Topic: Teachers
Jason Kelce’s Eagles Education Season
This week, the Super Bowl-winning offensive lineman compares Philly schools to those of Buffalo—and celebrates a local education innovation
By Jason Kelce
Philly’s Teachers
It’s the last day of public school in Philly. Let’s give teachers a hand as they embark on their much-deserved summer break
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Blackademia
WURD hosts the top black academics from four area universities for a conversation about their impact and responsibility to the city around them
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Training teachers like doctors
Could a Michigan experiment to bring medical school-like training to the teaching of teachers make for better-prepared educators—and more successful students?
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Teacher Colleges, We Need You To Step Up
Education schools fail to properly train would-be teachers. A Mastery principal challenges them to do better—or risk failing students, too
By Sharif El-Mekki
The Elephant in the (Class)room
A public school principal argues that improving student outcomes requires improving teachers
By Hilderbrand Pelzer III
Arise, Black Men, and Teach
Only 4.5 percent of Philadelphia teachers are black men. A Mastery principal urges more to heed the call to help build a better nation
By Sharif El-Mekki
The Tri-State Teacher Convening
Attention teachers! Come and be celebrated this weekend
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Alejandro Gac-Artigas
26-year-old Alejandro Gac-Artigas, CEO & Founder of Springboard Collaborative, is disrupting local education—and getting results
By Rosella LeFevre
Teachers for Teachers
As school days offer less time for prep and collaboration, teachers find what they need elsewhere—in networks all over the city
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy