Awards & Honors
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November 23, 2015

Milken Awards 2015

Sigal Ben-Porath and Rand Quinn received a Gregory and EJ Milken Foundation award to explore the impact of civic opportunities for high school students in Philadelphia.

 

In the Media
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November 17, 2015
, Inside Higher Ed

Not a Spectator Sport

Penn AHEAD's Peter Eckel and Cathy Trower write about the impact and role of governing boards on college climate. 

In the Media
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November 13, 2015
, USA Today

After Missouri, it's time for college athletes to stick up for themselves

Shaun Harper speaks to For The Win about the power of college athletes in the wake of Missouri. 

Press Releases
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November 13, 2015

SOURCE SHEET: Howard Stevenson on University of Missouri/Yale University protests

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Penn GSE Psychologist and Race Expert Available for Comment on University of Missouri Protest/Yale Protest
Marybeth Gasman, Penn GSE
In the Media
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November 11, 2015
, U.S. News & World Report

Resignation Could Have Been Avoided at University of Missouri

"Too many college presidents don't do enough and hope the problem goes away," says Marybeth Gasman

Penn GSE News
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November 11, 2015

Four Penn GSE faculty chosen to lead three top education associations

Penn GSE faculty have achieved a rare trifecta in the leadership of professional organizations. Three top associations in education have elected four Penn GSE faculty members to current or future terms as president—demonstrating the School’s place at the forefront of education.

Penn GSE News
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November 10, 2015

NYT features Ebony Elizabeth Thomas on children’s literature and race

In the NYT, Ebony Thomas states that the book A Fine Dessert presents a “degrading” depiction of an enslaved African-American mother and daughter in 1810 South Carolina. 

Teaching & Learning
In the Media
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November 6, 2015
, The New York Times

‘A Fine Dessert’: Judging a Book by the Smile of a Slave

“Publishers are not thinking enough about who is reading these books,” says Ebony E. Thomas.

Marybeth Gasman, Penn GSE
In the Media
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November 4, 2015
, Inside Higher Ed

String of Shootings at Black Colleges

Marybeth Gasman comments on shootings at HBCUs in the context of other recent campus shootings.

Penn GSE News
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October 30, 2015

Porter: Teachers need support to make standards work

In an op-ed for the Washington Post, C-SAIL director Andy Porter writes that the focus of education reform should be implementing more rigorous content, not standardized testing. 

Education Policy & Analysis
Yasmin B. Kafai, Penn GSE
In the Media
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October 29, 2015
, Grid Magazine

Philadelphia's Maker Jawn program

Students in Yasmin Kafai's courses engage in creative work through Philadelphia's Maker Jawn program.

Press Releases
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October 29, 2015

EDSi, a Collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, Invites 8 Entrepreneurs Into Newest Cohort

Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Penn GSE News
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October 29, 2015

Newest cohort of education entrepreneurs join EDSi, the hybrid incubator-seed fund

Eight companies from around the world have joined the Education Design Studio Inc.'s third cohort to further develop ventures aimed at solving problems in education. 

Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Joni Finney, Penn GSE
In the Media
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October 28, 2015
, Yahoo Finance

How will GOP candidates address this $1.3T issue?

"There is a broader affordability issue that the public is very concerned about," says Joni Finney.

Joni Finney, Penn GSE
In the Media
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October 28, 2015
, CNBC

Where do GOP candidates stand on student loan debt?

GOP talks student loans, but "none of them are going after the problem that caused this high debt," says Joni Finney.

In the Media
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October 28, 2015
, PBS NewsHour

What happens when police become school disciplinarians?

S.C. video shows "just a snapshot of a larger set of structural issues around discipline," says Shaun Harper. 

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