Pennsylvania Education

During an interview with WHYY News on MLK's legacy in education, Superintendent Watlington discusses what challenges the district currently faces.

Looming over the legislature is a court ruling that declared the state’s education funding system to be unconstitutionally inequitable and ordered lawmakers to correct it.

“None of my lifetime opportunities come without having access to education and it's the great equalizer,” Parker said.

In 25 years, there’s been mostly public praise for MCS — but its methodology is unusual, and some question the founder’s motives in shutting it down.

To help address student mental health challenges, The School District of Philadelphia has introduced a new online multi-platform tool called Kooth.

Former students and current hip-hop artists talked to teachers about the importance of African American studies.

It’s not too late to apply for thousands of dollars in scholarships for K-8 education in Philly.

Supporters argued the current law held schools to rigid schedules that didn’t allow for flexibility to address student needs.

Democrats are pushing for billions of additional dollars for public schools, but Republicans are pressing to expand taxpayer funding for private schools.

Keystone Opportunity Zones power many of the city’s best-known development projects. Critics say they’re being exploited.

People who want to work at Philly public schools aren’t hearing back, despite an ongoing staff shortage for teachers.

The Democratic majority hopes to block the unusual — they say illegal — payout and bring calm to the Central Bucks School District.

CBSD attracted attention for book bans, anti-LGBTQ sentiments, and treatment of its students and staff. Democrats completed a clean sweep of all five board races.

Southwark Elementary in South Philadelphia will close for several weeks.

The district is working on a “streamlined onboarding process,” per a spokesperson, as hundreds of positions remain unfilled.