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From working within individual classrooms to powering two whole-school partnerships, Penn’s Graduate School of Education (GSE) supports the well-being and growth of K–12 students in Philadelphia.

West Philadelphia Collaborative History (WPCH), a project sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education (GSE), collects resources and stories about the history of 20th- and 21st-century West Philadelphia for the benefit of the community at large.

Abriana Stewart-Height, a Philly native and 2023 alum from the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab at Penn Engineering, connects K–12 students with robotics and other STEM opportunities through her volunteer work.

In early 2024, Penn’s Graduate School of Education (GSE) hosted nearly 175 local high school students at the Youth United Against Incarceration Symposium, which fostered discussions surrounding the root causes of mass incarceration and strategies to combat injustice within the criminal justice system.

Penn Engineering’s Community Outreach Team and the American Heart Association brought high schoolers from across the city to the home of the Philadelphia Eagles for a hands-on STEM experience.

This Academically Based Community Service (ABCS) course complements what students are already learning, while promoting a lifelong interest in science and boosting their test scores on the state exams.

Pennovation Works is a leading entrepreneurial hub where innovators, mentors, and visitors collaborate. Their technological achievements this past year continue to advance Philadelphia’s innovation ecosystem.

A community-based research partnership invites Philadelphia community members to conduct their own research into the educational issues they face as a way of catalyzing change.

Two West Philadelphia-based high school internship programs, Cross-Grade Sports and OurSpace, received $5,000 grants and recognition for engagement, impact, and sustainability through the Provost/Netter Center Faculty-Community Partnership Award.

A group of undergraduate students teamed up with the director of Makuu: The Black Cultural Center to create The Economic Justice Partnership, an initiative focused on teaching financial literacy to students throughout Philadelphia.