Opinion
What Paris Can Teach Philly About Going Big
Teaching Kids to Cook Is a Public Health Strategy Philadelphia Can’t Afford to Lose
The CEO of Vetri Community Partnership on what the loss of federal SNAP-Ed funding might mean — and how you can help
By Maddy Booth
We’re Angry About Literacy Rates Too
Read by 4th responds to The Citizen’s critique of the city’s efforts to get kids reading
By Julia Cadwallender
The Road to Mars Must Go Through Philadelphia
The leader of a nonprofit that promotes regional manufacturing on how Philly can take advantage of the $1 trillion global space industry
By Chris Scafario
Philly Can Be a National Model for Working Class Mobility
Here are the six steps we need to take, according to Heights Philadelphia’s President/CEO
By Sean Vereen
Are Our Kids Not Learning Good?
Budget cuts. School closures. Structural deficit. Scant academic progress. Spin from District headquarters. Larry Platt asks: Is Superintendent Watlington up to being a transformational leader?
By Larry Platt
PA’s Energy Future Should Power Jobs, Growth and Opportunity
Pennsylvania’s energy advantage has long powered the nation. A local union leader notes that with smart policy, it can also power the next generation of manufacturing, technology investment, and good-paying jobs.
By William C. Sproule
Hey, School District, What’s the Definition of Insanity?
A former City Council and School Reform Commission member weighs in on what a $300 million budget deficit says about School District leadership
By Bill Green
A Eulogy For Jesse Jackson
In the wake of last month’s death of the civil rights icon, his one-time collaborator and former Penn professor pens an intimate — and urgent — remembrance.
By Michael Eric Dyson
In Defense of the Philadelphia School District
A deputy superintendent pushes back on a Citizen story that called the District’s Facilities Master Plan a sign of “managed decline”
By Oz Hill