Public Education

The Every Student Succeeds Act replaces No Child Left Behind, the controversial plan that caused upheaval in some schools.

Mastery Charter Schools hosted its first ever “action assembly” in West Philadelphia Monday night to engage public officials about how to make their neighborhoods safer.

The fire that destroyed her dad’s third-floor apartment is the scariest thing that’s ever happened to 8-year-old Dakota Johnson. It w ...

Guests: Kevin McCorry, Jovan Weaver Across the country, public schools have struggled to meet the needs of childr ...

Principal Jovan Weaver knows well the trauma that many of his students experience. We hear his struggle to overcome a tumultuous childhood.

The debate that led to Wister’s conversion to a charter school raised questions of politics, access and influence. And it pitted Philadelphia neighbors against one another.

As principal, Jovan tries to find a balance between Mastery's “no excuses” culture and the “love and positivity” mission he envisions based on his own traumatic childhood.

Wister’s 5th grade students see themselves reflected in a faculty that has adopted a civil rights mission. And Jovan makes a major personal decision.

The ACLU suit says the system discriminates against students who are poor, disabled or learning English because it doesn’t provide the extra funding they need to succeed.

You Shouldn't Be Here: The story of Jovan Weaver and Wister Elementary

A Philadelphia middle school has launched a "calming room" to help students unwind.

For the first time since Superintendent William Hite took over, his staff presented a long-term budget with no planned deficits.

Adults are constantly telling our youth that ... not only does our opinion not matter, but we don’t have the capabilities to imprint a change.

17 minutes is not enough to voice our concerns and highlight the fear that we hold within ourselves every day.

America’s teachers don’t need guns. What they need is a commitment to preserve schools as places where students and staff feel safe and nourished.