U.S. Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education is a federal agency established in 1979 to promote educational excellence and ensure equal access. It administers student financial aid, enforces civil rights laws in education, collects data on America’s schools, and supports educational research and development.
Address: 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20202
Phone: (800) 872-5327
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Chester County Home to Seven of Pennsylvania’s Top 50 Public High Schools for 2022
Chester County is home to seven of Pennsylvania’s Top 50 public high schools for 2022, according to new rankings recently released by Niche.com. To determine…
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Chester County Boasts a Handful of the 50 Best Private High Schools in Pennsylvania for 2021
Chester County is home to five of the 50 Best Private High Schools in Pennsylvania for 2021, according to a new report published by Niche.com.…
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Check Out Which Local School Districts Are Among the Top 50 with the Best Teachers in Pennsylvania
Chester County is home to three of the Top 50 School Districts with the Best Teachers in Pennsylvania for 2021, according to a new analysis…
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Check Out Where Chester County’s Private High Schools Rank Among the Best in Pennsylvania
Chester County is home to five of the 50 best private high schools in Pennsylvania for 2021, according to a new report published by Niche.com.…
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Chester County Home to the Second-Most Diverse School District in Pennsylvania
Ranking behind only the Susquehanna Township School District in Dauphin County, the Coatesville Area School District is the second-most diverse school district in Pennsylvania, according…
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T/E Dethroned as State’s Top School District; Chester County Home to Seven of Top 50
Chester County is home to seven of the Top 50 School Districts in Pennsylvania for 2021, but it no longer owns the top spot after…
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Chester County Home to One of 367 Schools in America to Win National Blue Ribbon
St. Patrick Catholic School in Malvern is one of the winners of the prestigious National Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence designation awarded by the U.S.…
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Local Colleges, Universities to Receive More Than $20 Million Through CARES Act
The U.S. Department of Education has announced more than $12 billion in funding for institutions of higher education through the CARES Act. Multiple colleges and…
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Chester County Home to Six of the Top 50 School Districts in Pennsylvania for 2020
Chester County is home to six of the Top 50 school districts in Pennsylvania, according to recently published rankings by Niche.com. To determine the rankings…
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Three High Schools in Chester County Among Top 25 with the Best Teachers in Greater Philly
Chester County is home to three of the Top 25 Public High Schools with the Best Teachers in Greater Philadelphia, writes Clara Lefton for The…
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Check Out How Much Money Graduates of Every Local College Make 10 Years After Entering School
The latest College Scorecard has been released by the U.S. Department of Education, and this in-depth look at the performance of almost every college in…
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Chester County Places 15 Among Top 100 Public Elementary Schools in Pennsylvania
Niche.com has unveiled its 2019 Best Public Elementary Schools in Pennsylvania, a ranking based on rigorous analysis of key statistics and data from the U.S.…
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Chester County Home to One of 349 Schools in America to Win National Blue Ribbon
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School in West Chester and Saint Mary Magdalen Catholic School in Media are among this year’s recipients of the prestigious…
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Chester County Places Four Among Region’s Top 20 High Schools for STEM
Four high schools in Chester County rank among the Top 20 best schools for STEM in the Philadelphia area, writes Clara Lefton for the Philadelphia…
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Chester County Home to Three of State’s Top 25 Private High Schools
Chester County is home to three of the Top 25 private high schools in Pennsylvania, according to the latest rankings published by Niche.com, writes Teresa…
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Chester County Accounts for 10 Percent of Pennsylvania’s Top 50 Private High Schools
Five Chester County schools rank among the Top 50 on Niche.com’s list of the 2018 Best Private High Schools in Pennsylvania. The ranking is based…
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Chester County Briefly: February 9
Frank Byrd III Byrd, a West Chester resident and senior at Devon Prep, has been named one of more than 4,500 candidates in the 2018…
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As GWCC’s 2017 Outstanding Citizen, Dr. Jim Scanlon Connects Schools and Community
Publisher’s note: Dr. Scanlon will be honored as Greater West Chester Chamber’s Citizen of the Year at the organization’s annual Banquet on February 1st. Sponsor the…












































