Penn GSE News Archive
How We Can Put Civility Back into Civic Engagement
Harris Sokoloff joins Katherina Rosqueta and Conor Carroll from Penn’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy to discuss a new guide to strengthening democracy.
What to know about lists of financially challenged colleges
Robert Zemsky spoke about the silence from colleges and universities experiencing institutional financial difficulties. “The problem is we’re in a period of time when higher education feels itself increasingly the victim,” he said. “The victim of both public policy but also public discourse. As an enterprise, it doesn’t know how to handle that.”
Teaching impeaching: History comes to life in school as teachers seize on this historic moment. Here’s what some are doing—and how
Sigal Ben-Porath offers advice on addressing impeachment in the classroom.
Before you decide to work in college, ask yourself these questions
Laura Perna and Taylor K. Odle raise a series of questions that college students should ask themselves to help minimize the costs, and maximize the potential benefits, of working
AERA Q&A: Coeditors Laura Perna and Edward Smith discuss the new AERA book, “Improving research-based knowledge of college promise programs,” AERA Highlights.
Laura Perna and Edward Smith discuss the college promise movement and important takeaways from this ground-breaking book.
House Impeachment Inquiry Becomes Teachable Moment Across US
Sigal Ben-Porath said that teaching impeachment while Congress is investigating charges against the sitting president is a unique opportunity for teachers and students, said Sigal Ben-Porath, education professor at Penn. "Make time for it, even if it's not on your lesson plan.”
