Education

Philadelphia’s Board of Education voted in April not to renew Daroff and its neighboring sister school Bluford’s charter agreements.

Middle school students in the Colonial district can now use a locked YONDR bag to help them keep their phones out of sight during the day.

By the time kids reach the fourth grade, the function of reading shifts, and young students in Philadelphia are behind. A new nonprofit aims to bridge the gap.

Families who are set to be forced out of a West Philadelphia affordable housing complex are worried about how their children will get to their schools, or find new ones.

Can you get a refund on payments you made during the pandemic? How do you know if you made too much money to qualify? Answers to these questions and more.

The city is partnering with the School District of Philadelphia and public safety partners to enhance after school programs.

Bristol Borough School District canceled student lunch debt after a local group brought the issue to its attention in February.

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.