Education
Leading for Change
A new class of Germination Project fellows joined an elite group last night tasked with shaping a city of the future
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyThomas Quinn
The Central High School social studies teacher is on a mission to change the world outside his classroom—by registering to vote every eligible high schooler in the city
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyBlackademia
WURD hosts the top black academics from four area universities for a conversation about their impact and responsibility to the city around them
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyTraining teachers like doctors
Could a Michigan experiment to bring medical school-like training to the teaching of teachers make for better-prepared educators—and more successful students?
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyVote That Jawn
The Citizen joins bestselling novelist and SafeKids Stories founder in launching a citywide effort to get young people to the polls. We need them now more than ever
By Lorene CaryKenney’s Community Schools Gap
Following the Mayor’s comments in D.C. last week, WURD’s afternoon host notes that the community schools effort could be a delicious hoagie...once they put the meats in it
By Charles D. EllisonDena, Emma, Helen, #MeToo & Me
A high school teacher on the hope and inspiration she finds from the “speak-truth-to-power” generation
By Maureen BolandVets on a Mission
A veterans nonprofit deploys hundreds of volunteers into local schools with a mission taken from their time in uniform: Service
By Patrick BilowSocial Justice Symposium for Teens
The annual Free Library event, started by librarian Erin Hoopes, returns this weekend with an agenda for change
By Patrick BilowMath Corps Philly
The summer program helps middle schoolers leap ahead in their math skills through hard work, fun and a dose of compassion
By Emma Kreider