Charter operator Eva Moskowitz closed her schools on Tuesday and ordered students, parents and staff to attend a City Hall demonstration that UFT President Michael Mulgrew called “a thinly disguised campaign rally.”

State legislators looking for the best returns on budget investments should focus their efforts on education spending, according to a new report issued by the Economic Policy Institute.

Philadelphia’s public schools will have enough funds to reopen on time this fall because of a last-minute plan for the city to loan the school district $50 million. But students will return to schools that have been mostly stripped of arts...