Math education and engagement in West Philadelphia This fall, students in Math 123, one of Penn’s Academically Based Community Service (ABCS) courses, applied the skills they learned about math education and communication while working with tenth graders in West Philadelphia. Math education and engagement in West Philadelphia This fall, students in Math 123 applied the skills they learned about math education and communication while working with 10th graders at Paul Robeson High School.
Putting community first, in a new social justice initiative Q&A Putting community first, in a new social justice initiative The Community Collaboratory for Co-Creation, led by Penn Nursing and Penn Engineering, will focus on research, education, and community engagement and outreach.
A pandemic year, in photos Annenberg’s Kyle Cassidy, with Pete Coyle, an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School. Together they came up with the idea for this exhibit, which Cassidy says can be adapted to almost any group and many kinds of spaces. A pandemic year, in photos ‘Apart Together,’ a new photography exhibit at the Annenberg School, shows that despite not being physically in the same place the past 18 months, our shared experiences kept us connected.
Meshing academics and fun for a summer program like no other Most of the teachers recruited for the program had trained in some capacity with Penn GSE’s Philadelphia Writing Project and Responsive Math Teaching project, which enabled them to practice their craft and receive further coaching if they wanted. Meshing academics and fun for a summer program like no other An inaugural Projects for Progress award helped bring to light a Penn Graduate School of Education and Netter Center for Community Partnerships initiative that readied young learners returning to in-person school this fall, and boosted teachers’ confidence.
People and Places at Penn People and Places at Penn In anticipation of the return to campus, undergraduates introduce their favorite spots.
The fight for diverse, inclusive, antiracist, and just democracies Inside Higher Ed The fight for diverse, inclusive, antiracist, and just democracies Ira Harkavy and Rita Hodges of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships and others co-wrote an op-ed about higher education and systemic oppression. “Just as many colleges and universities are reckoning with their own institutional histories of exclusion, higher education as a field must recognize where it has failed and come up short. Only then can it come honestly to tables with communities, governments, and citizens to build inclusive, antiracist democracies together,” they wrote. Penn group wins EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge Penn group wins EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge The student-led project will reimagine the campus of West Philadelphia’s Andrew Hamilton School, including vegetable gardens, a food forest, and other green stormwater-management tools. HE must help build a more sustainable, democratic future University World News HE must help build a more sustainable, democratic future Ira Harkavy of the Netter Center and colleagues describe the importance of higher education to democracy in their new book, “Higher education’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic—Building a more sustainable and democratic future.” Exploring the future of higher education A new book, "Higher Education's response to the COVID-19 Pandemic," looks to build a more resilient and just education system. Q&A Exploring the future of higher education A new book co-edited by the Netter Center’s Ira Harkavy considers the various responses of universities to the pandemic, with the goal of building more sustainable and democratic societies. A farm for the community A farm for the community The Food and Wellness Collaborative, which emerged from the ‘Your Big Idea’ competition, has turned an expanse of turf into a productive growing space. Load More
Penn group wins EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge Penn group wins EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge The student-led project will reimagine the campus of West Philadelphia’s Andrew Hamilton School, including vegetable gardens, a food forest, and other green stormwater-management tools.
HE must help build a more sustainable, democratic future University World News HE must help build a more sustainable, democratic future Ira Harkavy of the Netter Center and colleagues describe the importance of higher education to democracy in their new book, “Higher education’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic—Building a more sustainable and democratic future.” Exploring the future of higher education A new book, "Higher Education's response to the COVID-19 Pandemic," looks to build a more resilient and just education system. Q&A Exploring the future of higher education A new book co-edited by the Netter Center’s Ira Harkavy considers the various responses of universities to the pandemic, with the goal of building more sustainable and democratic societies. A farm for the community A farm for the community The Food and Wellness Collaborative, which emerged from the ‘Your Big Idea’ competition, has turned an expanse of turf into a productive growing space.
Exploring the future of higher education A new book, "Higher Education's response to the COVID-19 Pandemic," looks to build a more resilient and just education system. Q&A Exploring the future of higher education A new book co-edited by the Netter Center’s Ira Harkavy considers the various responses of universities to the pandemic, with the goal of building more sustainable and democratic societies.
A farm for the community A farm for the community The Food and Wellness Collaborative, which emerged from the ‘Your Big Idea’ competition, has turned an expanse of turf into a productive growing space.