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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

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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.

Ian Scheffler

A champion for period products in Pennsylvania schools
An adult giving a high school student menstrual pads.

Image: iStock/Valeriy_G

A champion for period products in Pennsylvania schools

Kayla Cook ensures that all middle and high school students in a Lancaster school district have access to dispensing bins, which hold tampons, pads, and liners in every individual women’s or gender-neutral bathroom stall.

From Penn Medicine News

Rivers in a changing world
Penn students and Sayre high school students wading in a river in Cobbs Creek.

Sayre ninth-grade science teacher LaRon Smith (center) is a former landscape gardener from South Philadelphia who switched careers to mentor a younger generation. “I think my passion is for them to be better individuals, better human beings,” Smith says.

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Rivers in a changing world

A new Academically Based Community Service class brings Penn and William L. Sayre High School students together to learn environmental science and engineering.

Kristina García

Penn GSE dean on meeting and making the moment
Dean Katharine Strunk looking ahead in front of the GSE building.

Katharine Strunk, dean of the Penn Graduate School of Education.

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Penn GSE dean on meeting and making the moment

Katharine Strunk, dean of the Graduate School of Education, began her tenure in July 2023. This week, she announced the School’s strategic vision, Together for Good.