Alien Minds, Immaculate Bullshit, Outstanding Questions
College in the age of ChatGPT.
Return to Sender
Law and medical schools withdraw from U.S. News rankings.
Flipping the Script
A new model for teaching mathematics.
Seeds of Sustainability
The Penn Park Farm is rooted in education, advocacy, and well-being.
Education Revolution
A group of Penn alumni have helped remake STEM education in Egypt.
Opening Doors
From early education to college prep, three entrepreneurial alumni are forging new paths to support online learning and enrichment.
The History Wars
Education scholar Jonathan Zimmerman on how the US republic lost the ability to understand itself—and how we can help our children recover it.
Point, Counterpoint
Debate can improve education and save democracy.
Penn Gives $100 Million for City Schools
Penn donates $100 million for Philadelphia schools.
Vice Provost for Pipelines
VPUL to VPSE: Val Cade takes on student engagement.
Online Undergraduates
LPS online bachelor’s degree is first in the Ivy League.
Tuition and Aid for 2018–19
2018–19 costs up 3.8 percent; financial aid up 5.25 percent.
Film for Social Change
Penn students from a variety of disciplines are learning the essentials of film storytelling and production while helping to give a voice to marginalized people and communities, from Philadelphia’s high schools to a refugee settlement in Kenya to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
The Rigors of Success
New York’s Success Academy charter school network has been lionized for its sky-high test scores and robust curricular offerings—and decried for a rigidly disciplined school environment one opponent described as “abuse.” Opinions are just as divided on its combative and committed leader, Eva Moskowitz C’86. She’ll be happy to tell you who’s right.
Confronting Media Illiteracy
Erin McNeill C’88 champions “media literacy” legislation for schools.
Racial Rapport 101
GSE’s Howard Stevenson on teaching racial literacy.