Education

Two local schools are showing that maybe kids know better than adults what real education and civic engagement look like

Innovations like learning pods do not cause inequity. Instead, a Philly dad and schools advocate contends, it’s access to that innovation that is the real problem we need to solve

Under PA State Treasurer Joe Torsella’s newest plan, Pennsylvania would join 26 other states in offering tuition-free skills training and associates degrees to all residents

A first-day-of-school assignment for all Philadelphians from the mayor and schools superintendent.

With the recent announcement to provide Wi-Fi to 35,000 low-income student households, city leaders showed that they can leave their silos in order to forge real change

Could the key to turning around Philly schools come down to human connection? Robeson High School Principal Richard Gordon IV thinks so—and he has the outcomes to prove it

The ParentChild+ program has boosted high school graduation among Philly’s most vulnerable children—by showing up at their homes

The director of a Black teacher training program pens an open letter to new educators for their “subversive act of hope”

A new citywide student-run newspaper is a connection among Philly high schoolers—something missing even before the pandemic

The middle school teacher started a Facebook group that has connected 600 high school seniors with “adopters” to help them celebrate their graduation—and raise money for college expenses