Education
Education Ideas We Should Steal — From Ourselves
For the School District of Philadelphia to improve, Superintendent Watlington need not look for new ideas. Our solutions are already here
By Debra WeinerThe Cost of Pennsylvania’s Child Care Crisis
Gaps in child care mean $6.65 billion in lost revenue. A western PA chamber of commerce head on why the state needs to step in
By Dan DeBoneMaking Choice Possible
Private school students supported by Children's Scholarship Fund almost all graduate from high school and go on to higher education. Can the group bring its tuition relief to all the children who need it?
By Natalie PompilioTemple, The People’s University?
In light of Pres. Jason Wingard’s abrupt resignation, a former college president calls for a reboot that turns Temple into a model of 21st century reform
By Elaine MaimonWhy Academic Freedom Matters
Gov. Ron DeSantis is not alone in attacking free expression on campus, where censorship is coming from the right and left. Here, a former university president on the dangers of such Orwellian assaults on democracy itself
By Elaine MaimonAli Velshi Banned Book Club with Meg Cabot
The MSNBC host speaks with the YA author about the inevitability of teen sex
By Ali VelshiMayoral Candidates, Stop the Public Education Platitudes
Voters deserve to know how the next Mayor of Philadelphia will build the new Board of Education — and, a longtime education advocate says, how they’ll hold that board accountable
By Debra WeinerCan Temple Recover its Public Image?
The just-ended graduate union strike was the latest blow to the university, which has seen violence and disarray the last several months
By Olivia KramTraining Workers for Well-Paying Jobs
New Jersey’s public-private Pay It Forward program provides free or low-cost access to training in fields that need skilled workers. It’s a model Philly should emulate
By Courtney DuCheneDoes Girls High Have the Solution to Masterman’s Dilemma?
A longtime education advocate argues that we already know how to achieve equity and merit for the city’s magnet schools — if we look to the historic women’s high school
By Debra Weiner