Education

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has filed criminal charges against two more former Philadelphia principals. Barbara Mc ...

The long-debated $2-a-pack tax on cigarettes in Philadelphia is set to go into effect as soon as next week. Now, the questions are: Who w ...

An ongoing state probe of cheating on standardized tests in Philadelphia has led to the arrests of two more ex-principals. Charges ...

Gov. Tom Corbett has signed a long-awaited measure to let Philadelphia levy a tax on cigarettes beginning next month to raise money for i ...

Philadelphia schools received a tremendous victory in Harrisburg Tuesday as Senate lawmakers passed a long-sought $2-per-pack cigarette t ...

The scuffle between the Philadelphia School District and Walter Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School may soon create more t ...

In a 114-84 vote, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Monday once again approved the $2-per-pack Philadelphia cigarette tax for cit ...

The resource-starved Philadelphia School District has now finished its second full week of classes. In the above link, WHYY educat ...

On the first day of classes principal Saliyah Cruz ...

It was nearly 20 years ago that I called for a nonbinding referendum that would allow the state to force some of its smaller school distr ...

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives stripped contentious provisions from the Philadelphia cigarette-tax authorization bill in a rul ...

Since last spring, Philadelphia school district leaders have been sounding the alarm about this year’s fiscal plight, but even afte ...

Will the pingpong game finally come to a rest? That’s the question Philadelphia education advocates are asking as Pennsylvan ...

The head of Pennsylvania’s Department of Education says a website should up next month to collect public comment on aspects of the ...

In the face of its continuing budget crisis, the Philadelphia school district continues to show a willingness to invest in new options fo ...