Education

A project is teaching residents in parts of rural Colombia about finance, ecology. 

HSI Pathways to the Professoriate program is looking to change the face of academia and boost the number of Latinos pursuing and completing doctorate degrees at institutions across the country.  

Leticia Egea-Hinton is one of nine Philadelphians appointed to the city’s Board of Education, which will assume local control of the School District for the first time in 16 years this July.

In the wake of March for Our Lives and national movement on gun reform, youth examine the causes and effects of gun violence in the city at the PHL Youth Talks event.

Temple University professor and Colombian geographer Victor Gutiérrez is using a NASA-funded satellite imaging grant to pave the way for the future of biodiversity in his home country.

The new partnership with the MOE and Office of Adult Education allows local providers to offer ABE, ASE, and ESL classes in all 12 of the city’s community schools.

After Mayor Kenney’s request for additional candidates in an effort to ensure the diversity of the new school board, the nominating panel presented 18 additional names on March 16 at a public meeting at City Hall. 

Philadelphia students and school community members joined tens of thousands across the country in the National School Walkout demonstration. 

Despite comprising a quarter of the student population in U.S. schools, Latinos account for just eight percent of teachers. Schools across the country want to know: How can that be changed? 

Calling for more candidates who are School District parents, or have a background in education, Mayor Kenney requested that the nominating panel for the new board of education submit additional names for consideration for appointment to the board. 

The HSI Pathways to the Professoriate program is supporting Latino students from across the country in pursuing doctoral degrees and entering the professoriate. 

Swarthmore professor Edwin Mayorga is leading an innovative method of researching and learning along with local undergraduate students and high schoolers from neighborhoods in North and South Philadelphia.

A new citywide strategy for workforce development launched Feb. 15. looks to fuse education and career development to better prepare city residents for employment.

Of the 27 candidates submitted by the education nominating panel for Mayor Kenney's consideration to appoint to the nine-seat School Board, two are bilingual. 

A panel at the Community College of Philadelphia and one Cabrini University class’s trip to D.C. are a few examples of the role of local higher education and college students in DACA advocacy. 

Following one of the ten deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history at Florida high school last week, students and teachers across the country are questioning the safety of their schools.