Education

Some good news for parents of Philadelphia public-school children: Schools now seem set to open on schedule Sept. 9. And some gris ...

Marches, rallies, bus trips to Harrisburg. Parents, students and staff haven’t kept quiet their concerns about the Philadelp ...

Some readers have said that a recent story about an elementary school principal asking parents f ...

As Mayor Nutter and City Council worked on plans to put $50 million in the School District’s coffers by the end of this week, a coa ...

Money is so tight in the Philadelphia school district that Superintendent William Hite said he may not be able to open schools on time if ...

“Free” public education just got a bit more expensive for parents at Center City’s Greenfield Elementary School. ...

The sponsor of a ...

[Updated] Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite said he will not open all city schools on time on a full-day sch ...

Claims that the company running the Olney Charter High School tried to intimidate teachers who sought to unionize may be heading for a he ...

Pennsylvania is about to replace its GED diploma exam with a new test that’s considered to be tougher and a better way to measure c ...

Pennsylvania’s Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth programs are supposed to help turn around disorderly public school studen ...

With less than six weeks remaining before city schools are scheduled to open, key elements of the Philadelphia school district funding pa ...

Philadelphia teachers rallied in North Philadelphia today against the school district’s demands for union concessions. The district ...

Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick of Bucks County is pushing a bill to expand environmental education programs from kindergarten through high ...

A pilot program beginning this fall will allow students taking classes remotely through public colleges to apply for grants from Pennsylv ...