In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Debra Duardo, David Wilson, and Barbara Oakley are selected for outstanding achievement in pre-K–12, higher education, and lifelong learning.
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Ben-Porath has been named the MRMJJ Presidential Professor and Yoon, who also serves as associate dean for Research and Faculty Affairs, has been named the Graduate School of Education Presidential Professor.
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Alan Ruby, a senior fellow and the head of Penn GSE’s Global Engagement Office has put together a list of the most significant opportunities and challenges currently facing global higher education. According to Ruby, the shift in mobility, demographics, and demands on skills means there’s a need for cross-country, cultural collaboration.
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Upper Merion Area High School hosted the 2023 Middle and High School Student Leadership Institutes earlier this month, with more than 700 student leaders and educators in attendance. The event is organized by the Delaware Valley Consortium for Equity and Excellence, a project of Penn GSE’s Coalition for Educational Equity.
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In 2022, Penn GSE launched a new partnership with the Jacobs Foundation to support the next generation of education entrepreneurs. The project seeks to create lasting change in the lives of learners worldwide by establishing a new education innovation model pipeline and accelerator. The prize’s first recipients are Aqeela Allahyari, Sidra Alvi, Psacoya Guinn, Neha Gupta, Heidi Mitchell, and Natalia Rodriguez.
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Two prominent free-speech experts and Penn GSE professors, Sigal Ben-Porath and Jonathan Zimmerman, have each published new books that explore the current “cancel culture” phenomenon and how it impinges on students’ learning, American culture, and constructive discourse.
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In a topping off ceremony last month, the final piece of structural steel was lifted into place and secured to complete the new connector between 3700 Walnut and Stiteler Hall. The $35.6-million project is scheduled for completion in fall 2023.
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The The Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness Early Career Awards highlight researchers whose work is both rigorous and relevant to educational practice. Bowden, an assistant professor of education policy at Penn GSE, focuses on strategies to overcome obstacles like hunger, housing insecurity, and mental health problems that prevent children from getting the most out of school.
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The Penn Child Research Center contributed to the Philadelphia School District’s summer program, with content pulled from the Center’s Conquering Kindergarten initiative, which focuses on 14 social-emotional learning skills shown to help children succeed in school and in life.
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Students in the Urban Teaching Apprenticeship Program spend their summer working with children from three Philadelphia schools providing academic support in reading, math, and art, meeting with the kids and their families at local libraries. The students earn a Master of Science in Education and a Pennsylvania teaching certification.
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