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Pennsylvania voters agreed to a ballot measure that will amend the constitution to let municipalities stop charging property taxes.

Gov. Tom Wolf has allowed a bill to become law that weakens teacher seniority protections and gives school districts more flexibility in their rationale for making layoffs.

On one of his weekly school visits, made faithfully since taking office, Mayor Jim Kenney was standing in a classroom — he thinks it wa ...

State Senator Dave Sokola, chairman of the Senate Education Committee, is here to discuss the issues facing Wilmington’s schools.

Mayor Jim Kenney on Thursday took steps to take control of the city's struggling public school system after 16 years of state oversight.

When Pennsylvanians go to the polls next Tuesday, they’ll have a rare opportunity to vote to change the state constitution.

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 fight between students on a Warner Elementary School bus prompted the driver to pull over on Interstate 95 in Wilmington near the start ...

The Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would alter a wide range of state policies related to public education — including the weakening of seniority protections

Christopher Emdin says it's time to do things differently in urban classrooms so students aren't left thinking "You don't get me."

Public education advocates gathered Wednesday in Southeastern Pennsylvania to celebrate a recent state Su ...

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

"Friends of" groups are being asked to suggest names for nominating committee and for a new nine-member Board of Education.

Former Philadelphia District Attorney is sentenced in Federal court. Federal charges are leveled against two aides to Congressman Bob Bra ...