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Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 (IU13) is an education service agency committed to enhancing learning opportunities for students, families, and educators across Lancaster and Lebanon counties. They offer a wide range of services, including early childhood education, special education, and community education, aimed at meeting the diverse needs of their 22 public school districts, nonpublic schools, and local municipalities. With a focus on collaboration and support, IU13 strives to cultivate conditions for trust and unity within educational systems and the broader community. Their mission, encapsulated in the phrase "Work Worth Doing," emphasizes their dedication to making a meaningful difference in the lives of all learners. Generated from the website

Established in 1995, the Philadelphia Education Fund is an independent nonprofit organization that is focused on improving the quality of public education for underserved youth throughout Philadelphia. The organization works in collaboration with school districts, schools, businesses, universities, community stakeholders and other nonprofit organizations to create high-performance secondary schools that serves students in grades 6 through 12. The Philadelphia Education Fund also maintains strategic alliances to support student success from pre-kindergarten through college. It employs more than 35 staff members. The organization s programs address the areas of research, teaching, learning, and postsecondary access and success. The Philadelphia Education Fund supports and coordinates the Education First Compact, which is a diverse group of organizational representatives committed to improving public education in Philadelphia.

Institute of the Arts, founded in 1934, is an art school for adult and children. It offers preschool, kindergarten and youth programs. Its offers various services, such as visual art, dance classes that include salsa, swing, and ballet, and language classes for French and Chinese. It also offers piano, guitar, woodwinds, voice and brass instructions, theater and acting classes, and oil painting, portrait making and sculpture. The institute serves more than 2,000 students of all ages. It organizes events for faculty, guest artist and students, including group workshops, outings, outreach programs, summer arts camps, exhibitions, concerts and events. The institute has the George Lehman Yocum Library that maintains a collection of books related to visual and performing arts. It has received certification from the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts and Pennsylvania Department of Education. Institute of the Arts is located in Wyomissing, Pa.