Penn GSE News Archive
What is the impact of Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan?
Laura Perna, expert in college access, affordability, and success, takes a look at the budgetary costs and distributional impact of the U.S. President’s initiative.
How bad is the teacher shortage? Depends on where you live.
How bad is the teacher shortage? The answer depends on where you live, according to an article in the New York Times. Jacey Fortin and Eliza Fawcett spoke with experts and educators from across the country, including Richard Ingersoll.
How do we teach history in America today?
Abby Reisman joins five other Philadelphia educators to discuss American history, equity and inclusion, critical race theory, and other hot-button issues schools and teachers face in 2022.
Here’s how Black boys can cope with racial and gender violence
Howard Stevenson speaks about the PLAAY Project, which prepares Black male youth to cope with crisis and high-stress situations through sports.
‘It’s just getting worse.’ Central Bucks passes policy censoring class materials with ‘sexualized content’
Ed Brockenbrough, an expert on LGBTQ development, speaks on new policies being implemented in the Central Bucks School District that will allow censoring of "sexualized content." Brockenbrough says these new policies are comparable to Florida's "don't say gay" laws in the way they will disproportionately effect LGBTQ students and other marginalized youth.
Oregon schools lean heavily on emergency teachers, including untrained ones
Research from Richard Ingersoll shows that nearly half of teachers nationwide quit within their first five years on the job.
A quarter of San Francisco public school students were chronically absent last year
Michael Gottfried outlines the four distinct ways that students are impacted by chronic absence, as well as the factors that contribute to it.
