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Third-year Cole DuHaime taught math to seventh graders over the summer in a service opportunity made possible by Generation Teach and the Ben Franklin Scholars Program.

Professor of Practice Anne Pomerantz, an applied linguist, teacher educator, and longtime language teacher, provides advice on how best to employ AI in teaching languages—and when human instruction works best.

Eric Hartman asks how colleges can move civics education beyond this hyperpartisan moment.

Karen Weaver has questioned how much time do college athletes actually get to spend with other students on campus?

The alum of Penn GSE's Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Leadership who grew up in a small village of cocoa farmers in Ghana recently built a road to connect children in his village to their education.

Recent Global Higher Education Management program alumni Sarah Bauman-Kaye and Sasha Lussaint wrote a piece for "University World News" as a part of their capstone project, based on interviews conducted with Chinese high school students bound for undergraduate study in North America this fall.

Rapelang Rabana and Joe Wolf, Dr. Cathy N. Davidson, and Dr. Frederic Bertley are recognized for their pioneering contributions that have advanced learning opportunities and impacted countless lives.

Seven finalists pitched their ventures live at the HolonIQ Back to School Summit in New York City.

As part of the fellowship, the Education Policy doctoral student who studies absenteeism will connect with graduate students from across campus who are all working to bridge their research and global policymaking.

Jonathan Zimmerman says that right-wing students are as eager as their left-leaning peers to censor allegedly ’problematic’ speech, and that And students across the political spectrum are biting their tongues, lest they incur the wrath of their opponents.

The 2025 Library of Congress Literacy Awards recognized both Penn GSE’s Philadelphia Writing Project and a startup founded by alum Rina Madhani, GED’19, for their contributions to literacy and community engagement.

Janine Remillard discusses the impact of the pandemic on math education.

Peter Eckel writes for "Inside Higher Ed" about how "presidents should prepare for more active, engaged boards this academic year."

Philadelphia Superintendent Tony Watlington tells ABC News about the district's PASS Program partnership with Penn GSE to train its teachers and leaders in AI.

Penn GSE's Pioneering AI in School Systems (PASS) program helps local teachers and school and district leaders build competence in AI governance, policy, oversight, and practical application.

Jonathan Zimmerman appears on the "EdUp Experience" podcast as part of a recent series on academic integrity.

The program’s faculty includes a cadre of sought-after leaders in the field who live around the globe—from South Africa to the U.K.—and are able to come together in one classroom, thanks to technology.

Effective climate policies require not only a robust scientific foundation, but also community input.

The program brings together faculty and staff from across disciplines to engage with the state’s diverse regions and develop solutions to shared challenges.

Robert Zemsky says that much of the curriculum in a 4-year college model is unnecessary and is pushing for the normalization of a 3-year college degree.

The former Morehouse College President previously led the White House Initiative on HBCUs.

John Silvanus Wilson Jr., a nationally recognized leader in higher education and former president of Morehouse College, has been appointed the next executive director of the McGraw Center for Educational Leadership at Penn GSE.

A proud graduate of Penn GSE’s Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management, Hall comes to the School from Penn’s Division of University Life, where she served as assistant vice provost for strategic planning and operations.

Betty Chandy, featured in WHYY's "The Pulse" around the 25th minute mark, says that teachers must turn their focus on the process of learning rather than the product of learning.

The seven innovators will compete for cash and prizes at the live pitch event on Thursday, September 11, at Quorum in Midtown Manhattan, held as part of HolonIQ’s Back to School Summit in New York City.

The five-year program kicked off this summer with programming that empowered adolescents to assess their skills and imagine what’s possible for their careers.

Jiang is designing AI learning experiences that empower all teachers to make their subjects relevant, inclusive, and interdisciplinary.

Michael Gottfried says the ongoing problem with chronic absenteeism is hurting kids' growth, test scores, and trajectories in school.

A global leader in intelligent tutoring systems, Isotani joined the Penn GSE faculty this summer, drawn by the School’s commitment to rethinking education through innovation.

Former Dean Pam Grossman explains that teacher salaries have not kept pace with inflation.

Penn GSE alumni and faculty experts look ahead, past the coming “demographic cliff,” at the challenges and opportunities in the field.

Whether you're interested in education reform, prison education, or empathetic leadership, add these to your playlist and hear directly from the changemakers shaping the future of education.

Amrit Thapa is spotlighted for his participation in an international seminar on education for sustainable development in Nepal.

The Philadelphia Inquirer interviews new Philly teachers Faith Applegate and Sophia Leung, current Urban Teaching Residency program students who co-founded a group for aspiring teachers as Penn undergrads.

The Philadelphia Inquirer covers the first cohort of the Academy at Penn, a college- and career-readiness program for Philly students from underserved communities, with one participant calling the program “a 10 out of 10.”

They may work outside of traditional school settings, but for the Penn GSE alumni who work in educational media—from public television to podcasts—they are teaching, nonetheless.

How Penn GSE and the Franklin Institute are redefining AI literacy for youth.

Discussing the money and changes in the college athletics landscape, Karen Weaver says, “Every school thinks it’s one rich donor away from success.”

Richard Ingersoll says the amount of money U.S. schoolteachers spend on school supplies is "not small potatoes."

Julie Wollman says that low enrollment becomes a difficult calculus for higher education administrators who believe the major is important to offer but can't justify high overhead for professors to teach a very small number of students.

The professor’s latest book gathers research on language development and pedagogy among children learning a foreign language and presents it in a manner that bridges research and practice.

As program leaders pass the baton and celebrate its 25th anniversary, faculty, mentors, and alums all share what makes the program special.

Robert Zemsky discusses the "wild" success of the College-in-3 movement, as well as some of the challenges it still faces, including resistance from some more traditional fields of study.

The magazine interviews Jenny Zapf and Barbara Kurshan about the first-of-its-kind program, its evolving curriculum, and how they measure its ROI.

Karen Weaver says that the SCORE Act gives more power to higher ed institutions than to the athletes themselves.

Penn GSE's Global Higher Education Management program is preparing the next generation of university leaders to thrive in a rapidly changing, interconnected world.

Penn GSE professors and programs are engaged in more than 150 international partnerships and projects in more than 60 countries around the globe. The goal? To change the world through education.

Eric Hartman, Penn GSE’s new director of the Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management, argues in a Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed that Pennsylvania is better off when Americans and Chinese learn, trade, research, and innovate together.

Former Dean Pam Grossman comments on what drives people to get into the field of education in an EdWeek article that asks “Can Gen Z Be Enticed to Teach?”

Jonathan Zimmerman says large research universities are the big losers in the Trump administration's endowment tax hike and questions why an institution like Penn should pay more than smaller elite colleges and universities.