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Protecting against burnout

Penn GSE’s Kandi Wiens’ latest book aims to help readers build resilience to stress and heal their relationship to work.

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.

‘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.

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.

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.

A big education fight stands in the way of a Pa. budget deal

A report from the Graduate School of Education found that the benefits of increased education spending would outweigh the cost to Pennsylvania taxpayers.

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.

Penn analysis supports state commission’s recommendation for boost in Pa. education funding

An analysis by A. Brooks Bowden and doctoral candidates David Loeb and Katie Pullom of the Graduate School of Education outlines the measurable benefits of a $5.1 billion increase in Pennsylvania K-12 spending over seven years.

Proposed $5B boost for Pa. schools would result in 18,000 new K-12 jobs and more grads going to college, new research says

A study led by Brooks Bowden of the Graduate School of Education quantified the projected benefits of a $5.1 billion proposal to change the way Pennsylvania funds education.

Western Pa. colleges are bracing for steep declines in enrollment, tied to the Great Recession of 2008

Julie Wollman of the Graduate School of Education says that most institutions of higher education tend to think they’re the only institution that’s not going to be affected by enrollment problems.

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