Education

In an effort to raise funds for the cash strapped public school system, Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a new cigarette tax ...

Saying the voices of students and their families are not being heard, parents of Girard College students faced with the prospect of losin ...

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter’s plan to increase the drink tax is on life support. Council President Darrell Clarke said ...

Philadelphia’s cash-strapped school district began mailing out layoff notices to nearly 3,800 employees last week. On Monday, Mayor ...

A group of unlikely allies descended upon Harrisburg Tuesday to lobby for additional school funding. Pennsylvania charter school l ...

A five-year labor impasse between a Bucks County school district and its teachers union appears to be all but over. On Monday nigh ...

The Philadelphia School District’s art classes that often keep troubled kids enrolled will be gone next year. The guidance counselo ...

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Yesterday, Philadelphia Mayor Nutter announced his plan to raise $95 million for the city’ ...

Choosing which school to send your kids to is a big decision. Some Philadelphia residents in the city’s Fairmount section are pulli ...

[UPDATED May 16, 11:25 a.m.] The city’s School Reform Commission voted Wednesday night to renew five charter schools and kickoff th ...

[Updated at 7:07 p.m.] Your next debaucherous night of drinking and smoking might help close the Philadelphia Sc ...

Philadelphia School District officials are recommending that Discovery Charter School in West Philadelphia be shut down, due to a high-st ...

Michelle McKeone, a special education teacher at South Philadelphia High School, teaches digital literacy to teens with autism. Cr ...

After a hardball campaign involving nearly 40 candidates, three Penn State University alumni have been elected to seats on the schoolR ...