Penn GSE News
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December 11, 2024
Two young women pose in front of a multicolored abstract art piece along the staircase in the Penn GSE lobby.

Collaboration with Philadelphia-based nonprofit brings student art to Penn GSE

The collection brightening Penn GSE’s halls, which will help provide art supplies and programming to under-resourced public schools locally and across the country, includes a piece created years ago by a current Penn GSE student.

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December 10, 2024

University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education launches first-of-its-kind professional development program on artificial intelligence

Penn GSE's PASS program equips educators, school leaders, and administrators with AI-driven tools to enhance learning, drive innovation, and prepare students for a tech-driven future.
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Penn GSE News
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November 25, 2024
Superintendent Watlington speaks, seated in the foreground, as Dean Strunk, seated in the background in front of a “Together for Good: Penn GSE” banner, listens.

Philly superintendent joins Dean Strunk for Homecoming conversation

At a celebration for the public launch of the School’s new strategic vision, the superintendent joined the dean to discuss how the district and Penn GSE can partner to recruit, retain, and support educators amidst a national shortage.

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November 25, 2024

Penn GSE alum’s Financial Viability Index shines in Philadelphia Inquirer investigation

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.

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Penn GSE News
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November 21, 2024
Amalia Daché delivers keynote speech during the Keynote Session at ICQE in Philadelphia on November 5, 2024

Penn GSE takes a lead role in recent quantitative ethnography conference

Penn GSE faculty and students contributed to discussions on quantitative ethnography at ICQE 2024, exploring innovative methods and applications in education.

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November 18, 2024

Penn's Graduate School of Education launches Ivy League’s first-ever AI degree program in education

Launching Fall 2025, this fully online program prepares professionals to integrate AI and learning science, driving innovation in education globally.
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November 15, 2024
At the 2024 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education Nov. 13 celebration, from left, Jody Lewen, Harold McGraw III, Penn GSE Dean Katharine Strunk, Robert Lerman, Edmund W. Gordon, and GSE Vice Dean of Innovative Programs and Partnerships Michael Golden.

‘I think that there is no higher calling’: 2024 McGraw Prize in Education winners see the impact of their work

Nominations for the 2025 McGraw Prize are now open.

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Penn GSE News
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November 15, 2024
Portrait of Michael Gottfried, standing with arms crossed, smiling, with bookshelves in the background.

Michael Gottfried links rising absenteeism to declining teacher satisfaction

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

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Penn GSE News
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November 13, 2024
Penn GSE Dean Katharine Strunk stands arms folded in front of the entrance to the GSE building

Leading for impact, working to ‘meet and make the moment’ for education

This week, Dean Strunk announced the School’s strategic vision, Together for Good.

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November 12, 2024

University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education awarded $3.5 million to launch “The Academy at Penn”

Penn GSE, the School District of Philadelphia, Foundations, Inc., and the Consortium for Policy Research in Education are partnering to create an innovative and scalable college and career readiness model for students.
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November 8, 2024
Julie Wollman is teaching Ethics and Leadership in Higher Education at Penn GSE.

Revenue or access? Julie Wollman on why Pennsylvania universities are betting on out-of-state students

Julie Wollman explains how out-of-state recruitment has become essential for Pennsylvania colleges in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, raising questions about access for local students.

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Penn GSE News
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November 7, 2024

Sade Bonilla named inaugural Faculty Research Director for Penn GSE’s Office of School and Community Engagement

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

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Penn GSE News
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November 6, 2024
Lara Paparo seated alongside Thinkist executives Jared Wells and Mark Manasse, speaking into a microphone.

Penn Literacy Network aims to shake up tutoring industry with innovative partnership

The collaboration with public benefits corporation Thinkist is funded with a four-year, $2.2 million Rural Postsecondary and Economic Development grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

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Penn GSE News
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November 3, 2024
UTR students and Philadelphia youth in the VAST LIFE program during a recent trip to the Franklin Institute.

Urban Teaching Residency program helps working educators connect theory to practice

Participants learn pedagogical approaches in their UTR courses in the evening that they can immediately apply in the classrooms in which they teach.

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October 31, 2024
A large group of more than 30 academics from Penn GSE and University of Guadalajara pose for a group photo with the Ben Franklin statue on Penn’s campus.

Penn GSE, University of Guadalajara extend partnership to enhance literacy and civic engagement

The institutions’ memorandum of understanding is being renewed following a literacy and community engagement research conference held at Penn Oct. 14–15.

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Penn GSE News
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October 17, 2024
Amy Stornaiuolo speaks into a microphone on stage in front of an audience at the 2024 Celebration of Writing and Literacy with the conference logo on a screen behind her.

Philly teachers explore education in the age of AI at PhilWP’s annual Celebration of Writing and Literacy

K–12 and college educators discussed the promise and pitfalls of AI at the conference.

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