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In an excerpt of Live to See the Day, a new book about surviving poverty in Kensington, a teenager pleads for his high school to stay open

Year-round schooling is the School District of Philadelphia's most talked-about plan. Cherelle Parker seems into it. But will it actually change anything?

Elaine Maimon believes Temple's next president must transform Temple into a model of 21st-century reform. Here's what needs to be done.

LuQman Abdullah has seen loss, prison, and promise in our youth. Here is his prescription for ending Philadelphia's gun violence culture

Poor people aren't wearing dirty sneakers because they look cool. Instead of making it fashionable, give kids the means to avoid poverty.

Longtime advocate Mark Gleason calls for facts, not fiction, in responding to a Philadelphia Citizen column about education funding.

Can a four-year residency model ensure new teachers stay in the district? A Baltimore-based program new in Philly is betting on it.

A Philadelphia educator reflects on the power of young people to accept the world as it is

PA Youth Vote and activist theater company Just Act are using drama to activate the newest generation of voters. What can we learn from them on Voter Registration Day?

In this episode of Future Ready, future of work expert, Anne Gemmell gives us 5 tips she's learned in 20 years of navigating schools in and around Philly

Twelve U.S. states allow school kids to take excused days off for emotional well-being. PA should too

The three finalists for Philly’s new schools superintendent might very well be solid educators. But has anyone asked if that’s really what we need?

The District’s new magnet schools policy is putting the progressive push for equity under an uncomfortable lens. Does it even solve the real problems?

Superintendent Hite announced that he's not returning to his post at the end of the school year. Here, a wish list of possible replacements.

WURD host Charles Ellison chats with our very own Roxanne Patel Shepelavy about how Philly fumbled school reopenings this fall

The rage-inducing start of the new school year in Philly illustrates why good management matters—and how our leaders are failing us.

We round up over a dozen ways every citizen can do their part to help students and educators thrive during this school year.

After a history of management snafus under Superintendent Bill Hite, will we be able to seize this potentially transformative moment?

Philly has started planning for ways to help students make up for Covid-related learning loss. But do we really want to get back to normal?

Philly Superintendent William Hite has taken some hits lately. Does he have what it takes to manage—and tame—a $3.5 billion bureaucracy? The evidence is...conflicting.