Education

Universities and students should consider “mission before major,” advises a long-time college president

The District’s new magnet schools policy is putting the progressive push for equity under an uncomfortable lens. Does it even solve the problem we need to be solving?

Less than 30 percent of Philadelphia residents have a bachelor's degree. One way to change that, a long-time college president says, is better access to high-quality childcare on campus

Superintendent Hite’s announcement this week that he’s leaving the post at the end of the school year is an opportunity for Philadelphia. Here, a wish list of possible school leaders.

The rage-inducing opening of the new school year illustrates why good management matters—and how our leaders are failing us

Let’s commit to be all in on making this pandemic school year the best it can be

A longtime college president on why a “return to normal” is the last thing our universities should do

Penn grads Christina Miranda and Amanda Moreno launched Be Body Positive Philly to empower high schoolers to live peacefully and healthfully in their bodies

Four local universities will be searching for new presidents in the next couple of years. Let’s be sure, a longtime college president says, they are principled leaders who can help transform the region.

At last week’s Innovation in Education event, in partnership with Fitler Club and Comcast NBCUniversal, trailblazing leaders in education offered creative, collaborative strategies to support the most important stakeholders in our schools: students