Guest Commentary

Unequal School Funding Shows Why We Still Need Affirmative Action

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on the legality of race-conscious admissions in higher education. Pennsylvania’s school funding case, an education advisor argues, reflects both the problem and solution

By David M. Stone
Guest Commentary

The Evidence on Charter Schools Is In

Public charter schools work, a schools reformer explains — especially for Black, Hispanic and low-income students

By Mark Gleason
Ideas We Should Steal

Ban the Ban, Not the Book

Attention, Governor Shapiro and Pennsylvania state legislators: Illinois has banned book bans. NJ is thinking about it and PA should too.

By Elaine Maimon
Listen

Ali Velshi on Erasing the Tulsa Race Massacre

MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member says more than a century later, our country is still suppressing the truth about the White riot that destroyed the thriving Black community of Greenwood

By Ali Velshi

The New Normal is Scary

The widespread resistance to evidence — facts! — and the undermining of educated responses alarms a long-time university president

By Elaine Maimon
Business for Good

Wharton WORKS

Penn business school’s new program teaches incarcerated men and women valuable skills — and future MBAs about the value of employing people who have been released from prison.

By Courtney DuChene

No More “Ignorant and Free”

Why the most important part of our country’s constitution may not be what you think it is.

By Jemille Q. Duncan
Guest Commentary

More High School Internships, Please

Two charter school educators say Philadelphia students are hungry to start their careers — and Philly business leaders need to give them a chance.

By Malaun Yuille and Noelle Kellich
Guest Commentary

Turn Veterans Day into a Learning Opportunity

The School District of Philadelphia no longer closes schools for Veterans Day. The president of the Philadelphia Veterans Parade asks: Why not turn the former day off into a day of learning about military service?

By Anthony Murphy
Citizen of the Week

Atiyah Harmon of Black Girls Love Math

School by school, student by student, a Philly educator is changing how Black girls learn — and embrace — math.

By Johann Calhoun