Schools

Vaping Waste

Don't toss that e-cig: Vaping waste is a whole new headache for schools and cities

Health Insurance

What happens when a health plan has no limits? An acupuncturist earns $677 a session

Health Plan No Limits

10-year-old boy shot at in Camden-Pleasantville football game dies

camden pleasantville football shooting

Children's Health

Contagious whooping cough reported at four East Penn district schools

Whooping Cough Emmaus

Pennsylvania teacher allegedly said he wished he could shoot one student per year

Camp Curtain Academy

Twelve Philly-area schools listed among Newsweek's best STEM high schools in the U.S.

Germantown Friends STEM newsweek

High School Sports

Pennsylvania tied for biggest increase in high school football participation amid falling interest nationwide

high school football participation

N.J. high school investigating report of students dressed as slave, slave owner at Halloween party

NJ slavery costume halloween

Archbishop Carroll High School lockdown lifted after report of weapon at school

Archbishop Carroll lockdown weapon

17-year-old allegedly shot Brick Township student on way home from high school

Brick shooting high school

Cherry Hill school district rejects donor's offer to pay $14,000 lunch debt

Rutgers bans student from Camden campus over 'disturbing' Facebook posts

Rutgers camden facebook posts

Vineland teacher reassigned for kneeling during Pledge of Allegiance

Vineland School Teacher

Cherry Hill school district's computer network suffers possible ransomware attack

Cherry Hill ransomware

Higher Education

West Chester student arrested after advertising alleged dorm room marijuana business

West Chester University

Benjamin Franklin High School, Science Leadership Academy closed after asbestos detected in building

1001_BenFranklin asbestos

15-year-old Collingswood High student brings gun to school, faces charges

Collingswood high school gun

Two Philly schools named National Blue Ribbon recipients, plus 10 more in the area

Greenberg Elementary philly

Vineland teacher under fire for Facebook comment about missing South Jersey girl's mother

Dulce Maria Alavez

Camouflaged vaping devices are hoodwinking parents and schools

Vaping hoodie

Meek Mill surprises Blaine School students with backpacks, supplies for second straight year

Meek Mill blaine school 2019

Shooting incident after Bucks County high school football game leaves one injured

Morrisville high school football shooting

Donald Trump Jr. says attending The Hill School in Pottstown taught him about the working class

Donald Trump Jr. Pottstown

Report: Anonymous tips from Pennsylvania students overwhelmingly concern mental health issues

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Bergen County ex-PTA president arrested for allegedly making purchases with organization's credit card

0730_Midland School fraud

School resource officer arrested after being found semi-clothed in vehicle with juvenile

Stefanie Dunner Downingtown 07302019

Philadelphia school district secretary charged with stealing $41,000 from student activity fund

Randolph Technical High School secretary

Health Insurance

The future of nursing put under microscope at Penn

Carroll - The Future of Nursing town hall

Children's Health

FDA launches first-ever teen-focused e-cigarette prevention TV ads

fda real cost vaping campaign

Two arrested for allegedly setting Camden County elementary school playground on fire

Camden County playground fire

Pennsylvania bill would create telecommute option for school snow days

03082018_classroom_Unsplash

Area schools receive millions in security grants

Stock_Carroll - The School District of Philadelphia

Delaware man arrested with loaded gun, 100 rounds of ammo at N.J. elementary school

Tamaques Elementary School Westfield New Jersey

Sen. Pat Toomey introduces legislation to put whole milk back in school lunches

Pat Toomey milk act pennsylvania

Florida man finds 89-year-old Upper Darby High School diploma, seeks owner

Upper Darby High School Diploma Florida

Pa. high school administrators suspended after senior prank involving live chickens, toilet paper wreaks havoc

Free chickens

Bucks County 15-year-old charged with felony in Pennridge High School bomb threat

Pennridge High School Bomb

How to help a bullied child

Delco elementary school drops 'God Bless America' from Pledge of Allegiance

Sabold Elementary School

Picking (and getting into) the right preschool

Masterman High School named top school in Pa. by U.S. News & World Report

Masterman High School Philadelphia

Three Philly students hospitalized after eating 'possibly laced' Rice Krispies treats

Martha Washington School rice krispies treats

Radnor High School students to start day nearly one hour later next year

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