Education

“Why on earth would you want to work in the Philadelphia school district?” It’s the question the leader of city ...

It’s all been written before. The Philadelphia School District was in brutal financial shape last year. Overfilled classroom ...

In a move that leaders hope will be temporary, the Philadelphia School District will not fill its staffing vacancies for school police of ...

A first-of-its-kind ...

“Transportation is a privilege, not a right,” says the ...

Philadelphia’s public schools will open on time and – for the time being – mass layoffs will be averted.   & ...

While news that Philadelphia public schools will open on time next month came as a relief to parents throughout the city, many said they ...

Here are five key points about the District’s latest plan for dealing with its budget gap. Flanked by four members of the Sc ...

Traditional public schools and charter schools don’t have the same rules when it comes to teacher certifications, but one new propo ...

In Philadelphia, 40 percent of school-aged kids live in poverty. One in five students has had some contact with the Department of ...

City officials have been pressing hard for a $2 dollar per pack tax on cigarettes sold within city limits. All the proceeds would go to t ...

On Friday, at the district’s annual E! Day: Back to School Expo, held at the High School of the Future in West Philly, many pa ...

Top ranking Republican leaders in the Pennsylvania Legislature are meeting with Gov. Tom Corbett over a funding crisis that could prevent ...

The Harold W. McGraw Jr. education award is known in school circles as the Nobel Prize of the educat ...

With its Aug. 15 decision deadline looming, the Philadelphia School District is holding on to a shred of hope that lawmakers in the Penns ...