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City Council to consider expanding SEPTA’s student fare program

septa student fares hearing

Education

Haverford College president rejects students' push to remove Howard Lutnick's name from library

Haverford Lutnick Library

Education

Meet Haverford High School's Leon Smith, 2026 National Teacher of the Year

Leon Smith teacher

Education

Philly school board delays vote on plan to close 17 schools hours before scheduled meeting

School Board vote

Government

Educators, tech advocates weigh in on Mayor Parker's proposed rideshare tax

Mayor Parker budget

Education

Haverford High School's Leon Smith named National Teacher of the Year

Leon Smith teacher

Education

Philly school district revises its school closures list one more time — with a vote slated for Thursday

James R. Ludlow School

Transportation

Mayor Parker doubles down on rideshare fee, as Uber claims it's a 'double tax'

School district building

Education

The Artemis II mission was extra special for these third graders in Chestnut Hill

Artemis Springside Academy

Education

Community College of Philadelphia has failed to keep promises made to avert a strike last year, union says

Community College Philadelphia

Education

How Philly parents helped guarantee student bathroom breaks

School District of Philadelphia

Education

Penn community says proposed changes to guidelines on campus demonstrations infringe on free speech

Penn open expression guidelines

Government

Abington police urge high schoolers to use caution while playing Senior Assassin water gun game

Abington Senior Assassin

Education

This Philly elementary school is slated to become a middle school. The community is urging the district to reconsider

John Moffet School March

Education

Haverford College students urge school to consider removing Howard Lutnick's name from its library

Haverford College lutnick

Education

Mayor Parker proposes raising rideshare tax to $1 per trip to fund public schools

School district funding

Education

Pa. universities, community colleges grapple with challenges before budget committee

Universities state funding

Education

Philly high school students seek to give classmates tools to spot internet lies

Class computers

Education

Philly school district plans to cut hundreds of positions to reduce $300 million deficit, but no layoffs are coming

School District budget cuts

Development

Rowan University's $690 million campus expansion to include homes, a wellness village and a manufacturing center

Rowan University Expansion

Education

Pa. Democrats push for universal pre-K, saying it would create economic mobility for many families

Pre-K class

Government

Council members urge Philly school district to 'go back to the drawing board' on facilities plan

School district impeach

Education

Philly students are guaranteed water and bathroom breaks under district's new wellness policy

School District wellness

Education

Hundreds pack Philly school district's headquarters to oppose plan to close schools around city

facilities presentation

Education

In proposal to close 20 Philly public schools, district says it's learned from mistakes it made in 2013

Penn Treaty

Arts & Culture

New film casts spotlight on preschool teachers, who often earn low wages despite their role in child development

Coatesville Preschool Documentary

Government

Cursive handwriting is making a comeback in Pennsylvania schools

pennsylvania cursive

Education

Amid concern over ICE raids in region, Philly school district reaffirms policy to protect students

ICE Philadelphia Schools

Government

Bell-to-bell cell phone ban bill in Pa. schools advances with bipartisan support

cellphones schools

Education

Since affirmative action ended, Philly universities have actually enrolled more Black students

College diversity affirmative action

Education

Philly school district's new math curriculum yields students' highest test scores in nearly a decade

philly math scores

Government

N.J. becomes latest state to ban cellphones in classrooms as Murphy signs bill into law

nj phone schools

Health News

Medical school enrollment surpasses 100,000 for first time as application numbers rebound

med school trend

Addiction

Smoking 'a few harmless joints' a month can hurt school performance, study says

Weed Use Teens

Government

Bill banning cellphones in N.J. schools heads to Gov. Murphy desk

NJ phones schools

Education

After recording its first enrollment gain in a decade, Philadelphia public schools are losing students again

philly schools enrollment

Education

Library Company of Philadelphia, founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1731, agrees to merger with Temple University

Temple merger

Education

School District of Philadelphia reaches new contract with its principals union

school district principals contract

Education

Philly school principals demand new contract but stop short of strike threat

philly principals contract

Celebrities

Colman Domingo to give Temple University's commencement speech in the spring

Government

Pennsylvania's new budget tightens cyber charter oversight, boosts school funding

PA budget schools

Education

Valley Forge Military Academy to close next week for all cadets except seniors

Valley Forge Military Academy