June 25, 2020
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Scott Pattison, left, and Joni Finney.

A Generational Challenge: State Postsecondary Education Policies to Support Economic Recovery and Individual Opportunity

Principles to guide state policymakers through higher education’s trying summer and beyond.

  • Higher Education
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
June 8, 2020
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Marsha Richardson, right, leads a discussion at Penn GSE in 2019.

‘Educators are focusing on the student’s behavior, as opposed to the underlying potential causes of the behavior’

Leading an EDTECH WEEK Masterclass, Marsha Richardson said educators need to take care of their own wellness needs, as well as those of their students.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Counseling & Psychology
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
May 28, 2020
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Pennsylvania mail-in ballots for the 2020 primary election.

Creating a civics curriculum with Philly students that can be taught online or in person

When the COVID-19 pandemic shifted Rand Quinn’s class online this spring, his students decided their main project should change too.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
May 21, 2020
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Howard Stevenson

‘To think about race outside of health now seems almost ridiculous’

Howard Stevenson on what COVID-19 has revealed about race and health.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
May 11, 2020
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Penn GSE director of Career and Professional Development Amy Benedict, left, meets with a student in 2019 to discuss career planning

Navigating the education job market during the pandemic

Penn GSE’s Amy Benedict on the art of virtual networking, lessons learned from the Great Recession, and charting a path to a dream job.

  • Leadership
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
May 7, 2020
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Students walk across a college campus in the fall.

The COVID-19 pandemic is still here. What comes next for higher education?

Penn AHEAD brought together administrators from across the country to discuss how pandemic has affected their schools, and how they are evaluating their future.

  • Higher Education
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
May 4, 2020
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From left, CNN’s Erica Hill, Penn GSE graduate Sundai Riggins, and CNN’s Sanjay Gupta, appear on ABCs of COVID-19: A CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall for Kids and Parents. (CNN)

‘This time is teaching us a lot about the importance of being connected’

Sundai Riggins, a Penn GSE graduate and principal in Washington, DC, appeared on a CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall to talk about how the pandemic is affecting kids and parents.

  • Leadership
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
April 30, 2020
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Jasmine Blanks Jones works with a student artist at B4 Youth Theater.

Theater stopped misinformation during the Ebola crisis. The Penn GSE student who led the project says arts can help beat COVID-19.

When Ebola hit Liberia, Penn GSE student Jasmine Blanks Jones’ youth theater company took on conspiracy theories and a lack of trust in the government. If that sounds familiar, she has ideas for improving messaging during the pandemic.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
April 22, 2020
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Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher in a classroom.

How do you homeschool kids? The pandemic has lots of parents asking

In the debut of her Parent Scoop podcast, Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher discusses the most important things parents and kids can do while they are stuck at home.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
April 16, 2020
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Sharon Wolf talks with a student in her office.

Wolf’s research on childhood hunger offers a warning as pandemic threatens food security

‘This pandemic is going to have consequences for children,’ Wolf says.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Special Topic: COVID-19

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