Penn GSE's Exec Doc program provides a blueprint for an experiment in transcultural education

As a student at GSE, Tim Fournier used to joke that the program was providing "a blueprint for starting a new college campus."

At the time, that kind of start-up opportunity seemed like a pipe dream. But a few months after Fournier had completed his doctorate...

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Preparing teachers to work in urban public schools — and to remain there — is a daunting challenge.

Nearly ten years ago, GSE's faculty in teacher education took a long hard look at the program and decided that it needed to be focused more directly on urban teacher preparation. The results are impressive.

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Penn GSE takes its TESOL workshops on the road

Thirty years ago, a GSE student held a single weekend workshop for local TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) teachers.

That was then. Now, the TESOL workshops are widely known and well-regarded

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Analyzing High School Reform

Students of educational improvement have long puzzled over why some school reform ideas blossom while others wither away. An in-depth investigation by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) looks at what actually happens when externally designed reforms enter into school environments.

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Analyzing Classroom Talk and Improving Student Learning

The assorted potential functions of the word "dude" have often been noted in popular culture, but it's not a simple case of the same word being used in three different ways.

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