Penn GSE News
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December 11, 2015

Leadership institutes change lives for Philadelphia area ‘diamonds in the rough’

For the last decade, the Delaware Valley Consortium for Excellence & Equity has created a space for middle and high school students to find their voice. 

Teaching & Learning
Philadelphia Impact
Yasmin B. Kafai, Penn GSE
In the Media
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December 11, 2015
, Philadelphia Inquirer

Schools must make computer science a priority

In this op-ed, Yasmin Kafai advocates for increased computer science curricula on the eve of the Hour of Code. 

In the Media
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December 10, 2015
, Inside Higher Ed

Paying to Ignore Racism

Climate studies are not worth the money unless a university takes action on the findings, says Shaun Harper. 

Penn GSE News
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December 7, 2015

Practice with purpose: The life of a Professional Counseling student

On the first day of her internship at the Children’s Crisis Treatment Center (CCTC) in Philadelphia, then-student Jasmine Jenkins, GED’14, GED’15, was nearly in tears, but more convinced than ever that she had found her vocation.

Philadelphia Impact
Alumni
Penn GSE News
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December 4, 2015

At Moder Patshala, education is a community activity

Penn GSE students teach literacy and offer homework help in after-school program serving West Philadelphia's Bangladeshi-American community.

Philadelphia Impact
Press Releases
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December 3, 2015

New Research Helps Gauge Return on Investment for Students at Minority Serving Institutions

The Center for Minority Serving Institutions is co-sponsoring new research on the return on investment MSIs offer.
Higher Education
Yasmin B. Kafai, Penn GSE
In the Media
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December 2, 2015
, ABC News

Growing Push to Expose More Students to Computer Science

Bringing computer science into the schools ensures that everyone has an opportunity to become digitally literate, says Yasmin Kafai.

Penn GSE News
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December 1, 2015

Learning by making, and sometimes failing

Grid magazine profiles Philadelphia’s Maker Jawn project, and Yasmin Kafai’s role supporting a new generation of creators.

Teaching & Learning
Philadelphia Impact
In the Media
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November 27, 2015
, Philadelphia Inquirer

Changing Skyline: The ugly story behind Penn's bucolic urban campus

Architecture critic Inga Saffron reviews John Puckett's Becoming Penn.

In the Media
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November 24, 2015
, Chronicle of Higher Education

Torn Over Tactics: Activists Refine Their Demands as Protests Over Racism Spread

"Students are worried that if they don’t act right now, while this is hot, that things are going to go back to business as usual on their campuses," says Shaun Harper.

Awards & Honors
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November 24, 2015

Desimone & Porter

The Institute of Education Sciences awarded Laura Desimone and Andy Porter a $10-million, 5-year grant to lead a center on the Common Core and other college-readiness standards.

 

In the Media
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November 23, 2015
, The Atlantic

The Missing Black Students at Elite American Universities

“Even at places that are impressively diverse, students still feel very much on the fringes,” said Shaun Harper.

Awards & Honors
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November 23, 2015

John DeFlaminis

John DeFlaminis was awarded $756,844 grant from the School District of the City of York, PA; $28,000 from the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District; $39,200 from the Gloucester City Public Schools; and $16,000 from the School District of Philadelphia. 

 

Awards & Honors
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November 23, 2015

Katie Clonan-Roy

Doctoral candidate Katie Clonan-Roy was awarded prestigious Center for Teaching & Learning fellowship for excellence in teaching.

 

Jonathan A. Supovitz, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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November 23, 2015

Supovitz Milken Award

Jonathan Supovitz received a Gregory and EJ Milken Foundation award to examine a potentially game-changing new model of school leadership.

 

Andy Porter, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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November 23, 2015

Porter IES 2015

Andy Porter received a $10-million, 5-year grant from the Institute of Education Sciences to lead a center to study college- and career-readiness standards on a national scale.

 

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