Penn GSE News Archive

“I realized that I was never happier than when I was figuring out how to explain something complex in a way that would enable my audience of non-researchers to understand,” —Ruth Neild.

The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions brought together 18 early-career scholars from MSIs around the country for ELEVATE, a three-day conference filled with workshops and seminars designed to help scholars make an impact on their campus, in the academy, and in society.  Click to view the video. 

The U.S. Secretary of Education will take part in #PTchat at 1:30 p.m.

“C-SAIL situates Penn GSE and the University of Pennsylvania at the frontline of research into one of the nation’s most vital but fraught educational policy issues,” said Penn GSE dean Pam Grossman. “Porter and his team will provide one-on-one support to teachers as they grapple with incorporating standards into their classroom instruction, while also studying what works and what doesn’t on a national scale. Their center has the potential to move the needle on student learning.”

Clonan-Roy received the Center for Teaching and Learning’s Graduate Fellowship for Teaching Excellence. “Good teaching practices are developed through critical self-reflection and student feedback,” she said.