Local teacher accused of posing as teenage girl online to solicit explicit images from girls
A Pennsylvania high school teacher is facing charges after investigators say he posed as a teenage girl on a social media app to solicit naked pictures from young girls.
Philadelphia school students will learn virtually Friday due to poor air quality
Philadelphia school students will learn remotely on Friday due to ongoing poor air quality from the Canadian wildfires, school leaders announced.
Dream come true: Philadelphia teen accepted into all 5 military academies
From Penn State to Villanova, John Clark got offers from some big schools, but he was most excited about a certain five: the military academies.
Philadelphia teachers leaving classrooms at highest rate in Pennsylvania, study shows
Philadelphia school teachers are leaving the profession at the highest rate in Pennsylvania, according to a new study by Penn State University.
Official: Nearly 80 schoolgirls in Afghanistan poisoned, hospitalized
Nearly 80 girls were poisoned and hospitalized in two separate attacks at their primary schools in northern Afghanistan, a local education official said Sunday.
Student loan repayment: How to prepare for payments when pandemic freeze ends
A three-year pause on student loan payments will end this summer regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on the White House plan to forgive billions of dollars in student loan debt.
Utah district bans Bible in elementary, middle school 'due to vulgarity or violence'
The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a suburban district that some Bible verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children.
Parents scramble to adjust as Philly schools dismiss early due to heat as district plans year-round school
Friday’s extreme heat caused a long list of schools in the School District of Philadelphia to dismiss early, leaving parents to make last-minute changes to schedules.
Parents scramble to adjust plans for Philly students dismissed early due to heat
Friday’s extreme heat caused a long list of schools in the School District of Philadelphia to dismiss early, leaving parents to make last-minute changes to schedules.
National Spelling Bee: Dev Shah, 14, wins with final word 'psammophile'
Congrats, Dev Shah! The teen from Largo, Florida, had his spelling career interrupted by the pandemic, then didn't make it out of his regional bee last year. He was crowned last night as the 2023 champion.
Nearly 100 Philadelphia schools to dismiss early Friday due to excessive heat
Dozens of Philadelphia public schools that aren't equipped with air conditioning or have inadequate units will hold a 2-hour early dismissal Friday due to forecast extreme heat.
Senate passes GOP bill overturning student loan cancellation plan, Biden expected to veto
A Republican measure overturning President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation plan has passed the Senate and now awaits an expected veto.
Educators call for fair funding for Pennsylvania schools amid state budget negotiations
Educators in Bucks County demanded full and fair funding of public education across the state in the wake of a judge's ruling that called the Commonwealth's funding formula ‘unconstitutional.’
Musician Otis Taylor gets high school diploma more than 50 years after being expelled for hair
The 74-year-old was finally honored with an honorary high school diploma, over five decades after being expelled from a Denver high school for his long hair.
Watch: 'Legendary' math professor, 88, gets standing ovation after final lecture
Gilbert Strang, 88, was one of the first professors to post his lectures to OpenCourseWare, which gave millions of people free access to MIT classes.
School district presses charges after students cemented toilets in 'senior prank'
School officials said students will either be barred from graduation or suspended for the remainder of the school year.
Most US adults say don't ban race in college admissions but role should be small: AP-NORC poll
Roughly 63% said the Supreme Court should not block colleges from considering race or ethnicity in their admission systems, but people were more likely to say grades and standardized test scores should be significant factors.