Education

Robert Morris School in North Philadelphia has made notable academic progress. But, like the school district, it still has a long way to go.

Hite says steady progress and stability is the recipe for Philly schools. But is that type of change powerful enough for the long-struggling system?

A recent training for a group in Pa. addressed the softer skills around how to assess and prevent threats.

A construction hiccup will push the open date back two days for students at Benjamin Franklin High School and Science Leadership Academy.

A summer at the Hank Gathers Rec Center will tell you everything about North Philadelphia that the headlines leave out.

Because of a suit seeking to desegregate New Jersey schools, pollsters asked residents about school population diversity. Most said status quo is “fine.”

The Christina district consolidated five schools into three under a Carney administration plan. But Bayard School wasn’t quite ready for classes to start.

Whether Tamaqua, Pa. teachers will be secretly armed depends on competing interpretation of the law and an ugly school board election in the near future.

Beefed-up surveillance tactics, armed guards, and even arming teachers and administrators are all ideas that have been put on the table in recent years.

Beefed-up surveillance tactics, armed guards, and even arming teachers and administrators are all ideas that have been put on the table in recent years.

"If you actually said, 'We’re gonna hold you accountable to setting up your students for life.' Then how does that change the work of that school?”

Pennsylvania did not increase funding for the operating budgets of community colleges this year. Advocates say the pressure on low-income students has grown unsustainable.

The new program focuses on regulations, finance, marketing, and the ins-and-outs of operating a medical marijuana business.

For students in Kensington who have dropped out of high school, El Centro de Estudiantes offers a second chance at graduation which, for some, means a chance at a better life.

What do we really mean when we say students are ready to graduate high school? Is there a baseline that we’re really willing to enforce?