Reading young adult literature with young adults Image: Steve Bining Reading young adult literature with young adults Penn GSE students in Jen McLaughlin Cahill’s course on YA literature, media, and culture welcomed ninth-grade students from Science Leadership Academy at Beeber into their classroom. 2 min. read
2025 McGraw Prize in Education winners honored McGraw Prize winners (from left) Cathy N. Davidson, Joe Wolf, and Frederic Bertley.(Image: Steve Belkowitz) News 2025 McGraw Prize in Education winners honored Four honorees were awarded with Penn GSE’s McGraw Prizes in Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Pre-K–12 Education in a ceremony in New York City this month.
Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala (Top row) Jackie Einstein Astrof, Calvin Bland, and Denis Elton Cochran-Fikes; (middle row) James H. Greene, Susan T. Marx, and Jodi L. Miller; (bottom row) Ian A. Seltzer, Liz Theoharis, and Herman Beavers.nocred Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala On Nov. 7, eight distinguished alumni will receive Awards of Merit, the Alumni Social Impact Award, and the Creative Spirit Award, and Herman Beavers will receive the Faculty Award of Merit. 4 min. read
University of Pennsylvania and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania sign a cooperative AI advising agreement nocred University of Pennsylvania and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania sign a cooperative AI advising agreement The partnership leverages Penn’s faculty experts and leadership to support AI policy and provide the Commonwealth with expertise related to AI organizational strategy, risk assessment, and governance. 2 min. read
Penn GSE’s PASS Program receives $1M from Google to expand AI education in schools Penn GSE’s PASS Program receives $1M from Google to expand AI education in schools Penn’s Graduate School of Education’s Pioneering AI in School Systems program will expand to five school districts across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware in December, and will be offered free of charge to participating districts.
Educator’s Playbook: Incorporating arts-based inquiry into literacy classrooms Educator’s Playbook: Incorporating arts-based inquiry into literacy classrooms Jessica Whitelaw, a lecturer in literacy studies at Penn’s Graduate School of Education and former middle school teacher shares how to combine art with texts to maximize critical inquiry and the imagination.
Truth Mjumbe launches AI-powered tool to preserve memory and dignity Truth Mjumbe is a graduate student in Professional Counseling at Penn’s Graduate School of Education.(Image: Courtesy of Penn GSE) Truth Mjumbe launches AI-powered tool to preserve memory and dignity Professional counseling student at Penn GSE Truth Mjumbe built Recall Aid, an AI-powered memory-support platform inspired by his own experience with epilepsy, his grandfather’s dementia, and his father’s work preserving civil rights histories. 2 min. read
Students benefit most when teachers share both their background and language skills Students benefit most when teachers share both their background and language skills A new study coauthored by Graduate School of Education’s Michael A. Gottfried is the first to show that teachers’ ability to teach in students’ home language, combined with a shared racial or ethnic background, drives greater academic gains.
Making math add up for seventh graders Image: Eric Sucar Making math add up for seventh graders Third-year Cole DuHaime taught math to seventh graders over the summer in a service opportunity made possible by Generation Teach and the Ben Franklin Scholars Program. 4 min. read
Janine Remillard: Improving math teaching for students Janine Remillard: Improving math teaching for students Janine Remillard improves math instruction so classrooms are places where children love the subject and see themselves as mathematicians.