Education

Penn, Harvard, and other elite universities have rejected a record number of applicants this year. A longtime college president says it’s time to reconsider how we select—and fund—colleges

Our mystery shoppers go online to get a library card and working papers for summer. How simple was it?

A May pre-trial hearing for a seven-year-old school funding lawsuit in Pennsylvania has a state politics watcher wondering: Could this finally mean more money for schools that need it?

...and that should be a good thing. A longtime university president maps the way forward for universities—and the students they serve

With March Madness back on this year, we face a perennial dilemma: Can we be fans of winning games while also winning at education?

A local nonprofit has shown measurable progress in helping Philly public school students stay on track through training in an unexpected skill: meditation

All-Star #22: Nellie Rathbone Bright

The city has finally started planning for ways to help students make up for pandemic-related learning loss. But do we really want to just get back to normal?

Some debt forgiveness could help students and the economy. But a longtime college president makes the case for another strategy: Preventing the debt in the first place.

Amy Gutmann’s $100 million pledge to the school district proved again how she is making Penn a leader among elite universities. A longtime college president offers ideas for what else Penn could do for Philly.