Guest Commentary: The Pay Paradox of Early Childhood Educators

A policy advisor and former pre-K teacher calls for more investment in our children’s first educators — a proven investment that pays off for all of us.

By Lyssa Horvath

Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Reads The Glass Castle

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with Jeannette Walls to talk about her provocative memoir and the complications and ugliness of real life

By Ali Velshi

Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Sits Down with Randi Weingarten

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews the new president of the American Federation of Teachers about her efforts to take on book bans

By Ali Velshi

Philadelphia Teachers We Love

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, we’re revisiting some of the fabulous Philly educators we’ve featured through the years.

By Lauren McCutcheon

Celebrate Teachers

This Teacher Appreciation Week, a longtime university president urges Philadelphians to celebrate educators — but to also support the teaching profession

By Elaine Maimon

The New Urban Order: Send Your Kid to a “Good Enough” Public School

A C+ school for the win.

By Diana Lind

Guest Commentary: Grow Your Own Black Teacher Pipeline

A donor helped fund a fellowship to bring new teachers of color to a suburban district. Here’s why a local educator thinks it’s an idea worth stealing

By Matt Reid

Hope Springs Forward on Education

Signs of progress abound in public education, a longtime university president muses — but there is still work to be done

By Elaine Maimon