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Secondary Education
Who, What, Why: Kimeze Teketwe brings Luganda to Penn
Who, What, Why: Kimeze Teketwe brings Luganda to Penn
The GSE master’s student from Uganda taught the first ever course on this language in the spring of 2022. This fall the program continues with another intro class, followed by an advanced class next spring.
Learning nursing care in a different type of classroom
Learning nursing care in a different type of classroom
Penn Nursing students Aman Uppal and Michelle Tran spent the summer before their final semesters in a clinical rotation at the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy.
Partnering with Philadelphia teachers to inspire climate action
Partnering with Philadelphia teachers to inspire climate action
Bethany Wiggin, founder of the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities, is working with public high school teachers across Philadelphia to incorporate climate education into the classroom.
Supporting education in Ghana
Supporting education in Ghana
The Graduate School of Education’s Sharon Wolf is leading a research project on reaching parents in remote and impoverished regions of Ghana with supportive text messages to share information on helping their children, especially girls, succeed in school.
Improving college access for Philadelphia’s Latinx community
Improving college access for Philadelphia’s Latinx community
A collaboration between Penn and the nonprofit Centro de Cultura Arte Trabajo y Educación aims to enhance a thriving post-secondary success program, create mentoring opportunities, and more.
2021 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education honorees boast transformative accomplishments, Penn ties
2021 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education honorees boast transformative accomplishments, Penn ties
Often regarded as the “Nobel Prize of Education,” the McGraw Prize is awarded annually to leaders who are pushing beyond the boundaries of the current education landscape and revolutionizing the field.
Penn Summer Academy dives into social justice
Penn Summer Academy dives into social justice
High school students explore complex issues surrounding social justice and environmental justice through a variety of media at Penn Summer Academy.
In a California district, Latinx students with Latinx teachers attend more school
In a California district, Latinx students with Latinx teachers attend more school
While the teaching workforce continues to be heavily dominated by white teachers, in particular white women, the academic and social-emotional benefits for students of color of having a teacher who is their same race have been widely documented. Less studied is the impact that having a same-race teacher has on attendance.
Remote learning affected high schoolers’ social, emotional health
Remote learning affected high schoolers’ social, emotional health
Research from Angela Duckworth and colleagues found that teenagers who attended school virtually fared worse than classmates who went in person, results that held even when accounting for variables like gender, race, and socioeconomic status.
A post-pandemic wave of teachers leaving the workforce, and other trends
Penn GSE’s Richard Ingersoll has published a new report looking at who is at work in America’s classrooms, and finds that many trends he has tracked since publishing his first study continue to hold true, and in some ways have deepened.
In the News
Forbes
The Rooted School network: Experiencing success in college and work in high school
An analysis from the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the School of Social Policy & Practice shows that supplying $50 a week to 10 seniors yielded positive financial and mental results.
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Politico.com
Confronting COVID’s lost generation
Fourth-year Victoria Sousa in the School of Arts & Sciences writes about South America’s current educational crisis, brought on by the pandemic in regions without computers or Wi-Fi.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Pa. waived the basic skills requirement for educators. Will it work to attract more teachers?
Dean Pam Grossman and Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education speak on the potential drawbacks of waiving basic skills tests for teacher preparation programs.
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CBS News
Book ban battle plays out in public schools as more novels are pulled from shelves
Dan Hopkins of the School of Arts & Sciences says that book bans are just the latest instance of national politics coming to a boiling point.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
Central Bucks West tells teachers not to use students’ preferred names and pronouns without parent approval
Patrick Sexton of the Graduate School of Education says that procedures like the new guidelines in a suburban school district can disconnect students from their academics and from a necessary system of support.
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The Guardian
Do later school start times make teens happier? California’s about to find out
Phillip Gehrman of the Perelman School of Medicine says that California’s new school start time laws are a good idea from a circadian-rhythms and mental health perspective, though challenges exist for younger students forced to wait for the bus in the dark.
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