Avi Wolfman-Arent

In a landmark speech delivered Thursday before City Council, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said the city should reclaim control of its sc ...

The School Reform Commission's days appear to be numbered. Jim Kenney released a plan to replace it with a locally appointed school board that would run Philly's schools.

On Thursday, Mayor Jim Kenney will address the future of Philadelphia’s public schools, the latest sign that the system’s governance structure could be in for a major shakeup.

With the SRC seemingly on its way out, charter school advocates aren't sure what to make of a return to local control. Some welcome the shakeup, but others urge caution.

A constitutional change before Pennsylvania voters could lower property taxes and shake up school funding. Or it could do nothing at all.

There is a classroom in Morrisville, Bucks County unlike any other in Southeast Pennsylvania. Administrators think the technology inside could unlock students' potential.

Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission heard a presentation on a road map for disbanding itself.

Philly's career and technical high schools will no longer be able to pick their students. Will a lottery increase access or torpedo student achievement?

City Controller Alan Butkovitz says the city's soda tax is hammering small businesses, and he says he has new numbers that prove it.

With the Boy Scouts now accepting girls, will the Girl Scouts go the way of all-women's colleges? Or will they take a different trajectory?

Mastery Schools of Camden dedicated a gleaming new building Tuesday. But a small chrome cylinder stole the show.

Philadelphia Performing Arts: A String Theory Charter School formally unveiled Particle, a co-working space that now houses six startup companies.