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Philly high schoolers imagine their futures through a Penn GSE summer program
Instructor and student gaze at spider in a container.

Adina Goldstein, top left, alongside Philadelphia high school students, examines a spider during a session with the School of Veterinary Medicine.

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Philly high schoolers imagine their futures through a Penn GSE summer program

The Academy at Penn, a five-year program in partnership with nonprofit Foundations, Penn Graduate School of Education, and the School District of Philadelphia, kicked off this summer with programming that empowered adolescents to assess their skills and imagine what’s possible for their careers.

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Curiosity, STEM, and a summer on campus
Two high school students woking with pipettes in a science classroom.

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Curiosity, STEM, and a summer on campus

The Penn Research Experience for High School Students gives Philadelphia 11th and 12th graders a rare opportunity to tackle college-level research.

From Omnia

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Building babyGPTs
Morales-Navarro assists a student who holds a computer tablet

Penn GSE doctoral student Morales-Navarro assists a student on the first day of the workshop at the Franklin Institute.

(Image: Darryl Moran)

Building babyGPTs

How Penn’s Graduate School of Education and the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia are redefining AI literacy for youth.

From Penn GSE

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Summer program for teens combines practical economics and college life
Students in the Economics Academy are seen along with a whiteboard with notes from an earlier project.

Economics Academy students work on a game theory project with notes from a previous international research project on the whiteboards.

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Summer program for teens combines practical economics and college life

The Economics Academy introduces high school students to key principles and applications, learning while living on campus.

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New teacher-staffing model rethinks ‘one-teacher, one-classroom’
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New teacher-staffing model rethinks ‘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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Penn GSE launches Algebra 1 fellowship to strengthen math teaching in Philadelphia schools
A teacher pointing ot a whiteboard in a high school classroom.

Penn GSE alum Brad Latimer teaches algebra at Science Leadership Academy High School.

(Image: Joe McFetridge for Penn GSE)

Penn GSE launches Algebra 1 fellowship to strengthen math teaching in Philadelphia schools

With funding from the Neubauer Family Foundation, the program’s creation is in direct response to the School District of Philadelphia’s call for targeted support in Algebra 1 instruction.

From Penn GSE

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Philosopher in residence
William Reason sitting on a bench outside.

From Milton, Massachusetts, Reason is teaching Philadelphia public high school students an ethics curriculum he designed as a Philosopher in Residence.

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Philosopher in residence

William Reason, who earned his bachelor’s degree in philosophy in December and will complete his master’s in May, teaches ethics to Philadelphia public high school students via an ethics curriculum he designed as a Philosopher in Residence

Louisa Shepard

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The Cora Ingrum Center: Supporting the next generation of engineers

The Cora Ingrum Center: Supporting the next generation of engineers

Penn’s Cora Ingrum Center for Community and Outreach, founded in the 1970s, aims to introduce as many Philadelphia students as possible to the kind of science happening within Penn Engineering, and bridges the gap between the University’s research capacity and its ability to mentor young students.

From lab to classroom: The Center for Engineering MechanoBiology
Kayla Gay looking into a microscope in a lab.

Kayla Gay, who teaches middle school in Northwest Philadelphia, spent the summer learning about lab techniques that she can bring back to her classroom.

(Image: Courtesy of Kayla Gay)

From lab to classroom: The Center for Engineering MechanoBiology

Penn’s Center for Engineering Mechanobiology is a summer program for K-12 teachers in Philadelphia to work with scientists and engineers to develop innovative, hands-on lessons to engage students in STEM-integrated education.

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