Education

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

Like 22 other states, the PA House passed a Montco Rep’s bill to encourage reading in every household. The inspiration? Dolly Parton

The community school in North Philadelphia has grown and prospered because of neighbors’ and outsiders’ involvement — and, coincidentally, a man named Prosper