Charlie McGeehan (Penn GSE UTAP 2012) and the Caucus of Working Educators are encouraging Philadelphia teachers to support the Black Lives Matter Week of Action this week. They are also advocating for racial justice in Philadelphia schools. Read the entire interview in...
TEP alumna Elese Lau (Secondary Education 2017), Helen Huang-Hobbs (Secondary Education 2016) and Swetha Narasimhan (Secondary Education 2016) have been selected by the Knowles Teacher Initiative as members of its 2017 cohort of KSTF Teaching Fellowships....
TEP alumnus Nick Gurol (2017) teaches middle school science and is challenging his students to think critically about the world. Working with his science methods teacher, Susan Yoon, he is encouraging his students to think like a scientist, gathering evidence, checking...
Melanie Young (TEP 2016) is a teacher at Southwark Middle School in Philadelphia, and introduced the students to the NBA-sponsored board game, Math Hoops, as part of her after school math club. Math Hoops combines basketball and math, encouraging 3rd through 8th graders to learn basic math while...
Kate Dean, Penn GSE Secondary Education 2010 alumna, was named National History Day Philly teacher of the year. Kate teaches social studies at Independence Charter School and teaches social studies methods in our elementary and middle level teacher...
ITWorks is a nonprofit that prepares no cost technology-focused workforce development to young Philadelphians. Recently, the nonprofit expnded its services to young people living in Delaware, and Oliver Withstandley (Penn GSE Elementary Education, 2007) heads up...
