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TIP Professor Wins Pulitzer for Book on Soviet Dissent September 8, 2025

TIP Seminar Leader Benjamin Nathans won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction for his book To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement. Benjamin Nathans is a historian and critically acclaimed professor at the University of Pennsylvania where he has taught since 1998. During his long tenure, he has devoted over four decades to the study of Soviet and Russian history, modern Jewish history, and the history…

TIP Fellows Complete the 2025 Yale National Initiative Program September 26, 2025

Five Fellows from The Teachers Institute of Philadelphia (TIP) have completed the 2025 Yale National Initiative Program. The School District of Philadelphia has been a long-time participant in the Yale National Initiative, and it has led to impactful partnerships between TIP educators across the Philadelphia school district and local colleges, and universities. Five School District of Philadelphia educators who are also TIP Fellows, spent intensive time developing their content knowledge in the subjects they teach.…

2025 Spring Curriculum Units Posted!

Pictured Above: Seminar leader Russell Richie teaches Fellows in his Introduction to Cognitive Science Workshop The 2025 Spring Curriculum Units are now available to view on our website! Last Spring there were four seminars led by our TIP Professors: Diverse Children’s Literature: Literary Art, Cultural Artifact and Contested Terrain led by Wanda Brooks Introduction To Cognitive Science: Uncovering the Machine in The Mind led by Russell Richie Robots And Smart Tech for Physical Therapy led…

TIP Showcase for USA 250 Workshops September 29, 2025

This fall, TIP will collaborate with the Penn Press and Penn GSE to offer a special set of workshops on Philadelphia History in preparation for the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. These workshops will be led by authors of the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, a resource the Penn Press is distributing free to schools in the School District of Philadelphia. To celebrate the work of TIP Students and Fellows, a showcase…

Vaux High School Student Attends Yale Annual Conference with TIP Teacher November 10, 2025

On November 7th and 8th, a group of TIP Fellows and Vaux High School student Ameen Fleming accompanied his teacher Ms. Danina Garcia to the annual Yale National Initiative Conference. Ameen proudly represented the School District of Philadelphia at an event that drew teachers, students, and school district leaders from around the country. Ms. Garcia’s curriculum unit, “Efficiency & Faithfulness: How One Philly Nurse Fought Tuberculosis,” highlights the story of Elizabeth Tyler, a trailblazing Black…

Teacher Institute of Philadelphia Launches Spring 2026 Seminar Program February 10, 2026

On Wednesday, On Wednesday, January 21, a new cohort of Philadelphia public school teachers began their journey toward professional advancement. The teachers (called fellows) have begun semester-long seminars in which they will acquire cutting-edge knowledge from Penn and Temple professors. They will use this knowledge to develop curriculum units, which they will implement in their classrooms to enhance student learning. Successful completion of this program will earn the fellows 30 Act 48 credits and a…

TIP Fellow Lisa Yau Receives Lindback Award May 29, 2026

This spring, TIP Fellow and F. S. Key School Teacher Lisa Yau became the 34th TIP fellow to have received the prestigious Lindback Award for Distinguished Teachers. Presented by the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation in partnership with the School District of Philadelphia, this honor recognizes the city’s top teachers for their dedication to promoting learning, character development, and student proficiency. Yau received the award along with 60 other educators at a ceremony…

TIP Fellow Danina Garcia a Finalist for Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year

TIP Fellow and Vaux High School Teacher was named one of 12 finalists for Pennsylvania State Teacher of the Year in May. On June 11th, she will join other finalists in Harrisburg, where the winner will be selected based on interviews and recordings of their teaching. Sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the award is among the most prestigious recognitions for teachers nationwide. CCSSO provides winners from each state with a…

TIP Workshop Leader Emily Wilson’s Odyssey Translation Used in Christopher Nolan’s Film Adaptation July 27, 2026

Penn classics professor Emily Wilson, who led the TIP workshop “The Iliad and the Odyssey” in the fall of 2024, is enjoying worldwide attention for her 2017 translation of the Odyssey. The translation was used in director Christopher Nolan’s recently released film adaptation of the Homeric epic. The film has also been a box office success, earning $263.7 million worldwide in its opening weekend. In Wilson’s 2024 workshop, teachers from around the School District of…

Yale Fellows Complete Their Units of Study August 16, 2026

The Teachers Institute of Philadelphia’s three Yale fellows, Bill Chenevert, Alima McKnight, and Kati Steiner, submitted units of study on August 14, completing Yale’s National Summer Intensive program. In the program, the teachers joined others from around the nation in seminars organized by TIP’s parent program, the Yale National Initiative. They began reading for the seminars in the spring of 2024, and beginning July 6, traveled to New Haven for two weeks of study with…

TIP’s Fall 2026 Workshops Cover Topics Relevant to the City, the Nation, and the World September 17, 2026

This fall’s TIP workshops deal with issues of importance in a rapidly changing world. How do we get from here to there in an increasingly crowded urban space? How do we talk to each other when we disagree? How do we detect bias in the ever-expanding cyber universe? How do migrant communities become part of a new nation? The courses will be led by content experts from the University of Pennsylvania. Teachers who enroll explore…