PENNY

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.