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History lesson reflects the present in the past
When confused, turn to the past for clarity, Michael Zuckerman recently told a group of Philadelphia high school students, student teachers and teachers. At an Oct. 19 interdisciplinary workshop on teaching primary texts in public schools, which was co-hosted by the Graduate School of Education, the Annenberg Foundation and Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Zuckerman said that the American Revolution and the events following Sept. 11 share surprising similarities.
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Reforms come and go, Fuhrman warns
As the city and state continue to butt heads over the future of Philadelphia’s public schools, the dean of the Graduate School of Education had a thing or two to say about the history of urban school reform. In an Oct. 24 talk titled “Urban Education Challenges: Is Reform the Way?” Susan Fuhrman said that the reflexive need to look towards reform as the answer to failing schools must end. This year’s speaker for the GSE’s Constance E. Clayton Lecture, Fuhrman talked about the prevalence of “disappointing” reforms.
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Editor's Pick: Edgar Allan Poe visits his mummy
Americans’ fascination with all things Egyptian has a long and rich history, going back to the early 19th century. Egypt even caught the eye of Edgar Allan Poe, America’s first master of the macabre, who wrote the short story “Some Words with a Mummy” in 1845. On Nov. 10 and 11, renowned actor and Poe impersonator David Keltz stages his new one-man show, “Some Words with a Mummy: Edgar Allan Poe and Egyptology” in a most appropriate setting: the University of Pennsylvania Museum’s Lower Egyptian Gallery.
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"Uplift: The Bra in America "
The bra has been stereotyped as an object of seduction, glamour and even oppression. In “Uplift: The Bra in America,” Jane Farrell-Beck and Colleen Gau use this clothing item to illuminate the effect the brassiere has had on women—their fashions, health and economic opportunity—and to understand the business history of fashion.
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Buckle up or else...
The Penn Police Department will be looking to see if you’re wearing seatbelts Thanksgiving weekend as part of a statewide safety campaign, “Buckle Up Pennsylvania.” The police recently received a grant of $7,700 from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to encourage seatbelt use, making Penn the first university ever to be included in the “Buckle Up” program, said Lt. Thomas C. Messner, who is coordinating the police efforts.
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For What It's Worth: A weapon against extremism
Cass Sunstein, professor at the University of Chicago Law School, spoke Oct. 18 at the Annenberg School for Communication about the roots of extremist activities. Sunstein has been involved in constitution-making and law reform activities in a number of nations, including Ukraine, Poland, China, South Africa and Russia. This excerpt from his lecture discusses the role that democracy and First Amendment rights play in preventing extremism from flourishing.
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Studies provide international view
As anyone who’s read the papers recently knows, education has become a make-or-break issue for politicians at all levels. Municipal fortunes rise and fall on the quality of the local schools. Elected officials rush to implement pet theories, all intended to improve the fortunes of children trapped in bad schools. But nagging questions persist. Does all this stuff really work? And is there any way we can find out if it does?
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Special University City High School students find success at Penn
Anthony Archie at 19 is a success story. He has a job at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, delivering packages of paper for the vendor that handles the hospital’s printing. How Archie got the job with AELitho is partially due to the success of a program many Penn staffers participate in, the Philadelphia Start on Success (SOS) Internship Program—a cooperative venture between Penn’s Center for Community Partnerships, the School District of Philadelphia, the National Organization on Disability and the Cigna Corporation.
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Giving thanks
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, we thought it would be appropriate to ask Penn staffers what they are thankful for this season. Given recent events, it should be no surprise that most said they were thankful just to be alive and well, with supportive friends and family. And for some respondents, having a decent job at Penn is also reason to give thanks.
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Penn, Goldman Sachs Foundation To Promote Entrepreneurship In Education
PHILADELPHIA The University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education and The Goldman Sachs Foundation are preparing Penn students and K-12 educators to start new initiatives in education. The Goldman Sachs Entrepreneurship in Education program will nurture entrepreneurial-minded educators and support their development of new initiatives.