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With Philadelphia's public schools facing a budget crisis, student leaders held a press conference Wednesday to ask City Council to keep funding for programs that decrease violence in schools.
Mayor Michael Nutter is looking to revive his failed plan to tax sodas, and to raise property taxes and rates for on-street parking, in order to help bail out the School District of Philadelphia from a deficit topping $600 million.
Camden, NJ has a new library opening this fall on the campus of Rutgers University, thanks to a unique partnership.
Peco is giving $1 million over five years to boost the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math ("STEM") program in the Mantua and Powelton Village communities. Drexel University will provide the academics.
The Colonial School District is expecting one less kindergarten class and wonders if the housing crisis is to blame.
The SRC will adopt a budget at their 5 p.m. Tuesday meeting with the hopes of amending it later if more money arrives from the city or the state.
The Internal Revenue Service is auditing the Philadelphia School District but school officials say it's just routine.
Catholic school teachers have authorized a strike if they don't reach a new contract with the archdiocese by the end of the summer, when the current contract expires.
More than 40 high school students from seven partner schools in the area were given certificates for perfect attendance by Health Partners Foundation
Mayor Michael Nutter and Philadelphia school superintendent Arlene Ackerman took their plea for more school funding on the road, into an African-American church meeting of lay leaders in West Philadelphia.
The newest crop of Philadelphia historymakers and storytellers begin their work this Memorial Day weekend after graduating at a ceremony at the Betsy Ross House.
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating, but Montgomery County district attorney Risa Ferman confirms her office is also part of the probe.
A ruling Tuesday from the New Jersey Supreme Court orders the state to spend more money on the poorest school districts despite Governor Chris Christie's efforts to balance the budget.
The School District of Philadelphia is telling City Council it needs more money from the city to balance its budget.
The Philadelphia School District goes before City Council today, hat in hand.
A bill that would re-establish the office of Safe Schools Advocate within the Philadelphia School District has sailed through the state House and now heads to the State Senate.
Students portrayed the DUI driver and victims in the lesson. Organizers hope the demonstration sinks in because the senior prom is Friday.
The Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management program was designed by working entrepreneurs for those who want to bring their ideas and businesses to market.
The theme of this year's celebration is "Let's Have Some Serious Fun" with over 100 artists, writers, editors, publishers, scholars, spoken-word artists, playwrights, and filmmakers.
With the national unemployment rate at 8.7 percent, there are thousands of people looking for jobs, including college graduates. A local career coach has some non-traditional tips on getting that job.
A new community garden just outside Campbell's Field will help teach some Camden, NJ teens about community service and entrepreneurship.
College graduates from the Class of 2011 at many of Philadelphia's schools of higher learning had their photo taken on the steps of the art museum with local politicians and education officials.
The CEO of the Academy says Drexel students will be able to reap the benefits of increased access to the Academy's huge collections of specimens and the Academy's staff of Ph.Ds in the study of environmental science.
Philly is 10th on Kipplinger's top 10 list of great cities for college grads. The magazine considered healthy economies fueling new job growth as its main criteria.
