Beginning July 21, Pittsburgh Public Schools will hold hearings on the nine schools currently considered for closure.

Philadelphia July Fourth celebrations conclude with a party on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Friday. That event includes a ...

With fewer children being born, many of China’s kindergartens are closing their doors. Learn how this reflects the deeper population issues facing the country.

Most of Philly’s standalone middle schools enrolled less than half the number of students they had capacity for last school ...

The Philadelphia school board Thursday night directed the district’s Charter School Office to issue nonrenewal notices to KIPP North Philadelphia and People for People. Both schools now face possible ...

The Philly School District is the first district in the country to be criminally charged with failing to inspect, report ...

The School District of Philadelphia acknowledged Thursday that there had been lapses in its schedule to inspect schools for ...

The Department of Justice has announced criminal charges against the School District of Philadelphia. Here's what we know.

School board members said the poor academic performance of two charter schools led them to initiate a process that could lead ...

The Universal Vare Charter School launched in 2011 as part of a Philadelphia initiative meant to improve schools. Now, after years of low test scores, it plans to stop operating.

The school has been run by Kenny Gamble’s Universal Companies since 2011. Originally a Philadelphia School District neighborhood school, it was handed over to the charter company during a period when ...

The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers represents 14,000 teachers, school nurses, counselors, and other workers. A total of 94 percent of them voted in favor of a strike authorization.