Education

As the new school year gets underway, a Mastery principal takes us behind the scenes of the hard work that goes into serving kids

The week-long Camp Sojourner, for mostly Philly girls of color, turns campers into confident leaders—for life

In Denmark, students learn empathy the way they learn math, in school. Not coincidentally, the Danes are the happiest people on earth

The intertwined for-profit and non-profit college prep companies bridge the gap between privilege and poverty

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren will tell how she's innovating education to fight poverty

Next week’s convention is Philly’s chance to prove the last decade was just the beginning of big changes

Joe Torsella, candidate for State Treasurer, wants to give every newborn in Pennsylvania a college savings plan. That makes him a politician actually running on an innovative idea

A summer reading series seeks to turn teachers into social justice warriors. But will that fix what ails schools?

The youth writing program fights illiteracy in schools and beyond. A new crowdfunding campaign seeks to double the number of students it reaches

Only 4.5 percent of Philadelphia teachers are black men. A Mastery principal urges more to heed the call to help build a better nation