Penn GSE News Archive

Penn GSE’s John Fantuzzo discussed the potential issues of the legislation’s lack of roadmap — and how it could serve to make some existing problems worse — with Vox.

2011 McGraw Prize winner, Mitchel Resnick is the head of the Lifelong Kindergarten research group at the MIT Media Lab. His team is known for the work it has done to innovate media-based learning, such as developing the computer programming language known as Scratch, the world’s largest free coding community designed specifically for kids, which makes coding accessible for children and enables them to create their own stories, games and animations while fostering creativity, systematic reasoning and collaboration.

Legacy of pioneering Civil Rights and education activist Bob Moses was the focus of schoolwide conversations at Penn GSE’s 2nd annual One Book, One GSE event, where students, faculty and staff discussed Moses’ book Radical Equations: Math Literacy and Civil Rights.

In the 2021 Constance E. Clayton lecture, Dr. Courtney D. Cogburn points to the critical need to imagine Black futures in the metaverse and describes her work on an immersive virtual reality experience in which viewers become a Black male encountering racism.

Considered one of education’s top honors, the McGraw Prize this year recognizes Drs. Douglas and Lynn Fuchs, Richard Baraniuk and Carol D. Lee for their innovative work improving the lives of students.