Protesters challenge district on schools closing plan

Eagles MVP quarterback Jalen Hurts visited Northeast High School's packed - and sweltering - auditorium on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026 to donate $600,000 for air conditioning.

Seven families in the Montgomery County community have accused the district of forcing a “digital free-for-all” on students.

Fifty-two Philadelphia schools lack air conditioning. The Eagles' star quarterback will cool the auditorium at Northeast High, and said he wants to give more.

The Philly charter has unqualified workers providing instruction and last year had students on its rolls who did not attend the school, people involved say.

Pope Leo XIV, a Villanova alumnus, will present the medal named for him to Cardinal Michael Czerny on Oct. 13 at the university’s international sustainability conference in Rome.

Strath Haven High School and Middle School and Wallingford Elementary School students sheltered in place Monday, as police searched the area for a suspect who abandoned a car and fled.

Districts like Tredyffrin/Easttown, Methacton and Phoenixville have stopped assigning devices to their youngest students, addressing what one parent organizer called "low-hanging fruit."

She grew up in New York, lived in Swarthmore and Philadelphia for more than 50 years, and taught a variety of classes at Temple from 1974 to her retirement in 2011.

At Rutgers, she mentored hundreds of doctoral students regarding academic requirements and clinical procedures, and supervised a community mental health clinic.

Are Generation Z students too unwilling to face discomfort, to the point of missing out on a formative experience? Or are older generations valorizing struggle?

Brian Scriven resigned Aug. 6, a week after Montgomery County prosecutors announced charges against four Cheltenham football coaches and six players in connection with two assaults on a teammate.

The now-retired principal of Pollock Elementary collected but never deposited graduation dues and the proceeds of other school activities.

Christopher M. Barnett's company, ABA Centers of America, is under federal investigation over allegations of money laundering, wire fraud and other offenses.

Neighborhood residents have threatened to slash teachers' tires if they park in public spaces, and one staffer amassed more than $5,000 in parking tickets during her tenure.

The Collegeville institution's move to start graduate programs follows cuts of faculty and staff in the last year to help close a budget deficit. Its new program is in exercise and sport science.

Franklin Towne Charter School is accused of fixing its 2023 admissions lottery to exclude some Black students, federal officials said.

Federal student loan disbursements for many students were delayed over the summer session, leaving students with no recourse against either their school or the federal government.

Agostino Abbatiello, 24, posted bail after a preliminary hearing.

She joined Penn’s School of Nursing in 1980, took charge of its new primary care nursing unit, and became director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation primary care nurse practitioner program.

And a plan to make a highway safer.

As the longtime Rittenhouse Square market faces an uncertain future, customers are coming through with donations. A Michelin-starred restaurant is even planning a benefit dinner.

For the first time in the history of the Miss America pageant, which dates back to 1921 at the Jersey Shore, a deaf woman would wear the coveted rhinestone tiara in Atlantic City.

A clearer picture of Shapiro’s latest campaign haul will become available next week, but his ad buys topping $24 million offers early insight into his strategy heading into November.

A federal judge has referred the city’s top prosecutor for criminal investigation over his handling of an exoneration case, casting fresh doubt on his ability to administer fair and impartial justice.

Some online wondered if the new surveillance equipment on Washington Square was a Flock camera.