Len Lipkin

Check Out This Great School….HA HA Made You Look!

Parents that gamble by buying a house in a desirable catchment or forgo the lottery or private school application process could end up out of luck

Len Lipkin

Parent Grassroots Efforts for Education in Philadelphia [VIDEO]

How I started Philly School Search and what I see as the trends for school choice in the region

Len Lipkin

Vacation Camp? Seriously?

What do you do with a kid during their school vacations?

Len Lipkin

Conflicted About Public Versus Private

On her blog Raising Philadelphia, Inquirer reporter Miriam Hill wrote quite an amusing piece on her struggle in deciding between public and private.

Len Lipkin

School Choice in Philadelphia: Myth to Reality

It bothers me when folks complain about a problem without offering a solution, or at least a direction for a solution. Last month, I was guilty. I wrote "School Choice in Philadelphia is a Myth" Well, how could we turn the myth into reality?

Len Lipkin

City Forges New Partnership With Charters

Some financial incentives from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are encouraging the city, charter schools, and PSD to work together

Len Lipkin

Chester Arthur and Friends

Yet another inspiring grassroots effort underway to improve a neighborhood school

Len Lipkin

Raising a Child with Learning Differences [EVENT]

Presented by Dr. Michael Cassano, Widener Child Therapy Clinic With parent break-out groups facilitated by Dr. Cassano and his associates