Education
No, Really: Year-Round School Is Coming to Philadelphia
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Some of America’s Best Public Schools Are Right Here
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Philadelphia to Actually Start Sweeping Its Streets Today
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NAACP Tells Philly School to End Ban on “Big Afros”
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3 Simple Ideas to Prepare Philly Kids For the Future
We spend a lot of time talking about poverty in Philadelphia, as we should. For decades we’ve held the unfortunate title of being the poorest […]
We Need More Black Teachers. Here’s How to Make That Happen
When I was a kid, I didn’t plan on becoming a teacher. In fact, teaching wasn’t considered an option. My plan was to become an […]
A Camden Educator on Why His Students Crave the Truth
Like many educators, I spent a portion of my summer break teaching students. In July, I was working with high-schoolers on crafting their personal statements […]
How Do We Teach History in America Today?
On a Tuesday in late June, we gathered six distinguished local educators (meet the panel) in our offices in the Curtis building, just off Independence […]
What a German Taught Me About His Country and the Holocaust
Back when I was in college, a good friend started dating a German guy. He was from a small town in Bavaria and owned lederhosen […]
Education 2022: See No Evil. Hear No Evil. Teach No Evil?
When I reached out to Philadelphia journalism legend Linn Washington Jr. to ask if he would moderate a discussion about how — in the continuing […]
The Fight Over How to Teach America’s Past Is Itself a Test
Benjamin Franklin didn’t coin the phrase that nothing can be certain but death and taxes. Other writers said it first. But out of anyone, he, […]
Meek Mill, Kevin Hart and Michael Rubin’s Millions Won’t Help the Abbott Elementaries of Our City
For the past month, I’ve been falling in love with the new hit ABC show Abbott Elementary. Inspired by a real-life teacher in a Philadelphia […]
It’s Not Just Amy Gutmann. Philly-Area College Presidents Are Leaving in Droves
The recent news that University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann has been tapped by President Joe Biden to become the nation’s ambassador to Germany wasn’t […]
Meet the Philly Teen Who Just Won the Prestigious Gates Scholarship
On Tuesday night at 8 p.m., 18-year-old Southwest Philadelphia resident Akayla Brown received a life-changing email. She learned she was one of 300 high-school students […]
Dolly Parton Will Send Free Books to up to 2,000 Philly Kids Each Month
Dolly Parton is having a moment. A rather extended one, in fact. More than 54 years after she released her first album, the music icon […]