The school board was poised to vote on an agreement related to a federal investigation Thursday. The resolution was pulled at ...

Philadelphia’s public schools have been plagued by environmental issues, including lead, mold, and asbestos. The district is ...

The School District of Philadelphia’s handling of asbestos in some schools was supposed to be the focus of the school board’s ...

Miami Beach-based Peebles Corp. has a July 28 deadline to demolish the old Board of Education building uptown.

It is the least likely of the three to cause illness from inhalation; Amosite, or brown asbestos, was used most frequently in cement sheet, pipe insulation, and insulating board. It has needle-like ...