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 Shepelavy
Citizen of the Week

Thomas 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 Shepelavy
The Citizen Recommends

Blackademia

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 Shepelavy
Ideas We Should Steal

Training 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 Shepelavy

Vote 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 Cary
Reality Check

Kenney’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. Ellison
Guest Commentary

Dena, Emma, Helen, #MeToo & Me

A high school teacher on the hope and inspiration she finds from the “speak-truth-to-power” generation

By Maureen Boland

Vets 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 Bilow
The Citizen Recommends

Social Justice Symposium for Teens

The annual Free Library event, started by librarian Erin Hoopes, returns this weekend with an agenda for change

By Patrick Bilow
The Citizen Updates

Math 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