October 14, 2016
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Science, Coding, and Citizenship: Penn GSE’s Dr. Susan Yoon Brings App Inventor to Philadelphia Schools

Dr. Yoon wants science to empower students—both to develop the skills their futures will require and to live as engaged citizens.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
October 14, 2016
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Affirming Illustration's Place in American Art

Using her education background, Judy (Alpert) Goffman Cutler, CW’63, GED’64, builds awareness of illustration’s role in American art.

  • Alumni
October 14, 2016
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Bringing African-American Art to the Forefront

Constance Clayton, GRD’81, utilizes African-American art to empower and educate children.

 

  • Alumni
October 14, 2016
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Bringing Home the Lessons of the Holocaust

Jesse Nickelson, GRD’11, believes it is his mission, as an educator and museum administrator, to cultivate civic engagement and leadership in students.

  • Alumni
October 14, 2016
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Promoting Intercultural Understanding

Hitomi Yoshida, GED’95, broadens the student experience through intercultural programming at the Penn Museum.

  • Alumni
October 1, 2016
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Fostering Understanding: Penn GSE Student James Busacca Prepares to Teach Globally

A master’s student in the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) program, James Busacca is pursuing his dreams of an international career.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Alumni
April 14, 2016
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Empowering Urban College Students

In 2009, Paul Quinn College was in danger of losing its accreditation. When Michael Sorrell, GRD’15, became president, he enacted a series of audacious initiatives that effected change, empowerment, and enrollment.

  • Higher Education
  • Alumni
April 14, 2016
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Reaching Children Around the World

Shruti Bhat, GED’15, has made it her mission to bring education, health, and social services to children in poverty around the globe.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Alumni
April 14, 2016
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Fighting for Change in Public Education

To Helen Gym, C’93, GED’96, if the quality of American public education is at stake, so are the values at the heart of our democracy.

 

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
April 14, 2016
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Fostering Critical Thinking in the Classroom

When Andrew Biros, C’10, GED’12, undertook his student-teaching assignment in Penn GSE’s Teacher Education Program, he found that too many of his pupils at University City High School in Philadelphia did not expect to be active participants in the classroom.

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni

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