Avi Wolfman-Arent

The School District says it will work harder and faster to get rid of exposed asbestos. Also promises to do a better job informing parents about hazards.

The law itself would only apply to parents in Harrisburg. But one of Pa.’s most powerful legislators calls it a “pilot” program for school vouchers.

Recent testing uncovered high lead levels in the water at Mastery Frederick Douglass Elementary. Parents say they should have been told sooner.

For the second time in as many city elections, Philadelphians have elected an education activist to Council. What does that mean for the city’s education landscape?

District officials thought they had a plan to deal with exposed asbestos at a North Philly school — until parents rose up against it.

Law enforcement officials announced charges against 22 defendants, all of whom, they say, belong to a pair of Chester-based drug gangs.

A new report says that murder in Philadelphia hurts home values. And its authors think the city needs to hear that message to prompt real change.

Even more than a typical shooting, a pair of horrific incidents involving small children this weekend could puncture the city’s sense of safety.

Superintendents say vulnerable children in Pa. lose critical links to the outside world and caring adults when their parents enroll them in cyber charters.

For the first time, the School District of Philadelphia’s Board of Education has voted to convert two charter schools back to district control.

“No outsiders should be allowed.” Some Catholic school parents freaked out when their school thought about taking in public school kids.

Rodeph Shalom executive director Jeff Katz sent an email to congregants saying the district’s announcement was “premature and made without our knowledge.”