K-12

N.J. arbitrator says the district was aware Joseph DeShan impregnated a 16-year-old and can’t fire him for conduct from before he was a public employee.

Kids at Adaire love the 300-pound aquaponics tank — and teachers think all schools should have one.

The majority of Americans don't have a college degree. But there are many non-college jobs that pay reasonably well.

Fewer than half of K-12 teachers told us that they talk about climate change with their children or students.

In 2018, a Philadelphia Inquirer investigation showed that lead paint, asbestos and mold were common fixtures in many of Philadelphia's school buildings.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf wants to raise teachers' salaries across the board. But is that only a Band-Aid solution to a more complex problem?

Although New Jersey is in better shape than the country as a whole for school debt, paying off construction bonds costs about a quarter of state’s annual debt service.

More than 200 people showed up to the latest school board meeting on Monday night as the board passed a “biological sex” policy for bathrooms and locker room use.

The school board put the idea on hold in January pending the outcome of lawsuits from parents and teachers.

The proposed funding is not tied directly to objective measures of student need, nor to a teacher's cost of living.

A new bill in the Statehouse would require every school district in Pennsylvania to test for radon and inform parents of the results.

School board members in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are pushing for higher standards for charter schools. They say the state appeals board undercuts their efforts.

The fight to boost education funding brings lots of people together — teachers, superintendents, politi ...

The Mastery Parent Action Team rallied at City Hall Thursday morning. The group met with Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross and other city leaders.

Even as school districts across the country have become more aware of how trauma can affect learning, there’s been little concrete policy on the state or federal level.