Education
The Highest Hanging Fruit
High school dropouts are the toughest to reach. At YouthBuild Philly, they get the training, schooling and love they need to make it
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Yes to Soda Tax
A Citizen co-sponsored survey finds most Philadelphians favor Mayor Kenney’s proposed soda tax on sugary beverages
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Hear Me Out
Born of tragedy, local nonprofit SpeakUp teaches parents and teenagers how to communicate
By Emma Copley Eisenberg
Bienvenidos a la escuela
Are bilingual immersion programs, like at South Philly’s Southwark, a way to save city schools?
By Melanie Bavaria
Philadelphia’s Other Draft
On the night of the NFL draft, Germination Project introduced the city to its new all stars
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Ice Cream In Space
Ice cream meets space in a project by Little Baby’s and The Workshop School
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Planting the Seeds of Change
With the Germination Project, attorney and philanthropist Ajay Raju aims to build an army of civic-minded leaders
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Pay Women More, Gain $4.3 Trillion
Plus: City government spending affects lifespans and targeted outreach to students likely to drop out
By Stephen St. Vincent
Michele McKeone
The former special ed teacher’s Autism Expressed, teaching digital skills to autistic students, is growing. The secret? Its founder’s “oppositional defiance”
By Larry Platt
Friends To The Rescue?
A coalition of schools “Friends Groups” want to change the city
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy