Education

Science Matters
A scientist-in-training helped coordinate a letter-writing campaign to protect federal science funding. Here’s what the Philly-born scientist says is at stake for the town she loves
By Isako Di Tomassi
HS Graduation? That’s Just the Start
The 15-year-old nonprofit 12+ helps nearly 5,000 Philly and Camden students a year plan for college, trades or military service after high school — and life beyond
By Natalie Pompilio
Learn to Play to Learn
A Temple professor launches the nation’s first “playful learning” spaces in two affordable housing complexes in Philly today, for International Day of Play. Will it make kids smarter and safer?
By Delaney Parks
About that Missing $700,000 …
For the second time in three years, the School District of Philadelphia was defrauded out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. What’s really going on?
By Jessica Blatt Press
The Big Ugly Budget Bill Hurts Students
A longtime university president urges protest against the House Republican reconciliation bill now before the U.S. Senate votes to approve it
By Elaine Maimon
Pennsylvania, Prioritize Literacy
Only 17 percent of Philadelphia fourth graders read at grade level. Let’s tell Harrisburg to pass bipartisan bills that invest in our kids and our future, says a PA literacy leader
By Rachael Garnick
International Students Strengthen America
A longtime university president calls upon citizens to welcome students from around the world
By Elaine Maimon
What Happens in Philly Schools’ “Rubber Rooms?”
The public will never know, a labor policy expert with a free-market Pennsylvania think tank argues, unless the District opens its records
By David R. Osborne
It’s Time for Democrats to Lead on Education Again — Starting in PA
We can start, the CEO of an education reform group argues, with an Abundance Agenda
By Jorge Elorza
The School District’s Own Efficiency Team
GOP legislators want to investigate wasteful spending in Philadelphia schools. A high school teacher knows just who they should ask
By Lydia Kulina-Washburn