The city and the Philadelphia School District are tackling the digital divide with the launch of PHLConnectED, a $17 million

In an occasionally testy Board of Education meeting where members expressed concerns about safety, monitoring, and community engagement, the board

Superintendent William Hite has pledged that all students will have internet access by the beginning of the 2020-21 school year,

UPDATED 6:30 p.m. Responding to an avalanche of opposition and fear regarding safety from the COVID-19 outbreak, Superintendent William Hite

One of the biggest challenges facing the Philadelphia School District as it struggles with how to start the 2020 school

Barraged by six hours of non-stop criticism from parents, principals, and teachers, Philadelphia’s school board delayed voting on a plan

Thursday’s Board of Education meeting featured an unprecedented outpouring of public opposition to the School District of Philadelphia’s reopening plan.

UPDATED 10 a.m. with a response from Superintendent William Hite. As the Board of Education gets ready to hold a

Philadelphia school officials on Wednesday announced a plan for reopening schools that gives families a choice whether to send children

This story has been updated. The School District of Philadelphia announced a complicated hybrid reopening plan Wednesday in which most