Sparking Career Excitement & Exploration in the Middle Grades
PEF’s Middle Grades Initiative aims to provide career exploration and self-discovery opportunities that help middle school students understand, experience, and…
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Fostering College Readiness Students Visit Kutztown
This past fall, through PEF’s Fostering College Readiness Program, three staff chaperones and 27 guests boarded a coach bus heading…
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Winter Break Career Readiness Workshop
How many times have we all attended a training fully intending to apply it right away. And then, we don’t….
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PhillyGoes2College’s “I AM PHL” Contest Launches!
PhillyGoes2College’s “I AM PHL” contest invites Philadelphia high schoolers to submit original works to be featured at the Wawa Welcome…
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Cheryl L. Baxter – “Why I joined the PEF Board: my full circle moment”
I want to share with you why I joined the Philadelphia Education Fund (PEF)’s Board of Directors. Let’s just say, my election…
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Fostering College Readiness Trip to West Chester University’s Promise Program
National surveys suggest that, although youth with experience in the foster care system are no less motivated than their peers,…
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CAP Students Enjoy 9th Grade Experience at Longwood Gardens
On February 23, nearly 100 students from six high schools in the Philadelphia Education Fund’s (PEF) College Access Program (CAP)…
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Lincoln University Awards Six CAP Students Admission and Scholarships During Campus Visit
PEF proudly announces that six Frankford High School College Access Program (CAP) students received on-site admission and scholarships to Lincoln…
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College Access Counselor Brandi Ashley Receives Full Sponsorship to NACAC Conference by Swarthmore College
In September 2022, Philadelphia Education Fund’s College Access Program (CAP) Coordinator Brandi Ashley attended the National Association for College Admission…
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KCAPA Students Experience Life at Temple University
Seventeen College Access students from Kensington Creative and Performing Arts High School got a taste of college life at Temple…
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