Featured Perspectives

Philadelphia Writing Project - Project Write
May 19, 2013
Bethany Silva

The Philadelphia Writing Project is probably best known for its work with Philadelphia-area educators promoting “the teaching of writing as a critical tool for learning in all Philadelphia schools”. The Philadelphia Writing project also supports critical summer writing for high school students in out of school spaces. Project Write, a two-week camp for high school students, merges history, art, and writing through a collaboration between PhilWP, Independence National Historical Park, and...

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Scratch Day @ Penn GSE
May 5, 2013
Veen Vasudevan

On Saturday, May 18th, Penn GSE will be hosting Scratch Day. Scratch Day is a worldwide network of gatherings, where people come together to meet other Scratchers, share projects and experiences, and learn more about Scratch. Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art. At Penn GSE, Scratch Day will comprise of an afternoon of fun and interactive workshops for youth in the local community. The workshops will...

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Featured Perspectives

May 3, 2013
Andy Danilchick, Editor of Perspectives

I am excited to be making the first post on our Featured Perspectives. Over the past year, the Perspectives editorial board has been engaged in a process of exploring possibilities to more fully take advantage of the possibilities that an online journal like ours provides. We want our website to expand beyond our journal issues. We want to provide content and be involved in bringing people together to engage in urban education issues on a much more regular basis.

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