Independence Charter School’s Visionary New Mural

Along with the City of Philadelphia's Mural Arts' Restorative Justice Program and artist Ann Northrup, over 100 children, adults, and inmates came together to create Independence Charter School's "One World" mural. The mural stretches nearly [...]

2018-09-12T13:38:52+00:00October 14th, 2011|

John Zitzner Talks to TEDx Cleveland

I previously mentioned this talk in a post about school leaders who started in business, but this deserves its own spotlight. STC school leader John Zitzer, Founder of Entrepreneurship Preparatory School (E-Prep) in Cleveland talked [...]

2018-09-12T13:39:35+00:00October 7th, 2011|

Business Executives in Aid of Education

The Philadelphia School District recently announced that two business executives have been hired to oversee and provide support to the city's public schools and a larger group of "business experts is being formed to advise [...]

2018-09-12T13:43:19+00:00October 6th, 2011|

Responses to Obama’s Speech on Education

Obama Delivers Back to School Speech. NPR: "Some of the president's harshest critics include teachers. Principal Anita Berger says many teachers at her school aren't happy with the president's support for linking their job performance [...]

2018-09-12T13:46:38+00:00September 29th, 2011|