Avi Wolfman-Arent

Hundreds of students and advocates flooded City Hall Tuesday. There they sent a message to the new power brokers in Philadelphia education.

The district's SPR metric is designed to help measure school quality. The numbers suggest Philly schools have improved slightly over three years.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has changed his mind regarding a high-profile school funding lawsuit.

Philly's youngest hip-hop stars attend a school for kids with emotional and behavioral difficulties. But they aren't "bad kids," they're just "way above average."

Eagles football is already a very big deal in the Delaware Valley. It's about to become an even bigger deal for the next two weeks. Here's your primer for the matchup to come.

Hartranft students are taught to be safe, responsible, and respectful. If a teacher “catches” a student embodying one of those characteristics, he or she is rewarded.

In advance of big game, Philly offensive tackle Lane Johnson capitalizing on underdog perception with sales of masks and shirts. Proceeds are going to city school district.

The nominating panel features a baker's dozen of community, civic, and business leaders. The panel will help form Philly's new, locally appointed school board.

King's speech to a group of students at Barratt Junior High School in South Philadelphia urged them to make better lives. Many of them did.

WHYY's Avi Wolfman-Arent embedded with a few Atlanta Falcons fans in Philadelphia during Saturday's playoff game to learn the etiquette of being a fan in enemy territory.

Pa.'s 20-year-old charter law has been criticized by every side of the political aisle. A new report from Public Citizens for Children and Youth offers ideas for change.

Six years after a man was gunned down on the playground at Alexander McClure Elementary School, an effort to adorn the building with colorful mosaics is underway.