Education

A free tutoring service in Pennridge raises parental concerns because of its use of a 'biblical worldview' approach to teaching biology.

Scores of state bills aim to limit what schools can teach about race and American history. For some educators, that's made teaching Black History Month especially fraught.

School lunch debt relief programs that began during the pandemic are set to expire. Many organizations try to keep them going.

So far this school year the School District of Philadelphia has seen an unusual uptick in teachers leaving. And vacancies are going unfilled.

"It's time we stop the madness," one Radnor parent said.

“When do the risks become too great for our children?” asked parent Sherice Workman.

Under the Scarlet Guarantee, tuition is free for undergraduate students making less than $65,000 a year.

Dr. Daniel McGarry, the superintendent of Pennsylvania’s ninth-largest school district, sent out a message to the school district regarding the change on Sunday.

First-time students at Community College of Philadelphia honor civil rights activist Octavius Catto using a scholarship in his name to get an education.

With the pause on student loan payments now set to expire at the beginning of May, people are anxious and scammers are swooping in.

Conservative takeovers of local school boards have already altered lessons on race and social injustice in many classrooms.

From money matters to plagiarism accusations, the defense portion of Pa.’s historic school funding trial took several twists over the last few weeks.

Despite spikes in coronavirus infections and low child vaccination rates, schools across Pennsylvania have been slow to enroll in a free testing program offered by the state.

Parents can now check a map revealing levels of lead contamination in Philadelphia schools, although the District says it “mischaracterizes” the problem.

MLK’s daughter, CEO of the King Center, offered advice to students hoping to fight racial and economic inequities, and talked about building coalitions.