About that Missing $700,000 …

For the second time in three years, the School District of Philadelphia was defrauded out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. What’s really going on?

By Jessica Blatt Press

The Big Ugly Budget Bill Hurts Students

A longtime university president urges protest against the House Republican reconciliation bill now before the U.S. Senate votes to approve it

By Elaine Maimon
Guest Commentary

Pennsylvania, Prioritize Literacy

Only 17 percent of Philadelphia fourth graders read at grade level. Let’s tell Harrisburg to pass bipartisan bills that invest in our kids and our future, says a PA literacy leader

By Rachael Garnick

International Students Strengthen America

A longtime university president calls upon citizens to welcome students from around the world

By Elaine Maimon
Guest Commentary

What Happens in Philly Schools’ “Rubber Rooms?”

The public will never know, a labor policy expert with a free-market Pennsylvania think tank argues, unless the District opens its records

By David R. Osborne
Guest Commentary

It’s Time for Democrats to Lead on Education Again — Starting in PA

We can start, the CEO of an education reform group argues, with an Abundance Agenda

By Jorge Elorza
Guest Commentary

The School District’s Own Efficiency Team

GOP legislators want to investigate wasteful spending in Philadelphia schools. A high school teacher knows just who they should ask

By Lydia Kulina-Washburn

Stop Using Antisemitism as a Weapon Against Higher Education

A longtime university president tells Congress to cease and desist from persecuting colleges under the guise of fighting antisemitism

By Elaine Maimon
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Omar Crowder, High School Principal

As the leader of the city’s largest and most diverse neighborhood high school, Crowder has led his community through a string of catastrophic events — and to academic excellence

By Jessica Blatt Press

Is this Really Government “Efficiency”?

Trump and DOGE supposedly want to make public institutions more efficient. So why, a longtime university president wonders, are they targeting a local higher ed consortium that brings in money and impacts thousands?

By Elaine Maimon