For The Love Of Science
The school year has begun, and Debra Palmer's fifth-grade class is learning the usual subjects. There's some math, some English – and of course, the kids will also design their own underwater robots.
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The school year has begun, and Debra Palmer's fifth-grade class is learning the usual subjects. There's some math, some English – and of course, the kids will also design their own underwater robots.
The federal Pell Grant program is the nation's largest needs-based college grant program.
The federal government provides billions in grants, loans and work-study opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students each year.
The Pennsylvania House is expected to vote today on a proposal to raise new money for the Philadelphia School District -- a measure the school district repeats is badly needed.
She's a senior jazz vocal major at the University of the Arts, and recently won a major worldwide singing competition: the Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition, in Switzerland.
With a lack of high school guidance counselors, the city is posting online videos to help adults help students apply to college.
City Year members in Philadelphia work directly with teachers to get students who are "off track" back on track and headed toward high school grauation.
A national chain of cancer treatment hospitals is bringing its community education mission to Philadelphia with free classes in healthy cooking.
The quirky little museum near Independence Mall hopes to attract more visitors with a free, interactive "Welcome Gallery" that opens to the public today.
Council today approved that ballot question, but it was not immediately clear if the mayor will sign it in time for it to appear on the November ballot.
Students asked Wolf how he would help the struggling Chester-Upland School District if he's elected governor. He told them a five-percent severence tax on Marcellus Shale would go a long way.
Delaware County Community College says it had notified more than 100 students that they'd met their graduation requirements, but they hadn't.
Childhood obesity is a major public health concern, but new research shows something as simple as changing a child's desk could help them avoid becoming overweight.
What the Camden Sohisticated Sisters drill team didn't know: there was a $10,000 donation provided by Queen Latifah. The segment airs today at 3pm on CBS-3.
Many child advocates say physical discipline is wrong, while some parents defend their actions, saying spankings can be appropriate under certain circumstances.
For some, it was déjà vu: the House passed a bill more than two months ago to authorize the cigarette tax for city schools, but then the bill got bogged down.
Kids sang and danced and drew pictures as the grownups pushed for funding for quality pre-kindergarten programs.
The "Triumph of David," a 12'-by-20' painting believed to be by artist Pietro de Cortona, is being examined by radiographic imaging.
A former Hun School of Princeton information technology teacher has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old female student.
It's the first time an Ivy League school has ever made the magazine's list, let alone snagged the top spot.
As a "security aide" typist, Jen Havermann got her first exposure to computers while digging through databases.
Working with the smallest building blocks of the universe, Raytheon's scientists are creating new substances and computing technology straight from the pages of science fiction.
With their rigorous curricula, highly trained teachers and multiple resources, these schools produce better results than traditional high schools in graduating students with STEM skills.
According to a 2013 College Board report, full-time workers with a bachelor's degree earn an average of $21,000 more annually than those who have no education beyond high school.
"It seems pretty unenviable it would move," says Terry Quinlan, the supervisor of health services for the Lower Merion School District.
