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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.

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

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 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.

In an interview with NBC10 Philadelphia, Joy Anderson Davis, a senior instructional math coach at Penn GSE, shares tips for parents to help their kids continue to learn during the summer months.

The latest book by the associate professor, who is also a Penn GSE alum, outlines common obstacles to educational equity for Black, LGBTQ+ youth and suggests research-backed guidance for their teachers to help foster their success.

The list of 17 Fulbright recipients from Penn so far this year includes two Urban Teaching Apprenticeship alums from the Class of '22: Emily R. Antrilli and Emma Steinheimer.

As he steps up his role from executive director to assistant dean for teacher preparation and undergraduate education, Sexton is using what he learned completing his executive doctorate over the last two years to “lean into strategic thinking.”

On KYW Newsradio's The Week in Philly podcast, Karen Weaver discusses the impact getting a WNBA team will have on the City of Philadelphia and in particular on the city's girls' and women's sports landscape, including at the high school and collegiate levels.

It will support the senior lecturer’s research on climatic hazard effects on learning in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The Boston Globe’s editorial board praises Robert Zemsky’s College-in-3 initiative and advocates for Massachusetts regulators to allow colleges and universities to begin rolling out more three-year bachelor’s degree programs.

For this new certificate, the School has partnered with the Association for Talent Development, the world’s largest association dedicated to those who develop and enhance employee knowledge and skills.

Report commissioned by the Midwestern Higher Education Compact recommends reliable funding and targeted outreach.

“Startling benefits” with new approach

EdWeek digs into the study led by Richard Ingersoll on team teaching and teacher autonomy that found a big impact on teacher retention.

WHYY profiles Penn GSE's partnership with the School District of Philadelphia and nonprofits to form the Academy at Penn, boosting college and career pathways for students from underserved communities.

New online course gives K–12 teachers practical tools to implement generative AI with confidence and purpose.

Janine Remillard says that in many math classes, a small handful of students answer all the questions, while those who either don’t understand, are less interested, or need more time tend to zone out. She provides insight into instructional strategies she uses in her math teacher training classes.

Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education Howard Stevenson and his brother Bryan, a civil rights attorney and author of the best-selling book Just Mercy, reflect on their Delaware childhood, their social justice work and how to make sense of these troubled times on WHYY's The Connection.

The second year of the Catalyst Innovation Summit brought together over 170 founders, investors, researchers, and educators for discussions of the edtech market, the importance of research-backed solutions, applicable lessons, and more.

The Penn GSE Tutoring Initiative at Andrew Hamilton School won second place in the 2025 Phillip B. Lindy Award for Excellence in K-16 Partnerships.

Karen Weaver comments on a judge's ruling regarding payments for college athletes.

Penn GSE welcomed scores of alumni back to campus to celebrate, reconnect, and learn from a timely faculty panel about how educators can facilitate open and constructive classroom conversations during polarized times.

Amy Stornaiuolo notes the importance of fan fiction and other engagement in communities around popular media as an important way that young people build literacies and provides ways teachers can leverage the energy students bring to fan texts.