Education Works
Address: 3149 Germantown Ave,
Philadelphia, PA 19133 Phone:(215) 221-6900 Hours: Friday hours 6:30 am–6:30 pm -
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Transit: Germantown Av & Sedgley Av
EducationWorks’ programs enrich urban school environments and extend opportunities for learning. Our teams of staff and AmeriCorps members engage students in positive activities, inspire their love for learning, teach them ways to solve conflicts productively, and give them opportunities and experiences they otherwise would not have. In exploring and expanding their own talents, youth also take on greater responsibility for themselves, their school, and the wider community.
EW currently provides support in Philadelphia and Chester, Pennsylvania and Camden and Trenton, New Jersey.
EducationWorks is a not-for-profit organization that provides comprehensive support for economically disadvantaged communities in Philadelphia, Chester, PA; and Camden and Trenton, NJ. Our goal is to provide educational programs and services that enrich the lives of children, youth and families confronting high rates of poverty and other barriers to educational achievement. By tackling core issues like literacy, graduation rates, safety and social awareness we are equipping individuals with the tools they need to stay safe, finish school, make better choices and become more productive members of their communities.
We recognize that each child, school or community has unique needs. That’s why we work directly with community and school leaders to uncover current and emerging needs and create customized programs that will have the greatest impact. From in-school programs to after-school and summer programs and beyond, we serve children as young as 6 weeks all the way through to adulthood.
Our award-winning programs have a strong positive impact on the youth we serve. Assessments conducted by independent academic researchers have shown that as a result of our programs:
EducationWorks traces its origin to the National and Community Service Act of 1990, legislation signed into law by President George H. W. Bush that laid the groundwork for AmeriCorps and ushered in the current era of federal support for community service.
A group in New Jersey (including the founders of EducationWorks) successfully competed for funding to create a state-run model program of national service, which was named the Urban Schools Service Corps. A grant in 1992 allowed them to engage more than 120 citizens—teachers, school administrators, students, parents, community leaders—in a six month planning process and then implement the program in the twelve most impoverished cities in the state.
In 1994 we moved out of state government to the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation in Princeton, renamed the program the National School and Community Corps, took it to Philadelphia, and became a charter AmeriCorps program.
Over the next seven years the program grew significantly, to the point that by 2001 we decided to “spin-off” from Woodrow Wilson to create an independent nonprofit, to continue to operate the National School and Community Corps and also develop new programs. We named our new organization EducationWorks and began a year-long transition that was completed when EducationWorks (EW) became fully operational on September 1, 2002.
From our start in 1992, EW has provided effective, comprehensive educational and developmental support to more than 190,000 disadvantaged children, youth, and adults. We still provide the initial program designed by our planning group, teams of AmeriCorps members assigned to single schools for the whole school year. Today we also provide programs for pre-schoolers, dropouts and unemployed adults, and have specific programs in technology, violence reduction, work readiness, and much more, about which you can read elsewhere on this web site.
Today EW is the largest AmeriCorps program in Pennsylvania, with more than 400 members each year, and the biggest provider of school-based out of school time programs in Philadelphia.
EducationWorks places an emphasis on collaboration to minimize duplication, maximize resources, improve program quality, and expand opportunities for students, their families and members. EW engages in a very large number of program-wide and site-based partnerships annually.
Selected Partners Arden for All
Artreach
Breakaway: Alternative Spring Break
Bridging the Gaps
Drexel University
Eagles Youth Partnership (Bookmobile and Eyemobile)
EdisonLearning
Free Library of Philadelphia
Girl Scouts
IKON Office Solutions
Mothers in Charge
NJ Tennis Association
NJ Water Watch
Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America
PHEAA (Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Authority)
Philabundance
Philadelphia Ethical Society
Philadelphia Federal Credit Union
Philadelphia Reads
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Pro Bono Partnership
Rider University
Rutgers University
School District of Philadelphia
Temple University
Temple University Graduate Nursing Program
The College of New Jersey
Trenton Board of Education
Trenton Department of Recreation
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
United Way of Southeastern PA
University of Pennsylvania
Vanguard
Youth Service America
Major Funding
EducationWorks is also fortunate to have a large variety of funders, some of whom provide general operating support, with others supporting specific programs.
Boardman Hamilton Insurance
Chester Housing Authority
City of Philadelphia
Claneil Foundation
CTCNet
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Department of Education and PennSERVE)
Corporation for National and Community Service
Horizon Foundation
Legacy Foundation
Mellon Corporation
NJ After 3
New Jersey Commission on National and Community Service
New Jersey Department of Education
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Philadelphia Activities Fund
Philadelphia Youth Network
Public Health Management Corporation
Ronald McDonald House
School District of Philadelphia
State Farm
Trenton School District
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Financing Nonprofit Finance Fund
Address: 3149 Germantown Ave,
Philadelphia, PA 19133 Phone:(215) 221-6900 Hours: Friday hours 6:30 am–6:30 pm -
See all
Transit: Germantown Av & Sedgley Av
EducationWorks’ programs enrich urban school environments and extend opportunities for learning. Our teams of staff and AmeriCorps members engage students in positive activities, inspire their love for learning, teach them ways to solve conflicts productively, and give them opportunities and experiences they otherwise would not have. In exploring and expanding their own talents, youth also take on greater responsibility for themselves, their school, and the wider community.
EW currently provides support in Philadelphia and Chester, Pennsylvania and Camden and Trenton, New Jersey.
EducationWorks is a not-for-profit organization that provides comprehensive support for economically disadvantaged communities in Philadelphia, Chester, PA; and Camden and Trenton, NJ. Our goal is to provide educational programs and services that enrich the lives of children, youth and families confronting high rates of poverty and other barriers to educational achievement. By tackling core issues like literacy, graduation rates, safety and social awareness we are equipping individuals with the tools they need to stay safe, finish school, make better choices and become more productive members of their communities.
We recognize that each child, school or community has unique needs. That’s why we work directly with community and school leaders to uncover current and emerging needs and create customized programs that will have the greatest impact. From in-school programs to after-school and summer programs and beyond, we serve children as young as 6 weeks all the way through to adulthood.
Our award-winning programs have a strong positive impact on the youth we serve. Assessments conducted by independent academic researchers have shown that as a result of our programs:
- Students achieve more academic success and develop better behavior in school.
- Students attend school more regularly and are more likely to graduate.
- Civic participation and commitment to service increase.
- Adults feel better about schools and the education their children are receiving.
EducationWorks traces its origin to the National and Community Service Act of 1990, legislation signed into law by President George H. W. Bush that laid the groundwork for AmeriCorps and ushered in the current era of federal support for community service.
A group in New Jersey (including the founders of EducationWorks) successfully competed for funding to create a state-run model program of national service, which was named the Urban Schools Service Corps. A grant in 1992 allowed them to engage more than 120 citizens—teachers, school administrators, students, parents, community leaders—in a six month planning process and then implement the program in the twelve most impoverished cities in the state.
In 1994 we moved out of state government to the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation in Princeton, renamed the program the National School and Community Corps, took it to Philadelphia, and became a charter AmeriCorps program.
Over the next seven years the program grew significantly, to the point that by 2001 we decided to “spin-off” from Woodrow Wilson to create an independent nonprofit, to continue to operate the National School and Community Corps and also develop new programs. We named our new organization EducationWorks and began a year-long transition that was completed when EducationWorks (EW) became fully operational on September 1, 2002.
From our start in 1992, EW has provided effective, comprehensive educational and developmental support to more than 190,000 disadvantaged children, youth, and adults. We still provide the initial program designed by our planning group, teams of AmeriCorps members assigned to single schools for the whole school year. Today we also provide programs for pre-schoolers, dropouts and unemployed adults, and have specific programs in technology, violence reduction, work readiness, and much more, about which you can read elsewhere on this web site.
Today EW is the largest AmeriCorps program in Pennsylvania, with more than 400 members each year, and the biggest provider of school-based out of school time programs in Philadelphia.
EducationWorks places an emphasis on collaboration to minimize duplication, maximize resources, improve program quality, and expand opportunities for students, their families and members. EW engages in a very large number of program-wide and site-based partnerships annually.
Selected Partners Arden for All
Artreach
Breakaway: Alternative Spring Break
Bridging the Gaps
Drexel University
Eagles Youth Partnership (Bookmobile and Eyemobile)
EdisonLearning
Free Library of Philadelphia
Girl Scouts
IKON Office Solutions
Mothers in Charge
NJ Tennis Association
NJ Water Watch
Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America
PHEAA (Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Authority)
Philabundance
Philadelphia Ethical Society
Philadelphia Federal Credit Union
Philadelphia Reads
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Pro Bono Partnership
Rider University
Rutgers University
School District of Philadelphia
Temple University
Temple University Graduate Nursing Program
The College of New Jersey
Trenton Board of Education
Trenton Department of Recreation
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
United Way of Southeastern PA
University of Pennsylvania
Vanguard
Youth Service America
Major Funding
EducationWorks is also fortunate to have a large variety of funders, some of whom provide general operating support, with others supporting specific programs.
Boardman Hamilton Insurance
Chester Housing Authority
City of Philadelphia
Claneil Foundation
CTCNet
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Department of Education and PennSERVE)
Corporation for National and Community Service
Horizon Foundation
Legacy Foundation
Mellon Corporation
NJ After 3
New Jersey Commission on National and Community Service
New Jersey Department of Education
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Philadelphia Activities Fund
Philadelphia Youth Network
Public Health Management Corporation
Ronald McDonald House
School District of Philadelphia
State Farm
Trenton School District
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Financing Nonprofit Finance Fund