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Louisa Shepard
Senior News Officer
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Education Policy
How to encourage student attendance
How to encourage student attendance
From Penn GSE’s Educator’s Playbook, Michael Gottfried highlights approaches that schools and teachers can take to address absenteeism by identifying root causes and creating a supportive environment for all students.
School presidents report they need more training around nonacademic duties
School presidents report they need more training around nonacademic duties
School leaders are calling for more support and training in areas such as overseeing their collegiate athletic programs in order to avoid burnout.
A legacy of leadership
A legacy of leadership
Dean Pam Grossman has guided Penn’s Graduate School of Education through a capital campaign, a global pandemic, a historic building expansion, and unprecedented growth with ambition and compassion.
Symposium highlights breadth and depth of Penn Global research
Symposium highlights breadth and depth of Penn Global research
The Penn Global Research and Engagement Fund is supporting the 19 new faculty-led projects that span research, capacity-building, and development efforts across Africa, Latin America, India, China, and beyond.
Suzanne McGraw Foundation makes $5 million gift to Penn GSE around early childhood education
Suzanne McGraw Foundation makes $5 million gift to Penn GSE around early childhood education
The gift is one of the largest ever to the School. It will support student scholarships, a cross-University graduate concentration, and cross-disciplinary programming.
Educational inequities? Follow the numbers, says Ericka Weathers
Educational inequities? Follow the numbers, says Ericka Weathers
The Penn GSE professor studies how policies that are supposed to be race-neutral, like school funding formulas, truancy policy, or special education, end up failing marginalized groups, and urges a look at the results of past policies to better inform moving forward.
International students offer ‘rich and diverse’ perspectives
International students offer ‘rich and diverse’ perspectives
Penn’s campus community includes students from all parts of the globe, bringing their unique experiences and soaking in all the University has to offer.
Five ways teachers can integrate ChatGPT into their classrooms today
Five ways teachers can integrate ChatGPT into their classrooms today
For educators concerned what ChatGPT means for teaching and learning, Penn GSE offers ways to integrate the technology in the classroom.
Penn GSE’s María Cioè-Peña on equitable access in education
Penn GSE’s María Cioè-Peña on equitable access in education
The assistant professor of education joined the Educational Linguistics Division to ensure that bilingual children with dis/abilities get the support needed to thrive; she aims to find a model where all learners get what they need without being labeled.
The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation makes landmark gift to Penn Graduate School of Education
The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation makes landmark gift to Penn Graduate School of Education
The $16.25 million will create a new center for educational leadership and continue the McGraw Prize.
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Associated Press
College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic
Dean Katharine Strunk of the Graduate School of Education says that math issues are most pronounced among Black, Latino, low-income, and other vulnerable students, as with many learning setbacks.
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The Washington Post
In some schools, dread over the new year: ‘We’re scared to teach’
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education says that the ambiguity of bans on teaching topics creates more anxiety among educators.
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USA Today
Summer school may be back in vogue as college students work toward early graduation
Robert Zemsky of the Graduate School of Education is co-leading a three-year bachelor’s degree project.
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Christian Science Monitor
Rise of the microschool: Small, student-centered learning spaces take off
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education says that multi-age, communal school environments with small student populations have consistently reemerged through the decades as Americans have rejected sprawling schools with hundreds or thousands of students.
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Associated Press
A Biden plan cuts student loan payments for millions to $0. Will it be the next legal battle?
Penn researchers estimate that President Biden’s new student loan payment plan will cost as much as $361 billion.
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Los Angeles Times
How we got interminable summer breaks from school—and what we can do about it
In an op-ed, Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education writes that a new take on summer school could connect more teachers with the passion and idealism that brought them into education in the first place.
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