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Southeast PA pays waaay more for special ed–October 19, 2018
34 Districts surrounding PHL pay highest share The basic skills you learn as a child, thankfully, stay with you your whole life. How to read. How to tie your shoes. How you learn best. Unfortunately, being denied the opportunity to learn basic skills can stay with you...
So very STEM-ulating–October 12, 2018
Parents sound off on STEMCraft! Blockhead! Nerd! Geek! On October 6, just down the street from the Philadelphia Zoo, those weren’t fighting words—they were rallying cries for the 700 Minecraft gamers and future scientists at STEMCraft 2018. Including...
Kids are paying a price for your service–October 5, 2018
Kids are paying a price for your service It’s challenging enough to juggle a rigid work schedule with the demands of your life schedule. But for many Philadelphians in the workforce, particularly in the low-wage service industry, juggling would be a luxury...
Wait, wait, just tell me…September 28, 2018
Wait, wait, just tell me... Ever hear something on the radio that froze you in your tracks and immediately thought, I’ve got to share this with everyone I know! We did and so we are. This week we were blown away by a conversation that eloquently described five...
Why we’re doubling-down on STEM–September 21, 2018
Why we're doubling-down on STEM We’re not ready for the future. It’s time to up our game. You remember it if you read it: Pennsylvania students are spending 12 years in school but are trying to enter the workforce at a level of skill 3 years behind others. You...
Poverty rate of kids under 6 eclipses all others–September 14, 2018
Poverty rate of kids under 6 eclipses all others We know it in our gut. Science backs our intuition. The most crucial years of brain development are the earliest ones, when children are learning everything, soaking up everything in their environment like...
Funding crisis reaches boiling point–September 7, 2018
Funding crisis reaches boiling point You don’t cook a frog by throwing it into boiling water, the adage goes. Instead, you place it in tepid water and slowly raise the heat.* Last week, news coverage of the opening of the school year was punctuated by...
New school year, old school problems–September 4, 2018
New school year, old school problems As the academic year kicks off, students are probably wondering about their new teachers and classmates, or whether their new glasses or haircut will get noticed. Hopefully they’re not wondering why things are getting...