Education
Who Will Benefit From The UArts Endowment Fiasco?
A longtime university president urges the parties involved to resolve the case in the best interest of students and the city
By Elaine Maimon
Utopian Pragmatism and More Mind-Blowing Ideas for Cities
In the future, we’ll be working at night, skiing atop waste plants, buying single room homes, and measuring everything with AI, according to this year’s Bloomberg CityLab in Madrid
By Diana Lind
Give Charter Schools The Respect They Deserve
Mastery’s CEO urges the School Board to develop standards — and follow them — before making any new charter decisions on May 14
By Joel D. Boyd
The School Where Kids Can Actually … Read
What other schools can learn from the way South Philly’s Sharswood K-8 has raised reading scores in the first year of the city’s new literacy curriculum
By Emily Rizzo
Philly Schools Don’t Need More Money …
… They need more choice. A free market think tank leader urges Governor Shapiro to opt-in to a new federal tax credit program
By Nathan Benefield
College Life on the Decline? Not Here.
As smaller private schools struggle, community colleges fuel growth in higher ed. Let’s support them, says a local education leader
By Victoria L. Bastecki-Perez
Philly Schools, Be Like Yale
The esteemed Ivy self-evaluated and committed to reform. A longtime university president urges local colleges and universities to do the same, by transforming attacks into inflection points
By Elaine Maimon
Boosting Philly Students’ Financial IQ
Next fall, a new law will mandate personal finance education in all PA high schools. Whether Philadelphia schools will be ready is up to us
By Kerry Woodward
School District, Don’t Eliminate What’s Working
A Philadelphia public school teacher argues against the District’s plan to close his school. Give Lankenau Environmental a chance to grow
By Jonathan Hoffmeier
Marry the Liberal Arts to Education in Trades, Crafts and Entrepreneurship
A longtime university president encourages Philadelphia-area colleges and universities to partner with community colleges and unions to make connections for fulfillment in careers and life
By Elaine Maimon