Education

Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film is based on Penn Professor Emily Wilson’s translation of Homer’s epic. A long-time university president urges everyone to see, read or listen to the story — and support humanities education

You know Philadelphia as the mural capital of the world. But did you know we’re closing in on Playful Learning capital too?

A teacher at a North Philly elementary school offers a reason to hope for our kids — and a pathway to success in public education

A State Senator from Northeast Philly argues Pennsylvania should fund tax credits to independent and faith-based schools

Five years after collecting her first donations, Penn student Natasha Agarwal is celebrating 250,000 books distributed to young readers.

In Philadelphia, school closures are not the real debate, says the head of an educational nonprofit. It’s what educators plan to do inside those schools that matters

Is Port Richmond the coolest library in Philadelphia? If so, it’s thanks to a clever, kind, and innovative worker bee living three blocks away (and actual bees who dwell there)

A long-time university president asks us to promote merit-only criteria for scientific funding

Ten Philadelphia-area news organizations will receive funding, consulting and innovation services through a two-year, $1 million initiative focused on sustainability

Want to grow our city? The path, the Center for Black Educator Development’s founder argues, is through our children’s classrooms