Where is Home?

A Penn student’s program for African immigrant children explores what it means to have a home in two worlds—and what language to say it in

By Lorene Cary
Meet the Disruptor

KickUp

The Philly startup helps school districts teach teachers better, so they can teach students better

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

A Year of Writing Dangerously

With freedom to say what they feel, daughters tell it like it is

By Tina Smith-Brown
Reality Check

Who cares about bullying in Philly?

WURD’s afternoon host calls on the school district to heed the call for better anti-bullying practices—before it’s too late

By Charles D. Ellison

Challah for Hunger

A 13-year-old hunger-fighting group with 10,000 student volunteers turns it attention to a crisis in its midst: campus hunger

By Jamie Bogert

Reading Lesson No 1—Teach the Teachers

How can all students learn to read by 4th grade if so many teachers struggle with teaching reading?

By Hilderbrand Pelzer III
Declaration of Principles

Transforming Children’s Futures

The students of Jubilee School demand a future that is safe and just for all children

By Jubilee School Fifth and Sixth Graders
Reality Check

How Do We Pay for Local Control of the Schools?

With the SRC disbanding, WURD’s afternoon host offers two ideas to avoid raising taxes

By Charles D. Ellison

Talking ‘Bout A Revolution

Mayor Kenney’s dissolving of the SRC is an opportunity to take a page from Silicon Valley and radically rethink education.

By Ajay Raju
Reality Check

Another “for the kids” tax?

WURD’s afternoon host warns of the possible consequences of local school board control: More taxes on the poor

By Charles D. Ellison