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A conversation with guest lecturer, historian, and best-selling author Jill Lepore
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Best-selling author Jill Lepore (center), a Harvard history professor and staff writer at The New Yorker, spoke about teaching the U.S. Constitution during an era of constitutional crisis in a conversation at Penn with Graduate School of Education dean Pam Grossman (right) and School of Law dean Theodore Ruger. (Image: Jane Lindahl)

A conversation with guest lecturer, historian, and best-selling author Jill Lepore

Best-selling author Jill Lepore, a Harvard history professor and staff writer at The New Yorker, spoke about teaching the U.S. Constitution during an era of constitutional crisis in a conversation with Graduate School of Education Dean Pam Grossman and Law School Dean Theodore Ruger.
9/11, 20 years later
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Tribute in Light, an annual display near the site of Ground Zero, commemorates the Sept. 11 attacks. (Homepage image: Scott Spitzer)

9/11, 20 years later

Experts across the University share their thoughts on how 9/11 transformed their field, their research, and the world.
Teaching beyond September 11
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Image: Nadia Hafid/Penn GSE

Teaching beyond September 11

Penn GSE’s Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher says the lessons of 9/11 offer a chance for students to examine how the event has shaped much of the last two decades, in America and around the world.

From Penn GSE

In a California district, Latinx students with Latinx teachers attend more school
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In a California district, Latinx students with Latinx teachers attend more school

While the teaching workforce continues to be heavily dominated by white teachers, in particular white women, the academic and social-emotional benefits for students of color of having a teacher who is their same race have been widely documented. Less studied is the impact that having a same-race teacher has on attendance.

From Penn GSE

Three things parents need for kindergarten prep
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Three things parents need for kindergarten prep

For parents with children getting ready to start kindergarten, focus on three things: reading, playing, and encouraging.

From Penn GSE

What you need to know about the protests in Cuba
Amalia Dache sitting criss-cross applesauce on a sea wall in Cuba reading a book.

Amalia Dache during a research trip to Cuba. (Image: Courtesy of  Santiel Rodríguez Velázquez)

What you need to know about the protests in Cuba

Penn GSE’s Amalia Dache traveled to Cuba in 2018 and 2019 to research the Afro Cuban experience, and the opportunities that existed—or were closed off from—the island nation’s significant Black population.

From Penn GSE

Collaborating with communities: Vivian Gadsden works to help children and families
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Vivian Gadsden, the William T. Carter Professor of Child Development and Education, is lifting up the voices of families and educators to help the City of Philadelphia develop a new definition of child well-being. (Image: Ryan Collerd)

Collaborating with communities: Vivian Gadsden works to help children and families

The Graduate School of Education professor speaks to how she is collaborating with students, parents, educators, and the City of Philadelphia to imagine and build a brighter future through education.

Wharton researcher gives practical lessons for new managers
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Wharton researcher gives practical lessons for new managers

In “Bringing Up the Boss: Practical Lessons for New Managers,” author Rachel Pacheco focuses on translating academic research, data, and real-life anecdotes to practical lessons and tools for emerging managers.

Dee Patel