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Louisa Shepard
Senior News Officer
lshepard@upenn.edu
Education Policy
‘The Power of Penn’ propels forward
‘The Power of Penn’ propels forward
In Los Angeles, President Amy Gutmann continues the kickoff of the University’s bold campaign to raise $4.1 billion.
College opportunity at risk: A Penn GSE report on 50 states
College opportunity at risk: A Penn GSE report on 50 states
A new report by Professor Joni Finney finds the U.S. is “woefully unprepared” to meet 21st-century workforce challenges, and all states must make significant changes in their approach higher education. The College Opportunity Risk Assessment is the first state-by-state analytic tool to compare the risks to higher education.
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Phys.org
Rising student absenteeism may be hurting teacher job satisfaction
A study by Michael Gottfried and Ph.D. student Colby Woods of the Graduate School of Education finds that student absences are linked to lower teacher job satisfaction, which could exacerbate growing teacher shortages.
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Chronicle of Higher Education
Stop treating students like babies
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education organized an in-person 2016 discussion between Penn students and Republican students at Cairn University to foster productive conversation and find common ground.
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The Washington Post
Time to lift the curtain on the college classroom
In an opinion essay, Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education says that there needs to be a sustained, nationwide effort to measure and incentivize good teaching.
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USA Today
The yellow school bus—once a symbol of integration—is becoming a relic of another era
Michael Gottfried of the Graduate School of Education says that student learning suffers when school officials cut bus routes because children miss instruction time.
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Education Week
How school leaders can learn to ‘disagree better’
Andrea Kane of the Graduate School of Education suggests that it’s important to “humanize” a person you disagree with.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
On phones and laptops, colleges should follow schools’ lead and shut them down
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education writes that students taking notes in a lecture class with pen and paper — as opposed to their laptops — perform better on tests.
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