“This decision is a necessary step for our survival,” President Sean Connelly said in a message to the campus in March.

"At some point, we have to say, ‘No more,’" board member Joan Stern said, asking for a nonrenewal for People for People, a Philadelphia charter that's operated since 2001.

The School District of Philadelphia had at one point fallen years behind on asbestos inspections. It now must report to a court following a five-year federal investigation.

She fashioned an eclectic and trailblazing career that spanned more than 70 years and featured innovative achievements in her workplace, church, school, and community at large.

Follow along with Inquirer education reporter Kristen A. Graham, reporting from the monthly Philly school board meeting.

Davida Coe-Brockington, a longtime Camden educator, will serve as interim school superintendent. The state is searching for a permanent replacement for Katrina McCombs, the outgoing superintendent.

U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg (R., Mich.) has demanded answers from Haverford President Wendy Raymond on discipline of faculty and students in relation to antisemitism complaints.

District Judge Timothy J. Savage was not convinced by the law professor's arguments that the suspension would cause her irreparable harm.

The Trump administration claims to cut nearly $50 million from Philly area-institutions.

The Delaware County district, which won a landmark lawsuit over inadequate school funding in 2023, says new state money for poorer districts isn't coming fast enough.

Richard Allen Adamsky, 65, has been placed on administrative leave at Nativity of Our Lord Catholic School in Warminster.

The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers and Philadelphia School District joined forces in Harrisburg in an unprecedented rally.

This is the second time the board has said it would consider such an agreement with the United States Department of Justice. Philadelphia has a complicated history of environmental issues in schools.

48 seniors graduate Tuesday, Jun. 24, 2025 from Camden's Creative Arts High School.

A record 337 students statewide enrolled in New Jersey’s 21 county vocational-technical schools this year earned an associate’s degree while attending high school, 86 more than the previous year.