School Employees Challenge New Pa. Background Check Law
Should people who work in schools get background checks? It's the law in Pennsylvania, and some don't like it.
NYPD Monitors Muslim Students Across Northeast
The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the
More Public Schools Dish Up to 3 Meals a Day
Too often it is after the fact that teachers discover their students are worrying less about math and reading and more about where the next meal comes from.
What Will Stop The School Violence?
"Good Day" talks to Philadelphia School District Chief Inspector Myron Patterson and Chief Academic Officer Penny Nixon to try and get some answers.
Vouchers Could Keep Catholic Schools Open
Fox 29 contributor Eleanor Dezzi explains why the Archdiocese of Philadelphia may keep some schools open and how the real problem in the political issue of
Catholic High School Closure Appeals Decision Postponed
Catholic high schools that appealed the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's decision to close them will need to wait another week, while elementary schools will find
4 Catholic Schools Win Closure Appeals
Four schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia say they have won their appeals to stay open after June.
New Technology Allows Parents To Monitor Kids Lunches
Remember the days when you sent your child to school with a few dollars and prayed they spent the money on a healthy lunch? Now technology allows parents to
School Fundraiser For Student With Cancer
Colin Hough is only 14-years-old and is in the middle of a battle no teenager should have to go through. While most kids were getting ready for Christmas last
Latest School Bullying Involves Teabagging
The latest bullying incident at Philadelphia public schools involves teabagging, a craze where kids assault victims with their genitals.
Students Brawl At Philly High School
What is going on in our schools, and is anything being done to protect the kids who are there to learn? FOX 29 asks school leaders.
Toxic Dirt Near Local Elementary School
A dirt mound has been sitting near a local elementary school for years and there are toxic chemicals in the dirt. It's at the Snyder-Girotti Elementary School
Obama Promotes Job Training at Virginia Community College
President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to create an $8 billion fund to help connect community college students with businesses looking to hire workers
Arizona Lawmakers Push Bill to Stop Teachers from Swearing in Class
Teachers in Arizona's public schools who use obscene, indecent or profane speech in front of students will not just have to wash their mouths out with soap if
828 'Serious Incidents' This Year At Philly Middle Schools
Fights, assaults and intimidation in the classroom are happening at multiple city schools. There have been 828 "serious incidents" this year in the district's
Philly School Like Lord Of The Flies
Video obtained by Fox 29 of mayhem inside a West Philadelphia classroom might only be the tip of the iceberg.