A new report by Children First found that public policies are failing to produce the opportunity families need to help their ...

A new report says Philadelphia has made some advancements in the well-being of its children but that poverty remains a ...

Philadelphia schools are moving in the right direction, Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. said Thursday in his second ...

Philadelphia Superintendent Tony Watlington at the State of the Schools address at the High School of the Future on January 30, 2025. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...

Mayor Cherelle Parker and Superintendent Tony Watlington delivered a State of the Schools address on Thursday at the School of the Future in West Philadelphia. Watlington said the success in ...

Philadelphia students could head back to classes before Labor Day for the next two years, according to proposed academic ...

Philadelphia’s Superintendent of Schools Tony Watlington, Sr. reiterated the district’s 2021 “sanctuary schools” policy, which aims to shield students from federal immigration authorities.

In a video posted to YouTube, Superintendent Tony Watlington says the School District of Philadelphia will operate on normal schedules on Monday, Feb. 10, regardless of the result of Super Bowl 2025.

Philadelphia has about 200,000 students in public and charter schools, and about 12,000 teachers. The Philadelphia Citywide ...

Philadelphia School District Superintendent Tony Watlington, on Thursday, touted incremental growth and improvement in a number of areas for the district over the past year, even as a newly ...