How To Turn Around A Failing School

A change in culture and increased focus on literacy have started to show progress at Mastery’s Smedley Elementary, one of the city’s first Renaissance schools

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Meet the Problem-Solver

The Teacher’s Teacher

While coaching student leaders, Paul Dean and Bobby Erzen of Jounce Partners discovered that the greatest way to impact a school's overall culture is by empowering teachers. Now they’re  coaching teachers

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Building A Better Community College of Philadelphia

Other cities with similar challenges report better student outcomes. Here’s how we can get our Community College mojo back

By Jeremy Nowak

Taking On Asthma

It is the number one cause of chronic absenteeism in Philadelphia schools, and one of the reasons so many children fall behind. One woman is working to change all that, at home and in schools

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Meet The Problem Solver…

Michael Gomez, Principal of Cristo Rey Philadelphia High, on the North Philly school’s innovative model

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Kill The Property Tax

The way we fund schools is fatally flawed. It’s time to find a better way.

Citizen Sam to the Rescue

Closing the funding gap in Philadelphia’s public schools: A proposal

By Sam Katz

The Drama of the SRC

Governor Wolf wants Marjorie Neff to be the SRC’s last chair. But then what?

By Jeremy Nowak
Ideas We Should Steal

Judging schools based on inspections—not test scores

A British inspections system finds what works, and doesn't, without the stress of tests

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

The Real War on Poverty

Early childhood education is the key…So why are we so bad at evaluating child care quality?

By Jeremy Nowak