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PENNY Schools Building Community and Curiosity
This story was originally posted on the Teaching Channel: In New York City, educators attend thoughtfully designed learning visits at schools in order to share promising practices across the city. This video series, produced by Showcase Schools, features two schools...
City-As-School Featured in NYT piece
Read more about the City-as-School program in this NYT piece that explores the value of experiential and problem-based learning, approaches that are both firmly rooted in progressive practice. The article also includes a link to a more comprehensive look at the...
PENNY Spring Conference
Our March 10, 2018 conference exploring the theme of progressive education in practice was a resounding success. More than 100 educators gathered at City-as-School to explore how progressive practices live in public and private schools across New York City...
October PENNY Quarterly Meeting
The October PENNY Quarterly meeting featured a spirited panel discussion about the possibilities and promises of progressive education framed by the question, "“What does democratic ED look like in a progressive school?" The panel discussion was moderated by Bank...
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Progressive Leadership: Building Schools that Educate for Democracy How do the leaders of progressive schools support, protect, and celebrate progressive philosophy and teaching? As leaders of public, charter, and independent schools we feel a sense of urgency in both...
Images from edcamp Progressive Education NY
progressive education NY is a day of collaboration and learning that seeks to build a shared understanding of progressive principles and what they look like in practice in our classrooms and schools today. It is a day grounded in progressive pedagogy and practice with a critical lens focused on access, equity and activism.
It’s Time to Take #PENNYaction!
On January 20th, Inauguration Day, The Progressive Education Network of New York asked supporters to post pictures and text from their schools and classrooms that provided examples of learners engaged in experiences grounded in progressive pedagogy and, where possible, connected to the election and education for democracy.
UPCOMING PENNY EVENTS
Register for the Mantle of the Expert Series from the Institute for Imaginative Inquiry
Learn about the methods of Imaginative Inquiry and how it uses imaginary contexts to create purposeful and engaging curriculum for your students! In this blended learning course, we will explore examples of social studies units that use Imaginative Inquiry and...
Considering and imagining our return to school in the fall: PENNY invites you to join a conversation
An Invitation From PENNY Dear PENNY Supporter, PENNY invites you to join a conversation with school leaders from progressive public, independent, and charter schools in New York, to consider and imagine our return to school in the fall. In this open forum we...
PARTNER EVENTS
Emotionally Responsive Schools Conference “ERP in Times of Crisis” 12/4/2020
Please Save the Date for Bank Street's Sixth Annual Emotionally Responsive Schools Conference "ERP in Times of Crisis" Friday, December 4, 2020 | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Virtual Event About this Event Bank Street’s Emotionally Responsive Schools Conference is a day...
June 4th — Rally for Black Lives
March 10 – School Colors Podcast Event
Dear Friends of CAS, We are pleased to invite you to a discussion with the founders of the School Colors podcast on Tuesday, March 10, from 4-6pm in our library at City-As-School. Mark Winston Griffith & Max Freedman, the podcast founders and hosts, will join us...
PAST EVENTS
Imaginative Inquiry Workshop – 11/16/2020
An Invitation From PENNY PENNY invites you to Imaginative Inquiry: Creating an Expert Team to Ignite Inquiry! Imaginative Inquiry places students at the center of compelling narratives that engage them in deep and purposeful learning. By enlisting them as a team of...
Happy Hour
PENNY invites our comrades to a Happy Hour zoom/unconference gathering on Thursday, March 26, at 5:00 PM to debrief, decompress and move forward in community. What’s on the menu? Click here for more info: http://www.pennycollaborative.org/happy-hour/
PENNY & Bank Street College Three-Part Series
PENNY and Bank Street College invite you to join us for a series of conversations focused on the question: "How we create and maintain racially inclusive learning environments for students, staff, families and communities?” During each of the three separate yet...
Week of November 4th 2019 School Visits
PENNY Schools will be hosting visits throughout the week of November 4th.View the calendar and the individual school pages via the link below. To set up your visit, complete the form on the school info page and indicate your date of choice.Connecting...