Janine Remillard: Improving math teaching for students Janine Remillard: Improving math teaching for students Janine Remillard improves math instruction so classrooms are places where children love the subject and see themselves as mathematicians.
Philly teachers get a class PASS Betty Chandy leads a discussion on the role of AI in the classroom during the PASS program, a donor-supported initiative that collaborates with the School District of Philadelphia.(Image: Tom Stanley) Philly teachers get a class PASS Penn’s Graduate School of Education pilots “Pioneering AI in School Systems” for Philadelphia school district partners. 2 min. read
The gender gap in math widened in the pandemic. Schools are trying to make up lost ground Penn In the News Associated Press The gender gap in math widened in the pandemic. Schools are trying to make up lost ground Janine Remillard of the Graduate School of Education discusses the impact of the pandemic on math education. How children learn a foreign language Image: recep-bg via Getty Images How children learn a foreign language Yuko Goto Butler’s latest book gathers research on language development and pedagogy among children learning a foreign language and presents it in a manner that bridges research and practice. 2 min. read New teacher-staffing model rethinks ‘one-teacher, one-classroom’ Image: SolStock via Getty Images New teacher-staffing model rethinks ‘one-teacher, one-classroom’ A new study by Penn GSE’s Richard Ingersoll evaluates a team-based model of organizing teaching staff in elementary and secondary schools that integrates teams of teaching staff in contrast to this traditional one-teacher, one-classroom approach. 2 min. read Nourish to Flourish Fourth-years (from left) Inaya Zaman, Rashmi Acharya, and Imani Nkrumah Ardayfio created Nourish to Flourish, winner of a 2025 President’s Engagement Prize. The trio will work with community partners at the Benjamin B. Comegys School in West Philadelphia and use behavioral economics principals to encourage healthier food choices.nocred Nourish to Flourish Fourth-years Rashmi Acharya, Imani Nkrumah Ardayfio and Inaya Zaman created Nourish to Flourish, winner of a 2025 President’s Engagement Prize. The trio will work with community partners at the Benjamin B. Comegys School in West Philadelphia to encourage healthier food choices. 7 min. read Robots in the reading room: GRASP Lab brings hands-on STEM to Roxborough Robots in the reading room: GRASP Lab brings hands-on STEM to Roxborough Now in its third year, a partnership between GRASP and the Roxborough Library called Fun with Robots introduces robotics to kids through workshops led by Penn Engineering graduate students. A simple way to boost math progress “Our results showed that simple, low-cost nudges can help teachers support student progress in math,” says Penn psychology professor Angela Duckworth.nocred A simple way to boost math progress Researchers from Penn’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative and their collaborators conducted a megastudy to investigate whether low-cost nudges–informed by behavioral science–could help teachers accelerate student progress in math. 3 min. read From lab to classroom: The Center for Engineering MechanoBiology Kayla Gay, who teaches middle school in Northwest Philadelphia, spent the summer learning about lab techniques that she can bring back to her classroom.(Image: Courtesy of Kayla Gay) From lab to classroom: The Center for Engineering MechanoBiology Penn’s Center for Engineering Mechanobiology is a summer program for K-12 teachers in Philadelphia to work with scientists and engineers to develop innovative, hands-on lessons to engage students in STEM-integrated education. Penn GSE dean on meeting and making the moment Katharine Strunk, dean of the Penn Graduate School of Education.nocred Penn GSE dean on meeting and making the moment Katharine Strunk, dean of the Graduate School of Education, began her tenure in July 2023. This week, she announced the School’s strategic vision, Together for Good.
How children learn a foreign language Image: recep-bg via Getty Images How children learn a foreign language Yuko Goto Butler’s latest book gathers research on language development and pedagogy among children learning a foreign language and presents it in a manner that bridges research and practice. 2 min. read
New teacher-staffing model rethinks ‘one-teacher, one-classroom’ Image: SolStock via Getty Images New teacher-staffing model rethinks ‘one-teacher, one-classroom’ A new study by Penn GSE’s Richard Ingersoll evaluates a team-based model of organizing teaching staff in elementary and secondary schools that integrates teams of teaching staff in contrast to this traditional one-teacher, one-classroom approach. 2 min. read
Nourish to Flourish Fourth-years (from left) Inaya Zaman, Rashmi Acharya, and Imani Nkrumah Ardayfio created Nourish to Flourish, winner of a 2025 President’s Engagement Prize. The trio will work with community partners at the Benjamin B. Comegys School in West Philadelphia and use behavioral economics principals to encourage healthier food choices.nocred Nourish to Flourish Fourth-years Rashmi Acharya, Imani Nkrumah Ardayfio and Inaya Zaman created Nourish to Flourish, winner of a 2025 President’s Engagement Prize. The trio will work with community partners at the Benjamin B. Comegys School in West Philadelphia to encourage healthier food choices. 7 min. read
Robots in the reading room: GRASP Lab brings hands-on STEM to Roxborough Robots in the reading room: GRASP Lab brings hands-on STEM to Roxborough Now in its third year, a partnership between GRASP and the Roxborough Library called Fun with Robots introduces robotics to kids through workshops led by Penn Engineering graduate students.
A simple way to boost math progress “Our results showed that simple, low-cost nudges can help teachers support student progress in math,” says Penn psychology professor Angela Duckworth.nocred A simple way to boost math progress Researchers from Penn’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative and their collaborators conducted a megastudy to investigate whether low-cost nudges–informed by behavioral science–could help teachers accelerate student progress in math. 3 min. read
From lab to classroom: The Center for Engineering MechanoBiology Kayla Gay, who teaches middle school in Northwest Philadelphia, spent the summer learning about lab techniques that she can bring back to her classroom.(Image: Courtesy of Kayla Gay) From lab to classroom: The Center for Engineering MechanoBiology Penn’s Center for Engineering Mechanobiology is a summer program for K-12 teachers in Philadelphia to work with scientists and engineers to develop innovative, hands-on lessons to engage students in STEM-integrated education.
Penn GSE dean on meeting and making the moment Katharine Strunk, dean of the Penn Graduate School of Education.nocred Penn GSE dean on meeting and making the moment Katharine Strunk, dean of the Graduate School of Education, began her tenure in July 2023. This week, she announced the School’s strategic vision, Together for Good.