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Teaching
Penn awarded grant to promote inclusive excellence in STEM teaching and learning
Penn awarded grant to promote inclusive excellence in STEM teaching and learning
With support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Penn is embarking on a six-year effort to enhance inclusivity and belonging in undergraduate STEM education.
Mentorship strategies to boost diversity in paleontology
Mentorship strategies to boost diversity in paleontology
Drawing on research as well as their experiences as women of color in paleontology, Aja Carter and Erynn Johnson, who earned doctoral degrees from Penn, coauthored a paper offering advice for making the field more inclusive.
A financial literacy class with a twist
A financial literacy class with a twist
NFL player and alumnus Brandon Copeland co-taught a course at Penn this semester alongside longtime University lecturer Brian Peterson.
Revitalizing and expanding Penn GSE’s space for modern learning
Revitalizing and expanding Penn GSE’s space for modern learning
The planned building expansion for the Graduate School of Education adds more than just space: It brings a new approach to building design to accommodate new technologies and spaces for collaboration.
Howard Stevenson teaches racial rapport 101
Howard Stevenson teaches racial rapport 101
Since 1990, Howard Stevenson has been conducting research on racial socialization and interventions, and teaching racial literacy as a professor in the Graduate School of Education
Teachers view immigrant and minority parents as less involved in their children’s education
Teachers view immigrant and minority parents as less involved in their children’s education
A study from Penn Sociology revealed that such perspectives from educators can end up hampering the academic trajectory of the students.
Listening to the needs of Black male teachers
Listening to the needs of Black male teachers
In researching his forthcoming book, Ed Brockenbrough revealed Black male teachers have a strong sense of responsibility to students, and they feel uniquely alone in that challenge.
The importance of free speech on college campuses
The importance of free speech on college campuses
Running Penn’s Committee on Open Expression has given Sigal Ben-Porath an up-close look at free speech on campus—and even inspired her to write a book on the topic.
Staff Q&A with Lisa Warshaw
Staff Q&A with Lisa Warshaw
Public speaking strikes fear in many. But for business leaders, communicating with the public is an unavoidable and essential part of the job.
Q&A with Howard Stevenson
Q&A with Howard Stevenson
For some people, experiencing a racial encounter can be so stressful that it’s as if they are facing a tsunami or a venomous snake. The episodes can be as minute as an inadvertent microaggression, or as malignant as being pelted with rocks and called the N-word.
In the News
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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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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Scientific American
A cure for vaccine hesitancy could start in kindergarten
In a Q&A, PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín discusses a report in which she calls for K-12 education to depoliticize health issues, promote health equity and disease prevention, and provide information about navigating the health care system.
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Philadelphia Magazine
How do we teach history in America today?
Abby Reisman and Ismael Jimenez of the Graduate School of Education join a team of Philadelphia educators to discuss American history, equity and inclusion, critical race theory, and other educational issues of 2022.
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Inside Higher Ed
Woody Allen and Academic Freedom
Valerie Ross of the Critical Writing Program weighs in on the tricky relationship between studying problematic public figures and recent calls for accountability from the #metoo and Time’s Up movements.
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