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Graduate School of Education
With NSO preceptorials, a chance to be curious
With NSO preceptorials, a chance to be curious
Preceptorials, a New Student Orientation tradition for first-year undergraduates, run this Saturday, Aug. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Building community, one meal and conversation at a time
Building community, one meal and conversation at a time
The Conversations for Community and Dinners Across Differences programs, launched last fall, foster spaces conducive for difficult conversations while recognizing shared humanity.
An empty outdoor space is transformed into a social garden
An empty outdoor space is transformed into a social garden
A 2023 Project for Progress initiative, the Breathing Room at Sayre High School was unveiled this spring.
Protecting against burnout
Protecting against burnout
Penn GSE’s Kandi Wiens’ latest book aims to help readers build resilience to stress and heal their relationship to work.
From English learners to English teachers
From English learners to English teachers
An initiative from Penn’s Graduate School for Education provides an opportunity for TESOL students to practice their teaching with language learners across the University and around the world.
What the recent antitrust settlement means for the NCAA
What the recent antitrust settlement means for the NCAA
Karen Weaver of Penn’s Graduate School of Education, an expert on college sports and higher education, discusses the NCAA settlement agreement and the effect it will have on student-athletes and college sports overall.
With pandemic stimulus funds sunsetting, Penn GSE expert offers investment ideas
With pandemic stimulus funds sunsetting, Penn GSE expert offers investment ideas
If school districts have remaining pandemic aid, Penn GSE’s Brooks Bowden says they could invest in data analytics capabilities on information to guide decisions on programs, staff, tutoring services, or technology to meet students’ needs.
Celebrating Penn GSE’s pilot elementary math tutoring elective
Celebrating Penn GSE’s pilot elementary math tutoring elective
The academically based community service elective is supported by Penn’s Netter Center, with the aim to redefine traditional tutoring by designing its curriculum and approach.
Penn Ph.D. candidate named 2024 Queen Elizabeth Scholar
Penn Ph.D. candidate named 2024 Queen Elizabeth Scholar
Penelope Lusk, a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate School of Education, has been awarded a 2024 Queen Elizabeth Scholarship, which covers all fees and provides a stipend to attend the University of Oxford for a year.
Fourth cohort of Projects for Progress recipients announced
Fourth cohort of Projects for Progress recipients announced
The initiative, run out of the Office of Social Equity and Community, provides University funding up to $100,000 each to Penn teams taking on big social justice issues in the city.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
This should be our response to Donald Trump’s comments that ‘you won’t have to vote anymore’
In an opinion article, Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education argues that voting should be mandatory.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
After the Great Valley social media scandal, we must balance free speech with ‘digital citizenship’
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education writes that school districts must listen to what students have to say in order to craft good policies around online student speech.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Pa. just made a significant investment in public education. Why are advocates worried about it?
A. Brooks Bowden of the Graduate School of Education says that data on low-income students are more accurately reported by school districts than the American Community Survey measure.
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The New York Times
Seeing workplace misery, they offer company
Kandi Wiens of the Graduate School of Education says that employer-provided wellness services tend to backfire more than help with burnout.
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Philadelphia Business Journal
‘A unicorn in higher ed’: Moore College won’t be swept away in stream of art school closures, president says
Peter Eckel of the Graduate School of Education says that specialized schools that survive will be those that can find a niche and develop a pipeline of students in the near-term.
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