Penn GSE News
 | 
August 30, 2024
RMT trainers stand over a table and instruct two teachers, seated, in the teaching method

The program is expanding to new schools, building new partnerships, and even releasing a new book.

Penn GSE News
 | 
August 29, 2024
Kandi stands in a New York City street in a bright green top in front of a yellow taxi.

Kandi Wiens’ latest book aims to help readers build resilience to stress and heal their relationship to work.

Penn GSE News
 | 
August 27, 2024
Clusters of dots representing data, most of which are connected by a network of lines.

Artificial intelligence and data analytics are revolutionizing education — and Penn GSE’s Learning Analytics online M.S.Ed. program is perfectly timed to meet this growing demand.

Penn GSE News
 | 
August 23, 2024
Penn Arts & Sciences undergrad Sarah Alvarado tutors a Hamilton Elementary student in reading at a small table in a classroom

The program run by the Office of School and Community Engagement pairs students in the School District of Philadelphia with Penn students and community members for individually tailored tutoring sessions.

Penn GSE News
 | 
August 20, 2024
Fabiola Lara stands wearing a medical mask with a woman artisan outdoors in Oaxaca, Mexico, holding and examining a pile of threads, with more threads hanging behind them.

Fabiola Lara’s business, tlali•pani, emphasizes providing education to the artisans that they partner with. 

Penn GSE News
 | 
August 16, 2024
A smiling counselor leans over a counter with a clipboard while helping a teen with a backpack

Diana Wildermuth emphasizes that high school is a journey of self-discovery. Teens and families can take steps each year toward post-secondary readiness.

Penn GSE News
 | 
August 14, 2024
Laura Perna

Federal student loan debt now totals $1.645 trillion across 43.6 million borrowers, according to the Education Data Initiative. 

Press Releases
 | 
August 13, 2024
This year’s finalists use artificial intelligence, video games, visual arts, and cutting edge technology to promote literacy, social–emotional learning, college access, and more. They will present their ideas on September 10 in New York City as part of HolonIQ’s Back to School Summit.
Penn GSE News
 | 
August 12, 2024
Black-and-white historical photo from the 1960s of Marcus Foster wearing a suit and tie and glasses.

The Penn GSE alum and former University Trustee was a dedicated educator, transformative leader, and the first Black superintendent of a major urban school district in the US whose death inspired an outpouring of gifts from more than 450 donors in support of a scholarship for students from underserved communities. 

Penn GSE News
 | 
August 9, 2024
Alan Ruby

India is the best represented nation in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which measures universities’ social and economic impact.

Penn GSE News
 | 
August 7, 2024

Dan Lazar says he constructed the idea of what kind of leader he would be during his time in the educational leadership program at Penn GSE. 

Penn GSE News
 | 
August 2, 2024
Penn GSE alum Rina Madhani sits cross-legged on the floor surrounded by elementary schoolchildren, all reading books and laughing together

Rina Madhani and Sibylla Shekerdjiska-Benatova have each founded literacy nonprofits that put books into the hands of children who need them.

Penn GSE News
 | 
July 30, 2024
Krista Cortes stands, hands folded in front of her, laughing in the middle of her office surrounded by decorations showcasing Latin American culture.

Cortes transforms her office into a dynamic cultural hub, where academic insights and personal touches spark conversations and foster a sense of belonging among students.

Penn GSE News
 | 
July 26, 2024
A young woman shoveling dirt at the Penn Park Orchard with other volunteers working and Patient Pavilion in the background

The Project-Based Learning for Global Climate Justice research community at Penn empowers teachers to create active education experiences for students to learn about climate issues.

Penn GSE News
 | 
July 24, 2024
Three panelists and a moderator sit on stools in front of a seated audience in a wood-paneled lecture hall with a screen behind them reading "The McGraw Center for Educational Leadership"

The Penn GSE professor has co-authored 517 papers and been cited more than 30,000 times.

Penn GSE News
 | 
July 22, 2024
A grid of children’s book covers in two rows of three, clockwise from top left: Every Child Deserves by Zaden and his two Dads, Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite, ABCs of Positivity by Yuna Hur & Christina Shim, Welcome to Jazz by Carolyn Sloan,  ABeCedarios: Mexican Folk Art ABCs in English and Spanish by Cynthia Weill, and The Lost Umbrellas of Lexington by Meredith Newman

Penn GSE’s community reshapes stories for young readers with diverse voices. 

Pages