Education

A public school principal argues that real education reform requires measuring schools more broadly and fixing them more locally

An arts program at Jefferson University brings students and patients with dementia together for a lesson that’s often missing from healthcare: Empathy

The Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders trains the city’s best principals to be entrepreneurial thinkers. It may be the only way to succeed in the job

At Mercy Career & Technical High School, a two year old design thinking class develops entrepreneurs with an eye to solving real-world problems

For nearly 30 years, Philadelphia Young Playwrights has brought the art of drama to Philly schools. Their new podcast is a window into the lives of teens

Local education philanthropist Evie McNiff has spent the last 17 years working to improve education. Now she opens up on the state of Philadelphia giving and the next steps for lasting school reform.

The Fund for the School District had a daunting goal: Establish 1,900 classroom libraries in city schools. How’d they do it a year ahead of schedule?

A former executive coach turns his passion for woodworking into a skills training program that provides former inmates with life-sustaining jobs

Black elementary school students are 2.65 times more likely to be suspended than their white peers. A WURD host asks if that’s any way to discipline our kids

As part of a Drexel series on rethinking learning, the former MIT educational technologist grapples with the inequities her work can bring to education