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

“Startling benefits” with new approach

On May 17, in the Palestra, Penn GSE commemorated the achievements of the roughly 700 master’s and doctoral graduates at this year’s Commencement ceremony.

The McGraw Center for Educational Leadership hosted Obama’s education secretary for public conversation with Dean Katharine Strunk.

A new study from Penn GSE’s Center for Benefit–Cost Studies of Education puts numbers on California's educational challenges.

Weaver examines the broad implications of the evolving role of college athletics and the coming impacts to institutions and students.

This award will support the assistant professor in Penn GSE’s Policy, Organizations, and Leadership division in a five-year research plan on institutional responses to truancy.

In a San Francisco public radio story, Quinn discusses how desegregation-era policies triggered lasting enrollment shifts and funding challenges in San Francisco’s public schools.

From first-time presenters to seasoned scholars, the Penn GSE community showed up big at AERA 2025 with fresh ideas and powerful conversations.

Penn GSE students explored policy, shared research, and burnished their professional development at the recent Comparative and International Education Society conference in Chicago.

Penn GSE alumni from across the academic spectrum have advised politicians, worked in the White House and the statehouse, and spurred change in our nation’s schools and universities thanks to their evidence-backed expertise in education policy.

Professor of Practice Andrea Kane emphasizes the importance of educators and school leaders engaging with themselves, each other, and their school communities to navigate district policies, state laws, and complex or controversial topics in the classroom.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ Education Committee Chairmen Bryan Cutler and Peter Schweyer discussed how PA lawmakers plan to work together on public school budgets, special education funding, school choice, the PA State Board of Higher Education, and more.

Lorea Peterson Rodondo will graduate in May with a dual degree from Penn GSE and Wharton. She discusses her ambition to apply lessons learned to education in her hometown of Mexico City and reflects on her experience at Penn.

Educators and scholars explored how educators can model democratic engagement while honoring student voice and diverse perspectives.

$8 Million Funded Project Partnership between Foundations, Inc., Penn’s Graduate School of Education, the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at Penn GSE, and The School District of Philadelphia. Schools Have Begun Selecting Students for First Cohort

The adjunct assistant professor has been an Olympic-level athlete, a national championship coach, and a university athletics administrator. Now, she teaches higher education leaders what they need to know to successfully navigate their institutions through the serious challenges facing college athletics today.

Kemi Oyewole’s past studies in economics and organizational structures and experience in the Boston Teaching Residency stoked a passion for improving educator professional development.

She seeks a career combining her passions for teaching and research.

Michael Gottfried joined education leaders to address chronic absenteeism, emphasizing the importance of collaboration across schools, communities, and government to break down barriers and improve attendance.

The project aims to make the research team’s findings more accessible to a wider audience.

The organization, founded in 1965, is an honorific society of U.S. members and international associates elected based on outstanding education-related scholarship.

In an interview with the Jacobs Foundation's science blog BOLD, Sharon Wolf shares her research aimed at improving children’s educational outcomes by supporting parents and teachers, particularly how nudging parents to engage with their children about their education reduces educational inequality.

Eight Penn GSE faculty feature prominently in the rankings, which celebrate the most influential education researchers in the nation.

Look back with us at some of the stories that defined 2024 for our community.

Nelson Flores’ Becoming the System examines how bilingual education has historically framed Latinx students through a deficit lens, urging new narratives that empower students to define their own identities.

Last year’s rollout of the redesigned FAFSA form was disastrous. Laura Perna offers advice to help you get through it this year.

Julee Gard — Vice President for Administration & Finance at the University of St. Francis in Illinois — has gained attention for her model’s ability to provide institutional leaders with actionable insights to enhance financial stability.

As reported in 'Education Week,' Gottfried finds chronic student absenteeism disrupts classroom dynamics, damages teacher-student relationships, and steadily erodes teacher job satisfaction.

Michael Gottfried states that rising student absenteeism lowers teacher job satisfaction, stressing that addressing absenteeism is essential for improving student outcomes and retaining teachers.

The appointment is part of an expansion of the office focused on research to drive the School’s community engagement efforts.

Jonathan Zimmerman observes that America's "brittle and abusive" political climate has shifted culture war debates within education from race to issues of gender and sexuality, disproportionately impacting English teachers who more directly address these subjects in their curricula.

His commentary was cited by "Nature" and "Science."

The published poet and researcher has a new collection, "HAMPI," out now.

Michael Gottfried stresses that students are more likely to attend school when they connect with teachers who share their cultural background, fostering a sense of belonging and engagement.

More than three dozen of the nation’s leading experts on teacher preparation tackled efforts to diversify and strengthen the teacher workforce.

Michael Gottfried emphasizes that cutting school bus routes significantly harms student learning by increasing absenteeism, stating that the removal of such a critical transportation mechanism during the absenteeism crisis is "hugely problematic" for families relying on it to ensure consistent attendance.

Richard Ingersoll notes that nearly half of teachers leave the profession within the first five years, contributing to ongoing retention challenges.

Federal student loan debt now totals $1.645 trillion across 43.6 million borrowers, according to the Education Data Initiative.

Richard Ingersoll discusses the issue of teacher turnover within school districts, and how it negatively impacts hiring.

India is the best represented nation in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which measures universities’ social and economic impact.

Michael Gottfried discusses the rise in public school absenteeism, and how it is difficult to pinpoint the exact cause of the change because of correlated factors.

South Korean higher ed policy officer and Global Higher Education Management student Yangju Yi describes the master’s program as “eye-opening,” while her policy experience has enriched the class experience for her peers.

A new way of measuring how many students in a district qualify as low income could negatively impact funding for schools across the state.

Diana Wildermuth shares her expertise in the world of recruiting for college athletics.

Karen Weaver discusses the NCAA settlement agreement and the effect it will have on student-athletes and college sports overall in Penn Today.

Associate Professor Brooks Bowden explained the benefits of better school quality and fairness, including long-term economic gains for the state, would greatly outweigh the hefty cost.

Proposed funding would drastically narrow PA student-teacher and student-counselor ratios across the state and increase college enrollment.

Penn GSE’s annual Alumni Weekend event featured a faculty panel discussion on “The Price of Education” and celebrated the winners of the Education Alumni Awards.

Brooks Bowden recommends school districts prioritize spending projects with long-term benefits, including facilities, data analytics, student support, and professional development.