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SP2 symposium addresses bullying at all ages
Bullying is a national concern, so much so that last year President Obama felt compelled to convene the first-ever White House Conference on Bullying Prevention. At the conference, the president, the first lady, and approximately 150 students, parents, teachers, non-profit leaders, advocates, and policymakers gathered to discuss ways to make schools and communities safer places.
Penn GSE Event Addresses Global Literacy, Recognizes Inauguration of UNESCO Chair
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education will host “Global Literacy in the 21st Century: Problems and Prospects,” at 4 p.m., Thursday, March 15 in Huntsman Hall.
Med Ed program helps teachers teach doctors
Teaching students who are on the path to becoming physicians is nothing new at Penn. Founded in 1765, the Perelman School of Medicine is the oldest medical school in the United States and has been training doctors for almost 250 years.
Despite Leadership, Maryland Higher Education Is Leaving Citizens Behind, Penn GSE Study Finds
PHILADELPHIA — Maryland’s higher education system is leaving poor, black and Hispanic residents behind, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Higher Education Research, “Much Accomplished, Much at Stake: Performance and Policy in Maryland Higher Education.”
Penn Researcher Explores Volunteering in India
PHILADELPHIA – Femida Handy, a professor at the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania, is one of four authors of a new book, From Seva to Cyberspace: The Many Faces of Volunteering in India, which traces the origins of seva, direct service t
Penn’s Med Ed Teaches Those Who Teach America’s Doctors
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine have launched Med Ed, a program to enhance the teaching abilities of those who teach America’s doctors.
Penn School of Social Policy & Practice Introduces Community Teamworks Volunteer Program
PHILADELPHIA – The School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania has launched SP2 Community Teamworks, a pilot program that involves local engagement as well as team-building through volunteer projects.
GSE launches new center on Race and Equity in Education
Ask Graduate School of Education associate professor Shaun Harper why he felt the need to launch the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education and he’ll tell you it’s about consolidating knowledge.
New Center at Penn GSE Releases Report on Black Male Student Success in College
PHILADELPHIA — The Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education, a new center at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, has released its inaugural report, “Black Male Student Success in Higher Education: A R
Penn's Center for High Impact Philanthropy Partners in 100Kin10 Initiative for Education
PHILADELPHIA — The Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania will be a partner in 100Kin10, a movement to recruit, prepare and support 100,000 science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, teachers during the next decade.