Although I have returned to Philadelphia, my hometown, Chicagoland will always be an important part of who I am. For thirteen years I focused on encouraging this capital of the Midwest to improve the education of the nation’s New Majority of college students (first-generation, students of color, adults, and military veterans). As President of Governors …
Public school teachers and staff should be among the first to be vaccinated. When they are protected—and only then—schools can reopen. Debate has been raging on when instead of how. The Pfizer vaccine is imminently available, so we can now make a plan for face-to-face instruction in metro-Philadelphia public schools with vaccination of teachers and …
In this time of disease, racial reckoning, and economic challenge, the University of Pennsylvania’s announcement of $100 million invested over the next 10 years in Philadelphia public schools is a game-changer. It is a tangible example of systemic change at the most fundamental level. The funds will remove lead, asbestos, and other toxins, making it …
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I’m a Philadelphia girl, born in West Philadelphia, educated K-12 in city public schools, attaining my BA, MA, and Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. Through my career as a university faculty member and administrator, I’ve had the privilege to live and become an active part of the community in many great cities: Chicago, Anchorage, …
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It was significant enough for a front-page headline in the Tribune, “Colleges are dropping courses in the humanities” (10/5/2020). The case in point is Illinois Wesleyan (IWU), a private, not-for-profit university serving about 1600 students in Bloomington, Illinois. IWU’s President is Georgia Nugent, a distinguished humanities scholar, an experienced administrator, and a career-long defender of …
In these strange times we all have a lot to frighten us, and one of the things that alarms me is the war on science. As an educator, I’m particularly worried about how we have gone so wrong in the teaching of science. Why do so many people exhibit ignorance about what science is? Rabid …