Graduate School of Education

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Creating a positive home environment, and other tips for uncertain times

Experts at Penn GSE share ways to help parents and teachers care for their students and their own mental wellness during the pandemic.

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Three educators celebrated at Penn GSE as winners of the McGraw Prize in Education

In the first celebration of the McGraw Prize in Education since the Graduate School of Education became its home, President Amy Gutmann said this year’s three winners are among the “great minds devoted to improving education through innovation."

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‘Perspectives on Fair Housing’ looks back on more than 50 years of landmark legislation

A new Penn Press book featuring experts from law, education, urban studies, and social policy presents fair housing as one of the foremost issues facing the U.S. today.

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At La Casa Latina, Kareli Lizárraga ensures students are ‘empowered to be vulnerable’

Kareli Lizárraga is the interim director of La Casa Latina, which serves those interested in learning about Latinx culture and the more than 2,000 Latinx students at Penn.

Empowerment through poetry: Ollie Kim Dupuy and the Humanizing Stories project

Sophomore Ollie Kim Dupuy brings a passion for performance poetry into a summer internship with the Graduate School of Education’s Ebony Elizabeth Thomas.

Young elementary school student at a home computer attending virtual school.

To build community this fall, think of your class as a team

Before COVID-19, it was easier for teachers to build community within their class. How can teachers do that meeting virtually?

Graduate School of Education professor Sigal Ben-Porath poses in a hallway with her arms folded.

Free speech advocate discusses growing talk of ‘cancel culture’

Sigal Ben-Porath, a professor of education, political science, and philosophy, talks de-platforming, toppling statues, rescinding admissions, Twitter, the First Amendment, and hate speech.

Children’s literature as ‘seed work’

Penn GSE’s Ebony Elizabeth Thomas discusses the importance of more diverse books for kids and the challenges that continue to stifle early anti-racist learning. She also shares a curated list of recommended books for youth catered to this particular moment.

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A task force for higher education’s pandemic budget challenges

A policy brief from Penn GSE lays out principles to guide state policymakers through higher education’s trying summer and beyond.

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Police killings and Black mental health

Specialists from across the Penn community discuss the mental health impacts of Black people being subjected to videos of African Americans being killed by the police.

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