Sea Lion Diplomacy
High schoolers mediate human-sea lion coexistence.
Rap Session
Faculty “Teach-In” revives old concept for new times.
Storms and Reforms
Puerto Rico’s Department of Education has been getting an extreme makeover under alumna Julia Keleher. It was a Herculean task even before the catastrophic hurricane.
Teaching to the Differences
Doris LeStourgeon GEd’56 piloted a pioneering educational experiment.
Sounds of Settlement
Settlement Music School CEO Helen Eaton C’93.
Closing the Education Gap
Preventing summer learning loss.
Against Radical Disruption
Public schools need innovation—just not the kind reformers keep pushing.
Fifty Shades of Grit
Q&A with Grit author and psych professor Angela Duckworth Gr’06.
Readin’, Writin’, Revolution
With the Minerva Project, Ben Nelson W’97 is out to “build the world’s greatest university from scratch.” Should Penn—and other top-tier schools—be worried?
Making Mummies—and Museumgoers
Penn Museum program will let seventh-graders “unpack the past.”
Innovation High
SLA founder Chris Lehman C’93 is “probably not your average principal.”
Rhode Island Schools of Redesign
Alumni are creating a model of school reform in Rhode Island.
Science! Science! Sis Boom Bah!
Darlene Cavalier CGS’05 is a cheerleader for science.
Doomsday in the District
Here are the stories of Penn alumni trying to carry out the increasingly embattled mission of public education in Philadelphia.
MOOC U.
Does the rise of the “massive open online course” spell the end of the university as we know it?
The Netter Center at 20: Triumphs and Challenges
Ira Harkavy on the Netter Center’s first 20 years.
More Bedtime Math = Less Daytime Math Anxiety
Laura Bilodeau Overdeck WG’95 created Bedtime Math.
Penn-KIPP Partnership Announced
New partnership aims to bring more “KIPPsters” to campus.
Back To School
Penn offering free courses through Coursera online-education platform
Character’s Content
Penn psychologist Angela Duckworth Gr’06 argues that character—not intelligence, quality of instruction, family situation, or income level—is the crucial determinant of achievement in school. Now she just has to figure out how to measure character—and influence it for the better.
Heads of the Class
GSE’s executive-doctorate program marks 10 years
For the Sake of Better Class-Management, Putting College on Hold
Student-developed Coursekit challenges BlackBoard
A Safari with a Purpose
Marjorie Margolies CW’63 is at home in the world.
And the $50,000 for the best new idea in education goes to…
The Milken-Penn GSE Business Plan Competition.