Pennsylvania Education

Families who are set to be forced out of a West Philadelphia affordable housing complex are worried about how their children will get to their schools, or find new ones.

The city is partnering with the School District of Philadelphia and public safety partners to enhance after school programs.

Bristol Borough School District canceled student lunch debt after a local group brought the issue to its attention in February.

The district’s extreme heat protocol calls on leaders to consider closures when they expect temperatures inside school buildings to reach 90 degrees or higher.

Officials rang in the school year with bells, and students, clutching new backpacks and lunchboxes, entered buildings after walking the “red carpet.”

The union representing bus drivers and building cleaners was poised to strike, but instead secured “historic” pay increases.

Daroff Charter School, a K-8 school, will close immediately, as part of an agreement signed with Philadelphia’s school board Friday morning.

The schools did not give parents a reason for the delay, but School District of Philadelphia administrators have expressed concerns about facility conditions and staffing leve

College students return to campus this fall as the COVID-19 pandemic and monkeypox outbreaks continue to pose a threat.

Classes start Monday for 115,000 students across the district’s 216 public schools.

Pennsylvania’s Democratic candidate for governor wants to keep increasing public education funding. The GOP candidate wants unprecedented cuts.

The district has about 97.4% of its teaching jobs filled for the new school year, according to the most recent data released by district officials.

The district's maintenance, custodial, and transportation employees voted on Saturday to authorize a strike, as contract negotiations with the district have stalled.

Several parents said the mask mandate was unnecessary and harmful, but one parent called it common sense.

Local authors fear Central Bucks School District’s new book policies will censor LGBTQ content.