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Pennsylvania passed a bill this year to pilot cell phone bans in schools. Will this actually improve learning, attention and mental health?

Students will be able to apply to any district school outside of their neighborhood or catchment area for the 2025–2026 school year. The selection process opens Sept. 13.

Superintendent Kevin Kanauss wrote a letter Monday stating Deptford Township School District will continue to provide its free bus service as it has in the past.

Over the weekend, the Deptford Township School District also announced it would lower the number of bus stops used for pickups and dropoffs.

The School District of Philadelphia hosts 800 new teachers, counselors and staff this week at School of the Future for its annual new hire orientation.

A hospital psychologist alerted Brandywine with concerns about Arnold’s credentials. He had fooled education officials with fake advanced degrees.

Naveed Baqir and the private school he co-founded is under scrutiny concerning invoices submitted to the school district.

Top musicians are teaching jazz music to middle and high school students in Philadelphia through the All City Orchestra Summer Academy.

City workers spoke with U.S. Education Secretary Dr. Miguel Cardona about how they were guided to hundreds of thousands of dollars in loan forgiveness.

The Freedom Schools Literacy Academy looks to address a gap in diversity among Philadelphia’s teachers.

Shapiro, believed to be on Kamala Harris’ vice president shortlist, did not express public support for school vouchers until running for governor.

What has the mayor accomplished after six months in office and what’s still on the top of her to-do list? We discuss policing, violence, “clean, green, saver,” and more.

State education officials now admit they erred in verifying that Arnold has advanced degrees in psychology from Ohio University, which he never attended.

The district has ignored persistent harassment and bullying of Jewish students, some of whom have been forced to drop out, lawyers wrote in the complaint.

Lawmakers approved $250,000 for schools to test out ways of ending the distraction caused by cell phones in the classroom.