April 5, 2021
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Easing back into the classroom

Supporting mental health through the pandemic year

“It feels like it hasn’t quite let up. Neither has the request for support,” Penn GSE counseling lecturer Ariane Thomas told WHYY.

  • Special Topic: COVID-19
February 18, 2021
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2020 McGraw Prize in Education winners, from left, Estela Mara Bensimon, Michelene (Micki) Chi, and Joseph S. Krajcik .

McGraw Prize winners discuss how educators can adapt to meet the moment

Nominations for the 2021 McGraw Prizes in Education are open through April 15.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Higher Education
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
December 22, 2020
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A collage of images, including a portrait of Michael Gottfried, a student at a laptop, a vote sign, and Jasmine Blanks Jones sitting with a child.

Our stories of 2020

COVID-19 dominated the year but didn’t define it. Here are some ways members of Penn GSE’s community made a difference in 2020.

  • Special Topic: COVID-19
December 10, 2020
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Half of a bright blue sphere representing Earth is illuminated, and surrounding the sphere are digital icons including a phone symbol, wi-fi symbol, dollar sign, and camera icon.

Education in Times of Change: Penn GSE Provides Leadership and Partnership for an Unprecedented Era

Amid a global pandemic and perhaps the largest civil rights movement in U.S. history, Penn GSE is embracing the shift to virtual education, providing resources to educators and leaders in the field at large, and addressing issues of race, equity, and access throughout the School’s work.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Counseling & Psychology
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
October 22, 2020
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Seven colorful thought bubbles, each with a silhouette of a person within it, are connected by a web. Within and outside of the silhouettes are symbols including computers, gears, targets, globes, a brain, and an eye. A headline reads, “Building a Community of Leaders: Penn GSE’s Chief Learning Officer Program Goes Virtual.”

Building a Community of Leaders: Penn GSE’s Chief Learning Officer Program Goes Virtual

Throughout a successful transition to remote learning, Penn GSE’s Chief Learning Officer program has focused on building community among leaders of workplace learning.

  • Leadership
  • Alumni
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
October 22, 2020
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The headline “Celebrating Virtually” and red and blue pennants appear above screenshots of two event videos. The screenshot on the left says. “Join us for a virtual Alumni Weekend Saturday May 16. 2020.” The screenshot on the right shows Dean Grossman smiling above the words “Dean Pam Grossman of the Graduate School of Education.”

Celebrating Virtually

Penn Alumni Weekend and Penn GSE Commencement went virtual for 2020, keeping the University and School communities connected from afar amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Alumni
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
October 22, 2020
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Adapting in Times of Change: Penn GSE Alumni Shape Education’s Future

The role of educators and leaders worldwide is more important than ever in today’s landscape. Four Penn GSE alumni share the challenges they have faced as while charting a promising path forward.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Alumni
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
July 21, 2020
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Catalyst @ Penn GSE Executive Director Michael Golden, left, and John Gamba, Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Director of Innovative Programs at Catalyst.

How EDTECH WEEK moved online, and opened a conversation about education in the Covid age

Lessons on what education might look like in the fall, the value in remote networking, and why conferences might look different in the future.

  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
July 17, 2020
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A boardroom with two empty large leather chairs in front of bookcases.

The next higher ed crisis: finding leaders

Peter Eckel, an expert on higher education management governance, warns that due to the pandemic, higher education may face a shortage of leadership.

  • Higher Education
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
July 16, 2020
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Penn GSE's Howard Stevenson

‘You’re always communicating about race, whether you talk about it or not.’

Howard Stevenson is an expert on racial literacy. Here’s what people have asked him this summer.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Special Topic: COVID-19

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