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Education Policy
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.
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.
Positioned for Success
Positioned for Success
The program, launched by recent College of Arts and Sciences grads Taussia Boadi and Cheryl Nnadi, was a 2023 Projects for Progress winner and provides academic support to middle school students affected by gun violence.
With Project SHARPE, Amalia Daché documents reparations in higher ed
With Project SHARPE, Amalia Daché documents reparations in higher ed
Project SHARPE aims to “look at work of reparations and what campuses founded before the Civil War are doing to repair,” surveying students of African descent about their experiences on campus.
‘The Conflict over the Conflict’
‘The Conflict over the Conflict’
Kenneth S. Stern, director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate, spoke at Penn about addressing campus divides over the Israel/Palestine conflict.
Five takeaways from the international PISA exam results
Five takeaways from the international PISA exam results
Every three years, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development issues a standardized test to 15-year-old students around the world. Here, an education professor boils down the results.
2023 McGraw Prize in Education awardees reflect on changing lives, starting with their own
2023 McGraw Prize in Education awardees reflect on changing lives, starting with their own
This year’s recipients of Penn GSE’s McGraw Prize, the most prestigious prize in education, honors educators from pre-K to college and to lifelong learners.
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.
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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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Forbes
Teachers feel more negatively toward children who are chronically absent, study finds
Michael Gottfried of the Graduate School of Education is quoted on his research that found absenteeism puts students at a double disadvantage.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
We need to preserve school shooting sites
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education writes that tearing down schools where shootings take place lets us look away from the atrocity of American gun violence and delays the day when we might do something real to stop it.
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