Education

The district’s extreme heat protocol calls on leaders to consider closures when they expect temperatures inside school buildings to reach 90 degrees or higher.

Officials rang in the school year with bells, and students, clutching new backpacks and lunchboxes, entered buildings after walking the “red carpet.”

A shortage of support staff is exacerbating a continual teacher shortage in the Garden State.

The union representing bus drivers and building cleaners was poised to strike, but instead secured “historic” pay increases.

Daroff Charter School, a K-8 school, will close immediately, as part of an agreement signed with Philadelphia’s school board Friday morning.

School districts in Delaware appear to be better managing the nationwide school bus driver shortage that plagued lots of schools last year.

The schools did not give parents a reason for the delay, but School District of Philadelphia administrators have expressed concerns about facility conditions and staffing leve

Parents and schools prepare to lose free meals provided as federal assistance during the pandemic at a time when families are feeling the strain of high food costs.

Philadelphia has a new school leader for the first time in a decade. Superintendent Dr. Tony Watlington on the challenges facing kids and teachers in the district this year.

The district’s policy doesn’t always stop bullying or discrimination, but students also find support among classmates.

President Biden announced a sweeping effort to forgive up to $20,000 for qualifying borrowers. Here are three things you need to know.

Classes start Monday for 115,000 students across the district’s 216 public schools.

The district has about 97.4% of its teaching jobs filled for the new school year, according to the most recent data released by district officials.

Officials say the 2021-22 school year saw nearly 700 incidents of gun violence, 304 of which involved active students.

The district's maintenance, custodial, and transportation employees voted on Saturday to authorize a strike, as contract negotiations with the district have stalled.