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Our first annual Bend in the River Art & Music Festival will take place at The Sanctuary in Lower Price Hill on Oct. 4th & 5th. We are excited to invite everyone to join us for a celebration of art and music at our historic campus in LPH. Bring your friends and family! Saturda

The world of higher education is abuzz with strategies and theories about how to improve student retention.  Over the next few years, all funding for public colleges and universities in Ohio will shift to be completely based on student retention.  Thus, colleges are all seeking ways t

Local Initiatives Support Coalition (LISC) has chosen Education Matters to receive a portion of its New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) award. Notably, Lower Price Hill was one of only five communities nationwide to be chosen by LISC for this investment. The NMTCs will be utilized by Educat

It is often surprising for me, at this point in my life- as a CEO of a thriving non-profit, an attorney, and a mother to three very active children- to look back and realize how easily none of this could have been mine. On paper, it shouldn’t have been. I came from a family where even

Over the past five years our organization has undergone a period of exciting growth and transformation. We have worked hard to strengthen our education programs to ensure we are doing our best to change lives through education. As we strengthened our work, we began to expand our role

Lower Price Hill Community School (LPHCS), founded as an adult learning center in 1971 in response to the alarming dropout rate in the Lower Price Hill community, has announced that it has a new name and new branding. In response to growing community needs, and the closure of a number

Christine has been working toward earning her GED for more than 10 years off and on, due to being busy raising her three children as a single mother working full-time. She has always doubted herself when learning because she was afraid she was not smart enough to succeed. She feared s

Kimmi has defied all of the odds stacked against her in life. In high school she became a single mom and lost her strongest support system when her father passed away. She was heartbroken and afraid, but she knew nothing could stop her from staying in school. Kimmi had seen other teen