K-12

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

As the son of Black Panthers, Sharif El-Mekki grew up in West Philadelphia enraged at the injustice he saw all around him, including in education.

A regular drumbeat of mass shootings in the U.S. has ramped up pressure on education and law enforcement officials to do all they can to prevent the next attack.

The school board election in Tamaqua was framed as a referendum on its controversial gun policy, which would be a first in the state.

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

Language within this year’s school code bill allows districts to withhold hot meals from students who accrue more than $50 in lunch debt.

The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission will decide whether the Neshaminy School District can continue calling some of its sports teams “The Redskins.”

If you want to get students fired up about climate change, poop is a good place to start.

School district superintendent’s plan prioritizes recruiting and retaining more black and Latino male educators

Schools in Kensington strive to be safe havens from violence and drug use, while also helping kids deal with the emotional trauma they carry inside.

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

Despite job fairs and ads in other cities, Newark still has a teacher shortfall, and some students are being taught by substitutes year-round.

The fiasco that resulted in 1,000 students from two Philly high schools being out of class for three weeks exposed parents' anxieties about the safety of their schools.

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

After parents rejected an early proposal, Philly officials have found semi-permanent homes for 1,000 high school students displaced by asbestos, construction delays.