Public Education

The pilot involved 10 representatives from the administration working with 19 schools chosen to represent districts ranging in size from small, medium, and large.

Using the formula to dole out all state education funding would mean a massive redistribution that creates clear winners and losers.

The districts claim sporting events have become less competitive since charter and private schools joined traditional public schools in state playoffs.

Since the state enacted a charter school law 20 years ago, starkly different trends have played out in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

Conservative groups cheered the decision as a triumph for free speech.

This year's negotiations have featured a lot less rancor, and education seems to be at the heart of the compromise.

An annual census of Pennsylvania districts suggests they're faring worse financially than last year and are more likely to raise taxes.

A second-year English teacher in the Olney section of North Philadelphia gave up control and gave her students the space to open up. To their own surprise, they did.