Education
Why Are Young People Afraid to Use Their Phones the Way They’re Meant to Be Used?
I picked some tomatoes and basil this morning to take to my daughter at her apartment in West Philly. After work, I’ll text her to […]
8 Ways to Lower the Cost of Higher Education That Every College Will Hate
Today I dropped my daughter off at her freshman dorm. Last Saturday I did the same for my son. And a few weeks ago I […]
Curse the Anti-Cursives!
I come to praise cursive writing, not to bury it. My colleague Joel Mathis yesterday wrote that cursive “sucks” and he was glad to see […]
Let’s Just Let Cursive Writing Die Already
As if to prove there is nothing in life—nothing—beyond our culture wars, I give you this: We now face a battle over the future of […]
Pennsylvania Officials Increase Tuition for Public Universities
If you’re a student at one of Pennsylvania’s 14 public universities, you might want to reevaluate those loans: tuition costs are rising three percent. That […]
Former Philly Schools Superintendent Fired in Connecticut
Paul Vallas, the Philadelphia School District’s former superintendent, lost his job as the head of Bridgeport, Conn. schools Friday for what school officials termed a […]
Philadelphia School District Finds a Majority of Its Inventory Missing
The problems continue for the Philadelphia School District. Already looking at a doomsday scenario, the district is now missing $196,000 in property across 11 schools—about […]
Rowan University Adds Osteopathic Medical Degree Program
A law restructuring New Jersey’s public higher education took effect yesterday, reorganizing the structure of the state’s public universities and officially establishing Rowan University’s school […]
Education Activists End Fast Over Philly School District Cuts
Education activists have ended their days-long fast in protest of the ongoing school district layoffs in the city. The fast ended due in part to […]
Student Loan Rates Double Today, Ensure Pauperism for College-Bound Millennials
This time on “No, really, we have your best interests at heart,” the Senate has gone on summer vacation and left America’s college students to […]
Hey, Remember Mayor Nutter’s Big Education Speech at the DNC?
Remember last summer, when the local political world was abuzz over the fact that Mayor Michael Nutter was getting a prime spot at the Democratic […]
It’s Teacher Appreciation Day at Chipotle
Today is National Teacher Appreciation Day and Chipotle is offering educators a special buy-one-get-one-free on burritos, salads, burrito bowls or orders of tacos. The promotion […]
Powerful Pro-School-Voucher Group May Have Violated State Law [Updated]
Students First PAC, a pro-school-voucher group backed by three managers of Bala Cynwyd-based Susquehanna International Group, may have violated state election law. Susquehanna’s Jeffrey Yass, […]
Penn Admits Fewer Women Than Most Colleges
More women attend college than men. (Part of why we must now confront the “end of men” phenomenon.) At Penn (and a few other Ivies) […]
West Chester School Uses Yoga Balls Instead of Character-Building Chairs
AP reports on Robby Giuliano’s fifth-grade class at Westtown-Thornbury Elementary School in West Chester, where she’s replaced uncomfortable wooden and plastic chairs with … yoga balls: […]