Ideas We Should Steal

The Posse Foundation

The 29-year-old organization sends promising high school grads in groups to 56 colleges across the nation. How about getting Philly in on that pipeline?

By Jill Harkins

What does a school turnaround look like?

The principal of a public school lays out the hard, slow work of improvement—and what it takes to turn schools around

By Hilderbrand Pelzer III
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Mouthful

Season two of the Philly Young Playwrights podcast starts today. You don’t want to miss it

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

I’ve Known Gun Violence

A Mastery high school principal who is both a gun owner and gunshot victim on why guns in schools makes kids less safe

By Sharif El-Mekki
Ideas We Should Steal

Children’s Cabinet

Mayors around the country are launching city-wide efforts to get all stakeholders thinking about what’s best for kids. Can it work here?

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Reality Check

Seriously? Another Tax Hike?

WURD’s afternoon host says the Mayor’s “lazy” tax increase proposal hurts average Philadelphians. Is there a smarter way to fund our schools?

By Charles D. Ellison

Why is this controversial?

A veteran high school teacher says holding educators accountable should be something we all agree on. Why don’t we?

By Zachary Wright

Questions for the School Board

Mayor Kenney is set to choose his new school board from 27 candidates. Here are four things we need to know from them

By Jeremy Nowak
Citizen of the Week

Kristina Ashley

The Philly woman raised $11,000 to take 450 city kids to see Black Panther this month

By Patrick Bilow

We’ll Be Alright

A new Aspen Challenge kicked off this week, putting the world’s problems in the hands of local high schoolers to solve. They just might do it

By Jamie Bogert