Penn GSE News
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April 8, 2024
Gerald Campano

Penn GSE faculty and students to share expertise at AERA 2024 in Philly

Gerald Campano will also be honored with a lifetime achievement award for his professional achievements and mentorship work.

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Penn GSE News
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March 12, 2024
Julee Gard, wearing a red cap, a navy blue and white striped shirt, and a brown apron, is focused on serving sausages at a soup kitchen in Joliet, Illinois, alongside her University of St. Francis colleagues.

Penn GSE alum Julee Gard protects the financial viability of small universities

Gard developed the Financial Viability Index, a color-coded tool designed to help small, tuition-dependent colleges analyze their financial health efficiently and take actionable steps to avoid closure.

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Penn GSE News
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March 5, 2024
Taylor Hausburg and Zachary Herrmann at the UN.

Pioneering change: How Penn GSE alumni combat climate crisis

Penn GSE alumni are addressing the challenge of climate change across various sectors, including film, finance, communications, and education, as highlighted in the Penn GSE Magazine.

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Penn GSE News
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February 13, 2024
Headshots of Peter Eckel, Sharon Ravitch, and Karen Weaver

Penn GSE faculty celebrate recent and upcoming publications

Books by Peter Eckel, Sharon Ravitch, and Karen Weaver explore a wide range of topics including university systems in former Soviet republics, successful leadership mindsets, and the money and politics behind college athletics.

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Penn GSE News
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January 26, 2024
A smartphone is held in the center of the image with the ChatGPT website open on its browser. The phone is above a computer keyboard. You can see that the person has input “explain nuclear fusion in simple terms” as their prompt and the AI is generating an answer in return, illustrating how the program works for end-users.

Students are leaning into AI. Faculty need to catch up, according to Penn GSE study

Ross Aikins found students are finding new ways to use the tools, and AI is especially helpful for international students.

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Press Releases
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January 22, 2024

Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition celebrates 15 years with expanded support for education entrepreneurs

For the first time in the competition’s history, semifinalists get personalized, data-driven support from a start-up advisor through the Catapult virtual accelerator.
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Penn GSE News
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December 21, 2023
A large multicultural group of 27 youth, parents, and other adults pose together in a semicircle, smiling at the camera in a classroom.

Penn GSE researchers team up with Philly community to make a difference through CARE Initiative

The community-based research partnership aims to effect change through community members’ own research into the educational issues they face.

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Penn GSE News
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December 19, 2023
Penn GSE 2023 Stories, clockwise from top left: Dean Katharine O. Strunk; Dr. James Lester delivers the keynote at the McGraw Center for Educational Leadership opening event; Suzanne McGraw is in the audience at an event, listening; Cover art for the second episode of the Educator's Playbook Podcast

Our top stories of 2023

Look back with us at some of the stories that defined 2023 for our community.

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News from Penn GSE
Sigal Ben-Porath, Penn GSE
In the Media
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December 7, 2023
, The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC)

‘What is happening in Florida will not stay in Florida.’ Are NC colleges next?

Sigal Ben-Porath views the changes in higher education regulation in states like Florida and North Carolina as primarily driven by Republican goals and visions for the sector, indicating a significant shift in how public higher education is being managed and regulated.

Penn GSE News
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November 9, 2023
From left, Harold McGraw III, Penn GSE Dean Katharine Strunk, David Wilson, Deborah Durado, Barbara Oakley, Robert McGraw, Suzanne McGraw, and Catalyst @ Penn GSE's Michael Golden at the McGraw Prize celebration on November 8.

2023 McGraw Prize in Education awardees reflect on changing lives, starting with their own

Nominations are now open for the 2024 McGraw Prize in Education.

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Press Releases
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October 4, 2023

Winners announced for 2023 Milken–Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition

Seven finalists pitched their ventures live at EDTECH WEEK in New York City.
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Penn GSE News
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September 29, 2023
Dr. Constance E. Clayton sits in a peach colored skirt and blazer, surrounded by attendees at the 2016 Constance E. Clayton Lecture

Penn GSE community remembers Dr. Constance E. Clayton, a groundbreaking alum and former Philly superintendent

In addition to a chaired professorship in her name and a fellowship she helped establish, Clayton leaves behind a legacy of quality education for students from all backgrounds.

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Penn GSE News
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September 27, 2023
Superimposed over the McGraw Prize logo are three overlapping circles depicting 2023 prize winners, from left to right, Morgan State University President Dr. David Wilson, Superintendent of the Los Angeles County Office of Education Dr. Debra Duardo, and Oakland University Distinguished Professor of Engineering Dr. Barbara Oakley.

2023 McGraw Prize winners selected for improving Pre-K–12 student outcomes, increasing college graduation rates, facilitating adult learning, and more

Winners Debra Duardo, David Wilson, and Barbara Oakley have transformed learning across all age groups.

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Ross Aikins, Penn GSE
In the Media
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September 7, 2023
, Inside Higher Ed

What students said about the Spring of ChatGPT

Ross Aikins reports findings to Inside Higher Ed from interviews with dozens of students about how they used AI tools in their studies over the spring and summer. Going into fall, he says, faculty will need to revisit their policies early and often.

Ryan S. Baker, Penn GSE
In the Media
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August 27, 2023
, The Spokesman-Review

Christos A. Makridis and Goldy Brown: The potential of AI systems to improve teacher effectiveness in Spokane Public Schools

Ryan Baker emphasizes the importance of ensuring secure data sharing between educational institutions and technology providers, particularly in the context of utilizing AI in education.

Penn GSE News
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August 11, 2023
The six women in the inaugural cohort of Jacobs Fellows stand, smiling, in a classroom in front of a Penn GSE banner.

First year of Jacobs Fellowship inspired, funded six Penn GSE educational entrepreneurs

Six master’s candidates received funding from the Jacobs Foundation for their social impact ventures this year. Applications are being accepted for the next cohort until Sept. 15.

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