Education

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 ...

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.& ...