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Louisa Shepard
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Education Policy
With Project SHARPE, Amalia Daché documents reparations in higher ed
With Project SHARPE, Amalia Daché documents reparations in higher ed
Project SHARPE aims to “look at work of reparations and what campuses founded before the Civil War are doing to repair,” surveying students of African descent about their experiences on campus.
‘The Conflict over the Conflict’
‘The Conflict over the Conflict’
Kenneth S. Stern, director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate, spoke at Penn about addressing campus divides over the Israel/Palestine conflict.
Five takeaways from the international PISA exam results
Five takeaways from the international PISA exam results
Every three years, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development issues a standardized test to 15-year-old students around the world. Here, an education professor boils down the results.
2023 McGraw Prize in Education awardees reflect on changing lives, starting with their own
2023 McGraw Prize in Education awardees reflect on changing lives, starting with their own
This year’s recipients of Penn GSE’s McGraw Prize, the most prestigious prize in education, honors educators from pre-K to college and to lifelong learners.
How to encourage student attendance
How to encourage student attendance
From Penn GSE’s Educator’s Playbook, Michael Gottfried highlights approaches that schools and teachers can take to address absenteeism by identifying root causes and creating a supportive environment for all students.
School presidents report they need more training around nonacademic duties
School presidents report they need more training around nonacademic duties
School leaders are calling for more support and training in areas such as overseeing their collegiate athletic programs in order to avoid burnout.
A legacy of leadership
A legacy of leadership
Dean Pam Grossman has guided Penn’s Graduate School of Education through a capital campaign, a global pandemic, a historic building expansion, and unprecedented growth with ambition and compassion.
Symposium highlights breadth and depth of Penn Global research
Symposium highlights breadth and depth of Penn Global research
The Penn Global Research and Engagement Fund is supporting the 19 new faculty-led projects that span research, capacity-building, and development efforts across Africa, Latin America, India, China, and beyond.
Suzanne McGraw Foundation makes $5 million gift to Penn GSE around early childhood education
Suzanne McGraw Foundation makes $5 million gift to Penn GSE around early childhood education
The gift is one of the largest ever to the School. It will support student scholarships, a cross-University graduate concentration, and cross-disciplinary programming.
Educational inequities? Follow the numbers, says Ericka Weathers
Educational inequities? Follow the numbers, says Ericka Weathers
The Penn GSE professor studies how policies that are supposed to be race-neutral, like school funding formulas, truancy policy, or special education, end up failing marginalized groups, and urges a look at the results of past policies to better inform moving forward.
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The Atlantic
The college financial-aid scramble
Laura Perna of the Graduate School of Education worries that this year’s financial-aid fiasco might diminish trust in the FAFSA system, which requires families to submit a huge amount of personal information.
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Harvard Business Review
How burnout became normal—and how to push back against it
In an opinion essay, Kandi Wiens of the Graduate School of Education explains how to reestablish a healthy baseline that regulates burnout in the work environment.
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Chronicle of Higher Education
The line between two- and four-year colleges is blurring
Robert M. Zemsky of the Graduate School of Education says that higher education needs to do something to make the product better, more relevant, and less costly to students.
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Business Insider
Teacher shortages in America are holding Gen Z students like me back
Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education says that qualified teachers make a difference for students by both knowing the subject and knowing how to teach the subject.
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Detroit Free Press
Michigan’s teacher shortage is about to get more financially complicated
Dean Katharine Strunk of the Graduate School of Education says that novice teachers in their first three years at Michigan schools are the ones who need to be replaced, since they’re the most likely to leave.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
Storyshares seeks to raise reading levels of forgotten tweens, teens and adults
John Gamba of the Graduate School of Education served as the Storyshares literary hub’s strategy and research mentor at the 2023 Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition.
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