In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Linda Leibowitz, the co-director of the Executive Program in School & Mental Health Counseling, offers a guide for how families can partner with school counselors to help children grow.
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This year saw an unprecedented level of public discussion and debate about race, identity, and representation in books for children and young adults. In her 2019 list of the Best Books for Young Readers, Penn GSE’s Ebony Elizabeth Thomas hopes to showcase some of the stories that also highlight perseverance, love, loss, and self-discovery.
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During a series of talks at Penn sponsored by Penn GSE’s Education Policy and Higher Education Divisions and the Wharton Public Policy Initiative, Scott Pattison, the former executive director of the National Governor’s Association, said higher education and K-12 leaders should start preparing for the next economic downturn now.
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The School District of Philadelphia’s Board of Education recently approved the Innovative Principal Residence Program at the Graduate School of Education. Four School District of Philadelphia (SDP) teachers will spend a year preparing to lead high-needs schools in the principal residency program, which was created as a collaboration between Penn GSE and the SDP.
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In an op-ed for The Hill, Daniel Wagner, director of the International Literacy Institute and the International Education Development Program, argues that by only focusing on our own history, the United States misses an opportunity to learn from other countries that have tried to increase equity.
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Amy Guillotte traveled to Gulu, Uganda four months after a doctor from Geneva Global addressed her International Education Development Program seminar class, and began a summer internship with the organization, implementing educational development programs for underserved students.
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As part of Pennsylvania’s commitment to close the achievement gaps and provide all students with high-quality teachers, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation announced the inaugural class of Pennsylvania Teaching Fellows.
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The Penn Literacy Network at Penn GSE is bringing practical, evidence-based professional development to teachers in China and beyond, helping preK–12 educators improve their methods of teaching literacy.
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Penn GSE hosted teachers at the National Writing Project Institute on Kid Writing last month, where they shared the success of the Kid Writing program. The approach first gets kids to think about a story they want to share, then teachers help the child draw out the story, called pre-writing. The child then writes out the story using letters that represent the sounds they know. The approach can sound simple, but it empowers students.
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Since it was launched at Penn GSE, the School Study Councils, four distinct regional groups of education leaders, have served as a place where education leaders can gather to exchange wisdom and solve problems.
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