As Liz sets sail around the commonwealth, we thought it would be fitting to record our first proper episode of Setting the PAIS (of course the staff episode is proper, but you get it...) at a school with roots in the colonies. The William Penn Charter School is not only the oldest Quaker School in the world (!!!), but it's also one of the most forward-thinking, successful blends of history and modernity you'll ever find. New buildings supported by wooden bricks. Leadership trends that look significantly different from the early days. Updated traditions and unique governance and community-driven learning. All of it supported by the Quaker challenge to find and cultivate the light in every human being.

Join Liz as she navigates...with some help...the starting line and walks with Karen Warren Coleman, the eighth head in the modern era, to discuss what it's like to sit in front of the original charters and usher a 300-year-old school forward. With Quaker values guiding the way and the ethos of their namesake adorning the walls, Penn Charter is a standard-bearing institution that we're proud to call one of our own. Setting the PAIS indeed.

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Narrated:⁠Liz Hofreuter⁠

Produced:⁠Luke Hladek⁠ (⁠Strong Minded Agency⁠)