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Penn GSE makes math meaningful for West Philly kids
A teacher writing math problems on a white board in front of an elementary school student.

Penn GSE makes math meaningful for West Philly kids

The Responsive Math Teaching project, currently funded by the National Science, has kids in West Philly schools engaging in the work, rather than passively completing it, through summer “math festivals.”

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Penn GSE’s Andrea Kane on school leadership and student potential
Andrea Kane (left) sits at a desk with a laptop opposite a student in her office.

A former school superintendent, Kane differentiates her instruction to make it meaningful to students with a variety of professional backgrounds and goals.(Image: Ginger Fox Photography)

Penn GSE’s Andrea Kane on school leadership and student potential

In her role as professor of practice at Penn GSE, Dr. Andrea Kane brings the perspective of twenty-five years’ experience in K–12 public schools to her work with aspiring and current teachers and leaders.

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A better approach to Integrated Student Support
A. Brooks Bowden in her library.

Penn GSE assistant professor A. Brooks Bowden. (Image: Penn GSE)

A better approach to Integrated Student Support

Penn GSE’s A. Brooks Bowden joined a working group of experts to draft a new set of national guidelines for Integrated Student Support.

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Mitigating bias through rubrics
Inside Higher Ed

Mitigating bias through rubrics

The work of Damani White-Lewis of the Graduate School of Education is referenced on how the concept of faculty fit can perpetuate biases in hiring if it’s not standardized.

Title IX and disability, 50 years later
Abasketball game celebrating the anniversary of Title IX in 2012. (Image: Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Education)

Title IX and disability, 50 years later

On the anniversary of the landmark bill, Penn Carey Law’s Jasmine Harris shares five things to know about how Title IX and disability intersect.

Kristen de Groot

One country, two histories: What does it mean to be an American?
Christian Science Monitor

One country, two histories: What does it mean to be an American?

Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education says that the United States has come to an inflection point in our disagreements about what America is and what it means.