Education

More than half of Pennsylvania 3- and 4-year-olds don’t have access to public preschool programs, even with slow, steady state funding increases over the past several years

Superintendent Hite said the change was a step towards becoming more “equitable and inclusive.”

Removals still happen and disparities based on race, gender, and disability status persist. Some advocates fear the pandemic could stall or reverse recent gains.

Eric Pryor, current president of Harlem School of the Arts, will lead PAFA through the school’s transition from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Students and community organizers say there needs to be more transparency about the number of mental health professionals and police officers in schools.

Some Black parents believe teaching the history of anti-Black racism would help children understand the harm behind it and where it originated.

The state’s former deputy secretary of K-12 education took the stand in a long-awaited trial over Pennsylvania’s system for funding public education.

The Red Clay School District could vote this month on a plan to protect the privacy of transgender students, allowing them the experience of all school activities.

Eighteen men incarcerated at SCI Phoenix said they see their donation as a small way to help disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline, from the inside.

The music education organization has given away thousands of instruments to schoolchildren out of its Center City storage unit.

The Philadelphia Board of Education sought public input on the district’s next leader. Nearly 6,000 people weighed in.

“No parent should have to bury their 10-year old,” said the girl's mother. “I’m still in shock."

Pennsylvania’s school mask mandate was set to expire on Saturday. Now, the state Supreme Court said the mandate can stay in place while a lawsuit plays out.

At a town hall Tuesday, Philly students shared what they want to see in their schools and from the next superintendent, amid a search for the district’s new leader.

School districts around the country have been announcing extra days off to address staff shortages and mental health. For some, the unpredictability feels like a betrayal.