Education

Ideas We Should Steal

MathCorps

A local math teacher is trying to bring a successful Motor City tutoring program to Philly. The secret ingredient? Love

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

How To Speak American

With no formal training in phonetics or ESL, West Philly’s Rachel Smith has built a growing YouTube audience teaching foreign-born speakers how to talk like a native. The secret? Her friendliness and…opera

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

The Wisdom Of Workshops

At The Workshop School, students spend their school days solving real-world problems—and learn to be better citizens along the way

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Philly School Board? We Can Handle It

Why Philadelphians can, despite the conventional wisdom, be trusted to elect a competent school board

By Jim Saksa

Charter Schools Are Better Than District Schools. Unless They Aren’t.

Diving into the data surrounding the charter versus District-run debate begs the question: Just what do we know, beyond the sweeping generalizations?

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

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