More than 40% of Philadelphia’s high school seniors are still working to complete the state’s new graduation requirements as the midyear point approaches. Fifty-seven percent of seniors, or 4,586 out ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- For the first time in a decade, enrollment numbers in the School District of Philadelphia have increased. The figures are from the district's 2024-25 school year enrollment ...

In addition to the School District of Philadelphia’s credit and project requirements, Act 158 established five pathways to graduation, of which students will need to satisfy one: ...

The school district statement noted the four-year graduation rate increased by 3.4 percentage points from 2023 to 2024. School officials credit staff and many new programs. “The significant ...

Philadelphia school district and union leaders say more state school aid would save money later and help students. The ...

Leaders at the Philadelphia School District and long strived to strived to improve its four-year graduation rate and have ...

Ex-Girls' High principal sues district, claims ‘demeaning' treatment due to race Lisa Mesi, the former principal of the Philadelphia High School for Girls has brought forward a lawsuit after she ...

Enrollment in district-operated public schools during the 2024-2025 year has increased by 1,841 students, to 117,956, based on an Oct. 1 snapshot.

The School of Education is proud to announce that Tony B. Watlington Sr. Ed.D., Superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia, will address the Class of 2025 at this year’s school commencement ...

An estimated 119,000 fourth-year high school students will graduate across Pennsylvania this year. But there are more than 17,000 others who will not be turning tassels, based on 2022 data from the… ...

A Philadelphia teenager said her high school graduation moment was “stolen” from her after she was denied a diploma for dancing across the stage. Hafsah Abdur-Rahman, 17, said students at The ...

High school graduate speaks out after being denied diploma on stage after dancing during ceremony 'I was so embarrassed. I couldn't even enjoy the rest of the graduation,' said Hafsah Abdur-Rahman.