Education

Last year, West Catholic High was at the brink of closing down. This summer, equipped with a $1 million gift, a new name and a new philos ...

The Pennsylvania House passed key pieces of Gov. Tom Corbett’s Philadelphia schools funding package Monday night. While many ...

It’s official. South Jersey is home to a new research hub, the result of what some are calling the most expansive university merger ...

After Sunday’s last-minute budget deal was signed in Harrisburg, Philadelphia parents and community members on a 15-day ...

Hours before the state budget deadline, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett announced a plan to help the Philadelphia school district cope with ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has a plan to raise money Philadelphia’s troubled schools. However, to become real, the package must ...

A proposed tax on cigarettes in Philadelphia, which critics once called D.O.A., just moved one step closer to reality. The Pennsyl ...

A Philadelphia developer wants to house dozens of young, energized teachers in the same building in Kensington. Despite how it sounds, it ...

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision today on a lawsuit against the University of Texas over its affirmative action program. It ...

Most Pennsylvania voters wouldn’t mind a hike in their income taxes if it would help to fund public schools, according to a ...

The Supreme Court has sent a Texas case on race-based college admissions back to a lower court for another look. The court’s ...

Friday marked the fifth day of a hunger strike by Philadelphia parents and school staff in protest of a school funding plan that will lea ...

Girard College’s class of 2015 will get to graduate after all, according to the Board of City Trusts. Following last week ...

The ever-increasing cost of higher education compels more and more students and their families to rely on grants and scholarships to help ...

Could U.S. Congressman Bob Brady come to rescue of Philadelphia’s schools, ...