Topic: School District of Philadelphia
Why My First Year of Teaching Won’t be My Last
A teacher at a North Philly elementary school offers a reason to hope for our kids — and a pathway to success in public education
By Kayla Banks
With Schools, It’s Quality, Not Quantity
In Philadelphia, school closures are not the real debate, says the head of an educational nonprofit. It’s what educators plan to do inside those schools that matters
By Dr. Stacy Holland
Make Schools the Center of Philly’s Wealth Strategy
Want to grow our city? The path, the Center for Black Educator Development’s founder argues, is through our children’s classrooms
By Sharif El-Mekki
Investing in Logan Elementary
The community school in North Philadelphia has grown and prospered because of neighbors’ and outsiders’ involvement — and, coincidentally, a man named Prosper
By Natalie Pompilio
A Dollar Won’t Do
City Council has one chance to get rideshare taxation right, says an urbanist and strategist. His solution combines the ideas of Parker, Uber and economics 101
By Russell Richie
Give Charter Schools The Respect They Deserve
Mastery’s CEO urges the School Board to develop standards — and follow them — before making any new charter decisions on May 14
By Joel D. Boyd
The School Where Kids Can Actually … Read
What other schools can learn from the way South Philly’s Sharswood K-8 has raised reading scores in the first year of the city’s new literacy curriculum
By Emily Rizzo
Philly Schools Don’t Need More Money …
… They need more choice. A free market think tank leader urges Governor Shapiro to opt-in to a new federal tax credit program
By Nathan Benefield
School District, Don’t Eliminate What’s Working
A Philadelphia public school teacher argues against the District’s plan to close his school. Give Lankenau Environmental a chance to grow
By Jonathan Hoffmeier
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