Cybil Sanzetenea leads students in a Spanish literacy lesson as part of the dual-language bilingual education program at Lewis Elkin Elementary School in The School District of Philadelphia.

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    PEDAL: Practical English for Daily Living offers free English as a Second Language adult classes taught by students in the TESOL program. It provides courses for family members of staff, students, professors, scholars, and post-docs at Penn, as well as Community courses for West Philadelphians.

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