Porter’s Voices

Learn about the all-school summer reading selections, guided by the principles of relevance, choice, and voice.

In a world with increasingly complex tensions and challenges, we need our graduates to leave our institutions with the ability to think deeply, problem solve creatively, listen thoughtfully, and use their voices to improve the world around them.

Get to know 1st Year Penn Fellow Alexander Lorenzo-Cruz.

Language Teachers, Are You Interested in Sharing and Gaining Insights into Principles of Comprehensible Input in the Classroom? 

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Our summer reading as a faculty and a community has stayed with us, informing our decision-making, supporting our practices, and helping us to understand an increasingly complex world.  

Throughout this past winter, many of you have been following the news of protests and counter-protests on college campuses about a host of issues. While activism and political engagement are important, much of what we have seen lately underscores the deep political polarization that now exists in the United States. It also throws into stark relief our current inability to engage in the type of meaningful dialogue that might lead to understanding rather than vilification and further strife.