Education

A dozen Philadelphia-area trailblazers are joining more than 500 notable African Americans across the country for the ...

The mayor’s chief integrity officer has come down hard on state Rep. Dwight Evans and recently ...

A former U.S. Supreme Court Justice came to Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center today to discuss the role of civics educati ...

State budget cuts are hurting the Chester Upland School District, NAACP officials said Tuesday. The district, which received $10 m ...

Leaders of the Philadelphia school system still aren’t talking about their decision to pay departed superintendent Arlene Ackerman ...

The Philadelphia Archdiocese’s 17 city and suburban high schools are open today but teachers are on strike.  Mary Rochford, th ...

Philadelphia’s public schools open their doors today, welcoming 155,000 students back to a district that has undergone major change ...

Roman Catholic high schools in Philadelphia are set to open this week but teachers still don’t have a new contract to replace the o ...

When one South Philadelphia school opens its doors tomorrow, part of ousted Superintendent Arlene Ackerman’s signature Renaissance ...

Thousands of public school teachers from the Delaware Valley will start the year without new contracts. Teachers from more than 35 ...

The Neshaminy Federation of Teachers is entering its fourth working academic year without a contract. Union members, who voted to autho ...

Education professionals and analysts say state budget cuts fell disproportionately on Pennsylvania’s poor school districts. ...

Three of Pennsylvania’s four state-related universities are raising tuition. Penn State students, however, will see smaller ...

Philadelphia is giving $53 million extra to the city schools partly in hope that lawmakers in Harrisburg might follow suit. State ...

When Gary Keller was diagnosed with a very rare cancer in December 2008, his mom didn’t think he was going to make it to Christmas. ...