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2025 President’s Prize recipient: Nourish to Flourish
Three members of Nourish to Flourish working on computers in a school gymnasium.

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2025 President’s Prize recipient: Nourish to Flourish

Launched by three 2025 President’s Engagement Prize recipients, Nourish to Flourish is using a data‑driven, behavioral‑economics approach to help K–6 students in West Philadelphia build lasting healthy habits with access to fresh foods, nutrition and cooking classes, and more—all with an aim to reduce food insecurity and promote nutritional equity.

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Penn GSE announces expansion of ‘Pioneering AI in School Systems’ Program to school districts in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey

Penn GSE announces expansion of ‘Pioneering AI in School Systems’ Program to school districts in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey

Several regional schools have been selected for the next phase of the “Pioneering AI in School Systems” program, the professional learning initiative that guides K–12 systems through integrating AI into teaching, learning, and leadership. 

Philly teachers get a class PASS
Betty Chandy speaking into a microphone with AI In Schools on the white board behind her.

Betty Chandy leads a discussion on the role of AI in the classroom during the PASS program, a donor-supported initiative that collaborates with the School District of Philadelphia.

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Philly teachers get a class PASS

Penn’s Graduate School of Education pilots “Pioneering AI in School Systems” for Philadelphia school district partners.

From Penn Inspiring Impact

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How children learn a foreign language
A young elementary student at a blackboard.

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How children learn a foreign language

Yuko Goto Butler’s latest book gathers research on language development and pedagogy among children learning a foreign language and presents it in a manner that bridges research and practice.

From Penn GSE

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Rethinking ‘one-teacher, one-classroom’
Two teachers having a discussion in a classroom.

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Rethinking ‘one-teacher, one-classroom’

A new study by Penn GSE’s Richard Ingersoll evaluates a team-based model of organizing teaching staff in elementary and secondary schools that integrates teams of teaching staff in contrast to this traditional one-teacher, one-classroom approach.

From Penn GSE

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Nourish to Flourish
Inaya Zaman, Rashmi Acharya, and Imani Nkrumah Ardayfio.

Fourth-years (from left) Inaya Zaman, Rashmi Acharya, and Imani Nkrumah Ardayfio created Nourish to Flourish, winner of a 2025 President’s Engagement Prize. The trio will work with community partners at the Benjamin B. Comegys School in West Philadelphia and use behavioral economics principals to encourage healthier food choices.

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Nourish to Flourish

Fourth-years Rashmi Acharya, Imani Nkrumah Ardayfio and Inaya Zaman created Nourish to Flourish, winner of a 2025 President’s Engagement Prize. The trio will work with community partners at the Benjamin B. Comegys School in West Philadelphia to encourage healthier food choices.

Louisa Shepard

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