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Walking through the hallways of the Digital Harbor Foundation in Baltimore, you can hear the clicking of computer mice, the clacking of fingers on keyboards, and the staccato hum of 3D printers. Founded in 2013 by Andrew Coy, a young teacher and educational...

After a fruitless meeting of Pennsylvania legislative leaders and the Corbett administration, a cigarette tax for Philadelphia city schools remains in limbo. But despite the lack of legislative deal, work continues on sending the struggling School District a funding...

In Harrisburg, even when standard American politics is committed—like, say, the settlement on the lesser of two evils is agreed upon after more than a year of debate—leadership still decides to punt. Such happened late last week when members of the state House decided...

Scores of concerned city residents traveled to Harrisburg on Monday to press state lawmakers to bridge a budget gap threatening to delay the opening of Philadelphia public schools. But their presence in the state capital appeared to have little effect on lawmakers who...

HARRISBURG - Gov. Corbett on Monday signaled that he was willing to advance millions of dollars in state education money to Philadelphia schools to ensure that they open on time next month. The pledge, through a spokesman, came hours after Corbett met with legislators...

HARRISBURG, Aug. 4, 2014 – State Sen. Mike Stack today joined Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY), legislative colleagues and hundreds of Philadelphia school advocates at a rally in the Capitol urging leaders of the state House to vote on a bill that would...

A lengthy meeting between top Republican legislative leaders and Governor Corbett is over without a resolution of Philadelphia's school-funding crisis. Protesters chanted loudly in the Capitol corridors while leaders huddled privately to discuss a bill to authorize...

Parents, teachers, students, and education advocates boarded two buses this morning in center city Philadelphia, heading to Harrisburg to urge action from lawmakers on stalled legislation needed to help fund Philadelphia schools. The point, organizers say, is that if...

n a rare show of agreement, just about everyone in Philly is fuming over the refusal of state lawmakers to authorize a $2-a-pack cigarette tax hike. The public schools have been counting on the money to fill a short-term $81 million annual budget gap. Busloads of...

Two buses of protesters left Philadelphia for Harrisburg this morning to push for a cigarette tax and more education funding. The protesters were from every part of Philadelphia, young and not so young and from many ethnic and social groups. Although not a parent or a...