Education

A small new Science Center program trains overlooked Philadelphians for careers in our city’s burgeoning life sciences industry. Its mission: carving out a path to high-paying, in-demand jobs

The president and CEO of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine on why we should mobilize medical students to jumpstart the vaccination rollout

A local high school teacher’s ode to the so-Philly thing we’ve all missed most this year: community

Philadelphia’s schools superintendent has taken some hits lately. Does he have what it takes to manage—and tame—a $3.5 billion bureaucracy?

The 2020 Principal of the Year thinks the key to turning around Philly schools comes down to human connection. His work at Robeson High School may prove him right.

As the social studies curriculum specialist for the School District of Philadelphia, Smith helps open worlds, and doors, for more than 200,000 students every year

The high school history teacher has met the challenges of illiteracy and disenfranchisement with creativity and passion

The Central High School social studies teacher is empowering our city’s youth to exercise their most profound civic right: voting

A Boys’ Latin social worker on how boosting attendance in school means changing how we approach the problem

Join us on December 15 to hear from Chicago Beyond’s Liz Dozier on how innovation fueled by empathy can upend how we educate children