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Reading young adult literature with young adults

Penn GSE students in Jen McLaughlin Cahill’s course on YA literature, media, and culture welcomed ninth-grade students from Science Leadership Academy at Beeber into their classroom.

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Penn Leadership Education Institute helps educators integrate character-based leadership into the classroom

The Initiative investigates and promotes the integration of character-based leadership values and practices into classrooms through student and faculty fellowships and symposiums.

(from left) Cathy N. Davidson, Joe Wolf, and Frederic Bertley

2025 McGraw Prize in Education winners honored

Four honorees were awarded with Penn GSE’s McGraw Prizes in Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Pre-K–12 Education in a ceremony in New York City this month.

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Penn’s Graduate School of Education announces Usdan Endowed Chair in Special Education

The newly endowed faculty chair, made possible through a gift from alumna Andrea Pollack and Adam Usdan will support innovative research, teaching, and leadership in the field of special education.

Laura Perna named one of the inaugural ASHE Fellows

The vice provost for faculty and the Graduate School for Education Centennial Presidential Professor of Education joins 24 scholars from across the country in the first class of fellows of the Association for the Study of Higher Education.

The middle school transition is tough. How educators can help

Rhonda Boyd of the Perelman School of Medicine looks at the ways the pandemic impacted middle school students.

Penn GSE’s PASS Program receives $1M from Google to expand AI education in schools

Penn’s Graduate School of Education’s Pioneering AI in School Systems program will expand to five school districts across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware in December, and will be offered free of charge to participating districts.

Educator’s Playbook: Incorporating arts-based inquiry into literacy classrooms

Jessica Whitelaw, a lecturer in literacy studies at Penn’s Graduate School of Education and former middle school teacher shares how to combine art with texts to maximize critical inquiry and the imagination.

Teachers are struggling with work-life balance, but there are ways to help

Research from Penn suggests that team teaching supports job flexibility and teacher retention.

A group of middle-school kids in a hallway all looking at their phones.

Over 20,000 educators share insights on school cell phone policies

Preliminary findings in the landmark research initiative “Phones in Focus” suggest stricter cell phone policies are linked to less disruption and greater teacher satisfaction.

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