Education
Why I Chose To Teach
A Mastery principal reflects on being shot—and then becoming the biggest advocate for youth like his assailant: An educator
By Sharif El-Mekki
Education
A primer on how to navigate our new reality. This week: The next education battle
By Jeremy Nowak
Trust Takes Hard Work
Police Commissioner Richard Ross met with Mastery Shoemaker high schoolers last week. But students need more than just talk
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Want Kids to Learn? Give Them a Better Place to Learn
School buildings should be as high-performing as we expect our students to be
By Hilderbrand Pelzer III
Living Music
How music venue World Cafe Live is filling a gap for Philadelphia school students
By Emma Copley Eisenberg
The New Mis-Education of the Negro
In the wake of the NAACP’s call for a moratorium on charter schools, a Mastery principal derides the group for selling out black families
By Sharif El-Mekki
Growth, But Not Achievement
A public school principal argues that consistent student growth—not just achievement—must be counted when judging low-performing schools. Otherwise, there can be no success
By Hilderbrand Pelzer III
An Open Letter from a Principal to the Police
As the school year starts, please remember why you’re here: To protect our students, not harm them
By Sharif El-Mekki
Lessons in Empathy
PeacePraxis founder Christa Tinari offers tips in raising empathetic children at a Peace Day event in Chestnut Hill Thursday
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Starting School in August
Some 15,000 Philly charter school students started school already. Following their lead could benefit all Philly families.
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy