Program

Education Programs: Institutes for K-12 Educators

Period of Performance

9/1/1986 - 8/31/1990

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$395,417.00 (approved)
$395,000.00 (awarded)


Exploring the City, Understanding the Nation: American History through the Philadelphia Experience

FAIN: ES-21338-86

PATHS/PRISM (Philadelphia, PA 19103-4522)
Carol Parssinen (Project Director: January 1986 to May 1991)

To support a three-year collaborative project between PATHS and the Philadelphia School system. The project is designed to improve the teaching of Americanhistory in grades 5, 8, and 11. Teams of two teachers from 90 schools will attend six summer institutes, working with principals and humanities scholars.