Education
AI and Keeping University Learning Human
A longtime university president on building a relationship between artificial intelligence and transformational education
By Elaine Maimon
The School District’s Staffing Bloat Is Not What You Think It Is
The School District of Philadelphia has 7,000 more positions than it did a decade ago. Thousands of rows of staffing data explains why.
By Nick Jain
Parents’ Rights and Workers’ Rights Can Coexist
A charter school CEO believes the conflicts between public and charter schools has a simple solution: a third party
By Joel D. Boyd
Philadelphia’s Success Depends on Temple
Almost one quarter of Temple’s 2025 freshman class dropped out. A local education leader lays out what the university can do to help students succeed — and graduate
By Sean E. Vereen, Ed.D.
More Students Attending School
Almost 40 percent of Philly students were chronically absent in the last school year. Solutions from across the country start with accountability
By Denisa R. Superville
Is this Shapiro’s Chance to Be a National Unifier?
A Pennsylvania pastor urges Governor Shapiro to join 30 others and sign onto a federal tax credit private school scholarship program
By Joshua C. Robertson
Don’t Dismiss Higher Education. Reform It
A longtime university president proposes solutions for remaking colleges for “we the people”
By Elaine Maimon
Who’s Governing Philly’s Biggest Institutions?
And why should you care? Join the Women’s Nonprofit Leadership Initiative on October 26 to learn more about who sits on boards in Philly — and why we need more diversity
By Kate Allison
A Better Way To Help Artists … Make Art
A developer bets that artists make better work when they live with the marketplace. A university bets on the rent. A former UArts professor weighs in on which makes for a more vibrant arts scene
By Neil Kleinman
Building a Better Merger
The principals of two high schools set to combine aren’t just waiting to see what happens to displaced students and staff
By Denisa R. Superville