Education

The principals of two high schools set to combine aren’t just waiting to see what happens to displaced students and staff

In a special live episode, former mayors Kasim Reed of Atlanta, Michael Nutter of Philadelphia and GT Bynum of Tulsa talk about shaping the next generation of civic leaders via an innovative new program at Penn

The Top Chef and local restaurateur has quietly transformed the lives of middle and high schoolers through the KB Foundation. This week, he hosts the organization’s annual barbecue fundraiser

A long-time university president on what Philadelphia’s Ivy League university — and our city — need from a new leader

The Center for Black Educator Development’s scholarship program for aspiring teachers is working to reverse the teacher shortage, one ambitious student at a time

In 2001, Penn started sending doctors and nurses to train sub-Saharan African healthcare workers. A quarter-century later, here’s why they’re still at it

A longtime Philadelphia teacher on what we lose when the Academy of Natural Sciences closes its public museum

When a young Black scientist couldn’t find representation in biotech, he created it

Philly schools may have spent their federal stimulus funds wisely. How they tracked their spending? Not so wise. Two education leaders on why and how to fix that

Do more than half of us really read at or below a 5th grade level? An adult education researcher says it’s high time we understood the origin of that oft-cited, misunderstood factoid