Education

Early school dismissals

Classes will end three hours early Tuesday and Wednesday at 63 Philly schools without proper AC

A 75-foot-wide lime green floating observation deck on the Schuylkill River scheduled to open in 2026

FloatLab Schuylkill

Abington School District joins growing push to restrict students' use of cell phones in class

Abington School Phones

St. Joseph's University, Barnes Foundation team up to offer museum education graduate degree

sju barnes degree

Drexel promises to 'respond more effectively' to antisemitism after federal probe

Drexel antisemitism agreement

Penn State Abington to construct its first new academic building in more than 50 years

Penn State Abington

Denis O’Brien named interim president of Drexel following John Fry's departure for Temple

Denis O'Brien Drexel interim president

Stockton University to begin offering undergraduate degree in cannabis studies

stockton university cannabis degree

Great Valley Middle School students created fictitious TikTok accounts to impersonate, harass teachers

great valley middle school tiktok

Test program that would lock up students' phones at school advances in Pa. Senate's education committee

phones schools lock

Temple University names Drexel's John Fry as its next president

John Fry Temple

Philly to test leaving 25 schools open all year by adding optional summer programs

Philly Year Round School

UArts students get few answers about school's closing during virtual meeting hosted by accreditor

UArts virtual meeting

Frankford High School to fully reopen in 2025 after asbestos abatement

Frankford High asbestos

Penn interim President J. Larry Jameson to stay through 2025-26 academic year or until successor found

J. Larry Jameson Penn president

Son of Berenstain Bears creators reflects on his and parents' time at UArts: 'That was the most important part of my life'

berenstain bears uarts

University of the Arts officially closed Friday, laying off over 600 staff members

UArts closing columns

Delco school community fights plan to close ecology center that houses beloved tortoise

Tortoise Delco School

Penn bans encampments as part of temporary guidelines on campus demonstrations

Penn encampment ban

UArts students, faculty grieve, rally and scramble to find a path forward

UArts students march

University of the Arts abruptly announces closure, loses accreditation

University of the Arts

In final commencement speech at Cabrini University, Kylie Kelce tells graduates their 'home still exists'

Cabrini University Kelce

Pro-Palestinian encampment set up on Drexel University campus

drexel university encampment

Two local educators are in the running for America's Favorite Teacher

Teacher Jim Rockenbach

Bryn Mawr College moves graduation site due to pro-Palestine encampment

Bryn Mawr Graduation

Rutgers-Camden to fix up historic rowhomes as part of project that includes new faculty building

Rutgers Camden Project

Thomas Jefferson University apologizes for commencement presenter butchering graduates' names

Jefferson Commencement Names

Penn announces new safety protocols for graduation as encampment expands

Penn commencement security

University of Pennsylvania grad students workers vote to unionize

Penn grad union election

Community College of Philadelphia seeks additional $20 million from city budget

Community College of Philadelphia

Graduate student workers hold rally, accuse Penn of union-busting tactics

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Philadelphians are better educated than ever, but their incomes lag behind national average

Philadelphia Education Levels

Mayor Cherelle Parker nominiates nine candidates for Philly school board

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Quinta Brunson will receive honorary degree from Temple

032224 Quinta Brunson Temple

Kylie Kelce to give final commencement speech at Cabrini before it closes

Kylie Kelce Cabrini commencement

Faculty group sues Penn for complying with House committee's antisemitism investigation, decries 'McCarthyism'

Penn Antisemitism Lawsuit

Pa. lawmakers seek to expand Dolly Parton's free book program in state

Dolly Parton Imagination Library Pennsylvania

Philadelphia school board's vice president announces intention to resign in April

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Penn asks judge to dismiss lawsuit filed by Jewish students who claim it's an 'incubation lab' for antisemitism

Penn antisemitism lawsuit

Penn lecturer's political cartoons about Israel condemned by university president as 'antisemitic'

Penn Political Cartoons

Temple to cover tuition for more Philadelphia students

Temple financial aid

Philadelphia public schools hope to raise $40 million by 2028

Philly public school funding

Gov. Shapiro lays out sweeping plan to reform higher education in Pennsylvania

Gov. Shapiro Education Reform

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