Penn GSE News
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May 2, 2022
Map of Ghana

Supporting education in Ghana

Sharon Wolf is leading a project to reach parents in impoverished rural areas with text messages.

Global Initiatives
Counseling & Psychology
Teaching & Learning
Penn GSE News
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April 25, 2022
People wearing mortorboards at college commmencement ceremony

Three-year college degrees may be having their moment

Robert Zemsky’s work with 13 higher education institutions to create three-year programs is highlighted

Education Policy & Analysis
Higher Education
Penn GSE News
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April 22, 2022

Penn GSE faculty, students in San Diego for leading international conference on education research

Eighty-seven Penn GSE faculty, staff and students are presenting at AERA 22, the world’s largest gathering of education researchers. The conference runs through April 26 in San Diego, CA.

Penn GSE News
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April 21, 2022
Standing from left to right with shovels, Doug Korn, Wendell Pritchett, Pam Grossman, and Philip Chen.

Penn GSE breaks ground for historic building expansion

Penn GSE’s much-awaited, major building expansion project officially began on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, with a groundbreaking ceremony attended by about 100 Penn GSE community members and guests.

Robert M. Zemsky, Penn GSE
In the Media
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April 15, 2022
, The Washington Post

Momentum builds behind a three-year degree to lower college costs

Robert Zemsky is quoted on the worries that speeding up curriculum to graduate from college in three years would “cheapen the degree.”

Caroline L. Watts, Penn GSE
Penn GSE News
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April 13, 2022

Chalkbeat, Resolve Philly, Penn GSE to host panel on Philadelphia gun violence, impact on students’ mental health

A panel of experts, school leaders, and students will discuss Philadelphia’s historic levels of gun violence and how the rise in violence is affecting students and schools still reeling from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Philadelphia Impact
Penn GSE News
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April 12, 2022
Catapult logo and symbol

Charting a course for the future of EdTech: The inaugural Catapult cohort

The eClose Institute, Readlee, and Avela will work with Penn GSE’s Catapult virtual accelerator to grow their ventures into global difference-makers.

Race, Equity & Inclusion
Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Penn GSE News
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April 12, 2022
Catapult logo and symbol

Charting a course for the future of EdTech: The inaugural Catapult cohort

The eClose Institute, Readlee, and Avela will work with Penn GSE’s Catapult virtual accelerator to grow their ventures into global difference-makers.

Race, Equity & Inclusion
Penn GSE News
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April 11, 2022
Lea School principal Aaron Gerwer speaks from behind podium at celebration event.

Penn and Lea School celebrate signing of $4 million commitment

Students, staff, and faculty from across Henry C. Lea Elementary School, the Penn Graduate School of Education, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, and the University of Pennsylvania gathered to celebrate a new era in the Penn-Lea partnership.

Philadelphia Impact
Race, Equity & Inclusion
Teaching & Learning
Pam Grossman, Penn GSE
Penn GSE News
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April 4, 2022

Penn GSE Dean Pam Grossman and Lea Principal Aaron Gerwer on his collaborative vision for a true community school

GSE Dean Pam Grossman and Lea Principal Aaron Gerwer answer questions about the partnership, its history, and their shared vision for prioritizing the needs and desires of the Lea community.

Philadelphia Impact
Race, Equity & Inclusion
Language, Literacy & Culture
Teaching & Learning
Penn GSE News
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April 1, 2022
Woodcut illustration of adult teaching children

America as it actually was: Symposium confronts American myth, complexities of teaching 1776 in light of 1619

“Teaching Independence: Bridging the Communications Gap” brought educators from around the area together to discuss the complicated task of teaching race and its relation to America’s founding in a harshly divided political climate.

Philadelphia Impact
Race, Equity & Inclusion
Language, Literacy & Culture
Teaching & Learning
Michael A. Gottfried, Penn GSE
Penn GSE News
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March 31, 2022

Absenteeism actively harms everybody — even the students who show up. How do we stop it?

In partnership with co-authors from Brown University, Penn GSE’s Michael Gottfried has compiled an evidence brief providing strategies for combatting growing absenteeism numbers.

Teaching & Learning
Penn GSE News
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March 30, 2022
The WOCHE panel, with Raquel Arredondo

Panel headlines Women of Color in Higher Education Summit

A powerful, lively, and heartfelt panel took over the second floor of Houston Hall this past week as part of the seventh annual Women of Color in Higher Education Summit

Race, Equity & Inclusion
Higher Education
Leadership
Penn GSE News
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March 29, 2022
Penn GSE USNWR Ranking Logo

Penn GSE once again ranked #1 in U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Education Schools

The ranking marks Penn GSE’s second year in a row at #1 in U.S. News & World Report’s list and its seventh consecutive year in the top five.

Education Policy & Analysis
Higher Education
Teaching & Learning
Press Releases
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March 28, 2022

13th annual Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition now accepting applications

The Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition gives up-and-coming ventures an opportunity to demonstrate how they plan to help eliminate systemic inequities in education.
Race, Equity & Inclusion
Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Ross Aikins, Penn GSE
In the Media
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March 25, 2022
, Inside Higher Ed

We must do better for the next Lia Thomas

Should there be more than two podiums, two gendered sets of record books? More could be done to recognize transgender athletes’ accomplishments, Ross Aikins writes.

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