth Radio asked students to show us their safe spaces.  ...

If hired as Philadelphia school superintendent, William R. Hite, Jr. said the first thing he would do is travel the city and listen; once ...

Charters schools are getting too much money — that’s the conclusion of Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner. A report fro ...

Legislation under consideration in Harrisburg would place Chester Upland and other financially distressed school districts under state ov ...

Neshaminy teachers are headed back to work this week — one week into their second strike this year.  Even with a return to cla ...