Patricia Houston is director of Children's Community School, a nonprofit preschool and early childhood education center in a racially diverse but rapidly gentrifying neighborhood of West Philadelphia.

A survey of more than 16,000 parents, students, and school staff found most people preferred starting school before Labor Day.

The governor’s budget would give more to special education, free school meals, and more. But notably, it doesn’t fund private school vouchers.

A $30 million charter school dispute, unsafe athletic fields, and fears over immigration policies took center stage at the latest board meeting.

As national politics create uncertainty in education, Philadelphia Superintendent Tony Watlington remains committed to highlighting progress in city schools.

The state determined Unbound Academy failed to meet several state requirements for cyber charter schools and did not provide enough evidence to support its bold academic claims.

Scores for eighth grade reading and math as well as fourth grade reading are basically the same as NAEP results from 2022.

Texas tech entrepreneur MacKenzie Price wants Pennsylvania to be the next home for her new AI-driven educational model. She’s promising students will learn “twice as fast.” Some don’t buy it.

Immigrant advocacy groups say the district’s protocols are not strong enough and schools should be doing more to reassure families of their safety.

The district has agreed to several policy changes after parents and Jewish organizations filed complaints about its response to actions by students and staff.