Jason Kelce's Education Season: Philadelphia vs Washington D.C.

If you shut your eyes and listen — really mind — you lot can hear it, folks: the commonage hype coursing through the city this calendar week equally we prepare for the nearly glorious weekend of the yr — the official start of football season. Burn down upward your tailgate grill, bosom out the body paint and prepare for (at to the lowest degree!) 17 weeks of glory.

For the 5th yr in a row, The Citizen has tapped an Eagles actor to encompass the season from his unique perspective. Previously, we had former linebacker Connor Barwin and announcer Mike Quick looking at our borough wellness, and rubber Malcolm Jenkins addressing criminal justice reform. This year, we're psyched to tap Super Bowl-winning center Jason Kelce—a champion, and production, of public schools — to spotlight the leaders and organizations that go the extra 1000 to make a divergence in the lives of Philly students. With that, nosotros'll as well bring you lot comparisons of how Philly schools fare on various education metrics compared to those of the cities the Eagles play.

To kick it off, here'southward a fleck about Kelce's own education roots:

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Growing up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, my parents were both public schoolhouse advocates. As athletes, my brother and I both had opportunities to go to private schools, but my parents didn't desire that for u.s.. And while I respect that every family has to effigy out the right educational fit for them, I'yard and so grateful for my parents' conclusion.

Cleveland Heights is a very diverse district, both economically and racially. My high school was about 75 percent African American, a little scrap over 15 pct white, and the remaining students were from all different backgrounds. It was a poorly-rated loftier school by the numbers—but I loved going to my high schoolhouse. I really did. I felt like I got exposure to people from so many unlike walks of life.

My blood brother [Kansas City Chiefs' tight finish Travis Kelce] and I saw a lot of people growing up in Section 8 housing who didn't take anything; and then we saw people in big, beautiful mansions. And in that location were real opportunities at the school. It had, and however has, a really expert AP programme, and a lot of my classmates went to Ivy League schools and off to do all kinds of incredible things. I have e'er loved music and I spent four years playing baritone sax in my schoolhouse's jazz ensemble and the symphonic band—every leap break, nosotros would go to dissimilar cities and compete confronting other jazz bands. Mr. Brett Baker, my music teacher, was ane of my favorites—I still keep in touch with him!

There's two parts of school, right? In that location's obviously how every kid does, on average, on measures like proficiency tests. But then there's the other aspect, beyond academia—your experiences and relationships.

I had great teachers all throughout my education. My third grade instructor, Mr. I, made learning fun—nosotros'd play a basketball game that kept me active and attentive in class. I was always drawn to scientific discipline and math, and loved Mr. Javorek, my middle school scientific discipline teacher, and Mrs. Bukovac, who I had for AP statistics and advanced math in loftier school. It's really difficult to name just a few, because there were and so many slap-up ones.

I had all of these meaningful experiences—yet, if you look upwardly my former schools on Zillow, they're ranked poorly! And I recall that speaks to the fact that there'south two parts of school, right? In that location's obviously how every kid does, on average, on measures similar proficiency tests. Merely and then at that place's the other aspect, beyond academia—your experiences and relationships. And sometimes that gets lost a trivial scrap in rankings.

The stats in the nautical chart below and in future weeks don't say it all, just they can be a good starting bespeak to call back virtually what we're doing correct in Philly, and what nosotros can practise better.

Being around people who are different from you—or who have unlike viewpoints from yours—and existence able to communicate and have relationships with all sorts of different individuals makes you more well-rounded and better able to communicate as an adult.

1 of the beautiful things about football game is that a locker room of the NFL is one of the most diverse places y'all'll see. We accept guys from all over the identify. And I think that 1 of the things that prepared me for that was going to Cleveland Heights Loftier Schoolhouse, considering being around people who are different from you—or who have different viewpoints from yours—and existence able to communicate and take relationships with all sorts of different individuals makes you lot more well-rounded and meliorate able to communicate equally an developed. I call up that's why my brother and I both have the emotional intelligence and the ability to connect not just equally leaders on our given teams, but to connect with teammates from anywhere, and to connect with, in my case, the metropolis of Philadelphia.

These days my married woman, who'southward worked as an instructional aide in suburban public schools, and my mother-in-police force, who's been a public elementary school secretary for as long as I've known her, are involved in the mean solar day-to-solar day world of education, and are constant reminders of the same values I grew up with around didactics: the importance of staying curious, and working hard.

So hither's to a great flavour—and school year—ahead. And stay tuned for next week, when we play the Atlanta Falcons, and I bring you news on an crawly teacher who'southward doing his role to register Philly students to vote.

Philadelphia Eagles	Washington, D.C. Redskins
# of students 203,225	# of students 93,700
% graduated high school 69	% graduated high school 69
% population with a BA 26	% population with a BA 55
$ per pupil xv,000	$ per student 10,450
% students economically disadvantaged 73	% students economically disadvantaged 77
% students of color 86	% students of colour 85
% students in lease schools 34	% students in charter schools 47
% special education students 16	% special instruction students 14
% English language learners 12	% English linguistic communication learners 11

Note: Unlike Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. schools have split governing bodies for public charter and traditional public schools. Several of the figures hither are calculations derived from the statistics from each, including students of color, those who are economically disadvantaged, English language learners and special educational activity.

Philly Sources: All from School District of Philadelphia except % with a BA from here, and $ per student here.

D.C. Sources: # of students and % in charters here. Graduation charge per unit here; % with a BA here; $ per student here; % students of color hither; % special education, English language learners and economically disadvantaged calculated from hither and here.

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