Home Economics
Undergrads help West Philadelphia schoolkids gain financial savvy.
A Celebration of Science
Gerri Trooskin EAS’02 SPP’06 is leading Philly’s science celebration.
Chance Encounters
Jacob Lief C’99’s Ubuntu Education Fund helps 40,000 South Africans.
( ) This Education
What happens when you unleash an entrepreneurship evangelist on an education school? Meet Doug Lynch, the vice dean bent on making Penn GSE a hub for social entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and next-generation educational reform.
These Kidz Are Alright
Jabari Evans C’04 and Michael Aguilar EAS’01 take hip-hop to school.
A Gift for Meeting Special Challenges
Henry Baron W’41
Lessons from the General
What Cuba can teach the U.S. about educational reform.
Givology
Recent grads launch charity website Givology
Proof of Concept
Four years after Amy Gutmann set out to reinvigorate the interdisciplinary ethos at Penn, a new kind of professorship is on the ascendant.
Teaching Those Who Teach
Penn helps teachers take lessons back to the classroom
Education Un-Disciplined?
Discuss: “Should we abolish departments?”
The Education of Helen Gym
Helen Gym C’93 GEd’96
$10 Million Gift for Community Partnerships
Penn’s Center for Community Partnerships has been channeling the University’s expertise and manpower toward West Philadelphia’s urban challenges since 1992.
Southern Historian, Crimson President
Drew Gilpin Faust G’71 Gr’75 is Harvard’s new president.
Failing Grades
Two Penn sociologists say higher education is not what it appears, or promises.
Evaluating Policy—from the Chalkboard to the School Board
CPRE marks 20 years of education research
A New Roadmap for Learning
Curriculum revision approved for College
Humanities: A Key Ring of Learning and Wisdom
Keys to learning
Building a Better Pipeline—and a Bigger Buzz
Learning about Penn “shouldn’t be an accident”
Cultivating the Arts and Sciences
Q&A with SAS Dean Rebecca Bushnell
Labor Board Says No to Grad Unions
NLRB rules against grad-student unions.
Closing Time
Edward Peeples’ research preserves “minutiae” of school lockout.
North by South
Phyllis Murray knows what hasn’t changed since Brown v. Board.
A Cable Pioneer’s Journey
Geraldine Laybourne GEd’71