Education

The annual AERA conference is in Philly this week, focusing on how research and policy changes can help provide educational opportunities for everyone.

Board leadership suggested in a letter to Trustee Anthony Lubrano that the proposal should have been deliberated during a private executive session.

"And Then There Were None," an adaptation of Agatha Christie's popular mystery novel, has racist tropes and undertones.

The nominees have various career backgrounds from legal to working for NASA. The nominations head to City Council for advice and consent.

It’s been a long road to unionize graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania but if successful, it would include about 4,500 workers.

The Community Schools Reading Intervention program was developed by elementary school officials and Mercer Street Friends during the pandemic.

On Friday, the Education Department announced an error in its calculations for federal student aid that will result in delays for as many as 200,000 applicants.

Students from el Centro de Estudiantes and Vaux Big Picture High School were inspired by community leaders and discussed mental health, education and societal stereotypes.

The center will concentrate on equity and providing cities with evidence-based policies to protect their residents.

Against the backdrop of the city’s gun violence crisis, students are able to open up with the safe-space ethos of the makeshift barbershop.

Parker’s first budget proposal includes $24 million for the 2024-2025 school year.

In the wake of a mass shooting that left eight teens injured, Dawkins spoke to Philly students about the importance of dealing with trauma.

It’s also Albert Einstein’s birthday, making the pie eaten at Pi Day gatherings all the sweeter.

The faculty called the congressional committee investigating antisemitism on campus “a new form of McCarthyism.”

The list of names for the school district’s governing body will be submitted to Mayor Cherelle Parker, who will select nine candidates.