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A high school cheerleader’s free speech and the First Amendment

A Pennsylvania high school cheerleader’s profanity-laced rant is now the foundation of a U.S. Supreme Court decision on free speech. Sigal Ben-Porath shares her arguments in her amicus brief to the court, and her predictions on the court’s decision.

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The multilayered challenges of broadband expansion

Penn professors identify the challenges ahead for expanding broadband access to people who need it, in areas both rural and urban.

Black teachers ground down by racial battle fatigue after a year like no other

Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education and the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about the pandemic’s impact on the teaching workforce and suggested that the economy’s recovery could increase teacher turnover and retirements.

Wearing a suit and tie, Walter Palmer stands outside of Penn's School of Social Policy and Practice with his hands in his pockets.

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The world according to Walter Palmer

The educator, organizer, and alumnus discusses his six decades of activism, growing up in the Black Bottom, studying and teaching at Penn, his work at CHOP, the student strike of 1967, the Vietnam War, Frank Rizzo, Donald Trump, school choice, gun violence, the Chauvin trial, and why he thinks racism should be declared a national public health crisis.

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Has the U.S. education system lost the ability to teach the country’s own history?

The education scholar and historian discusses how the U.S. education system has failed the country, and how we can help our children recover it.

Our students fell way behind this year. It’s time to start talking summer school

Dirk Krueger of the School of Arts & Sciences said spending extra on education to help students catch up on schooling derailed by the pandemic could help the U.S. “avoid future [fiscal] deficits when the current schoolchildren enter the labor market.”

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Penn Wharton Budget Model analyzes cost of area school closures

The model shows students’ future wage losses in four Philadelphia-area counties far exceed cost to the community.

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Are college sports sustainable after the pandemic?

Penn GSE’s Karen Weaver discusses discusses how COVID-19 might reshape the college sports landscape, and how to help college leaders prepare to oversee athletics departments.

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Howard Stevenson on creating change through racial literacy

In the wake of the series of police killings of Black people that sparked historic protests and heightened national conversation about race, and amid persistent structures of systemic racism, how can people of color promote their own emotional well-being and healing? How can leaders and organizations create lasting change to advance anti-racism and social justice?

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An analysis of President-elect Biden’s tax proposals

The Penn Wharton Budget Model takes a post-election look at the platform of President-elect Joe Biden and forecasts its potential effects on the economy.

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