Education

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 ...

Gov. Tom Corbett has suggested his Advisory Commission on Postsecondary Education consider some consolidation of the Penn State Universit ...

A former school principal turned whistle-blower is getting his job back, thanks to an arbitration judge’s ruling. The Camden educa ...

Some struggling Philadelphia students will be stranded this summer by the School District’s plan to sharply curtail summer school.& ...

Parents and activists got their first opportunity last night to weigh in publicly on the Philadelphia School District’s aggressive ...

The Philadelphia School District is coming under fire for its plan to shutter 40 of the district’s schools by next year, and two do ...

In addition to plans to close up to 40 schools in the next year, the Philadelphia School District has outlined sweeping changes to its op ...

Supporters of seven struggling Philadelphia schools packed School District headquarters Thursday night to learn their futures.   ...

The School Reform Commission will hand over four Philadelphia schools to charter operators Thursday. It’s part of the district̵ ...

Calling it a “grave concern” that “we’re looking at data that may not be accurate,” District officials said ...

South Philadelphia senior Marcus Johnson stands at the front of his classroom eager to give his presentation on mammals. But there are n ...

Johnny Oliver has no doubt about the best unit that he’s taught – and is still teaching – at Freire Charter School. It ...