Education

Multiple fights inside and outside Samuel Fels High School prompted a temporary lockdown Monday.

A meeting was held Thursday to discuss forming a rapid response team amid the concerns over asbestos in Philadelphia schools.

Vice President Mike Pence visited a West Philadelphia school on Wednesday in an effort to promote school choice.

Parents, teachers and the community are fed up with asbestos in Philadelphia schools.

More than 95% of Pennsylvania teachers are white, making the state's educator workforce the least diverse in the country. West Chester University is working to fix its shortage of teachers of color with a new pilot program.

"I'm Gonna Push Through!", by Jasmyn Wright, is set to be released Feb. 18 and is an all-inclusive picture book meant to teach children resilience. 

Francis Hopkinson School students will be temporarily relocated to alternate learning spaces at nearby schools beginning on Wednesday, Feb. 5 during continued environmental testing.

Francis Hopkinson School will remain closed Tuesday due to new asbestos concerns.

The Upper Darby School District is opening up a conversation about starting their high school at a later time.

Gov. Tom Wolf has unveiled a new $1.1 billion package intended to help eliminate lead and asbestos contamination in Pennsylvania’s public schools.

When schools buses stop, you stop. It's very simple. And, yet, a lot of people just don't do it. A local group has video evidence to prove it.

Parents, teachers and administrators are continuing to criticize the School District of Philadelphia for a lack of transparency, communication, and action in tackling this widespread, decades-long neglected beast of a health issue in several city schools.

Officials say asbestos was discovered at Hopkinson Elementary School in the city's Juniata Park section.

The environment the Santoleri family wanted to help shape was the Bradford Heights Elementary School where their daughter was one of a handful of students of color.