Education
Meet Shaquita A. Smith
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
By Jessica Blatt PressMeet Carlos Aponte
The high school history teacher has met the challenges of illiteracy and disenfranchisement with creativity and passion
By Jessica Blatt PressMeet Thomas Quinn
The Central High School social studies teacher is empowering our city’s youth to exercise their most profound civic right: voting
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyHow To Keep Kids In School
A Boys’ Latin social worker on how boosting attendance in school means changing how we approach the problem
By Kenneth Bourne IIDriving Innovation in Education
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
By Katherine Rapin“Things That Matter”
With Hill-Freedman World Academy’s fourth album, students weave the anguish of 2020 into powerful new music
By Jessica Blatt PressPhilly’s School Nurses
The unsung health heroes of the pandemic have risen to the challenge of new job descriptions
By Jessica Blatt Press“A True Sankofa Moment”
A who’s who of civic leaders are behind Philadelphia Community Stakeholders’ new—free—pod for local students. The next challenge is scaling it.
By Jessica Blatt PressTackling Illiteracy
The first-ever virtual Freedom Schools Literacy Academy models liberation education — and gets results
By Sharif El-MekkiLarry Abrams
The South Jersey teacher and founder of BookSmiles has created a magical book bank, where teachers can load up on books to give to their students. The cost? Free.
By Christine Speer Lejeune