Kate Kinney, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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February 1, 2019

Kate Kinney Grossman

Kate Kinney Grossman, with the Urban Teaching Apprenticeship Program (UTAP), has been granted $85,000 as a partner of the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) Teacher Residency Program. Through this partnership, UTAP collaborates with SDP schools to prepare high school or middle school STEM teachers who commit to...

Penn GSE News
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January 31, 2019
The RTE editorial team.

Shaping a legendary literacy journal’s future

Penn GSE’s Gerald Campano, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, and Amy Stornaiuolo are now editing Research in the Teaching of English.

Language, Literacy & Culture
Rendering of the planned new entrance to the 3700 Walnut Street building
Penn GSE News
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January 28, 2019

Building a Landmark of Twenty-First-Century Learning

Three generous gifts have launched Penn GSE on the path to a state-of-the-art building expansion that will amplify the School’s impact.

Richard M. Ingersoll, Penn GSE
In the Media
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January 26, 2019
, USA Today

Teacher strikes: What's next in your state

Richard Ingersoll comments on teacher strikes and walkouts across the U.S., noting the challenges of meeting demands for increased teacher salaries.

Nelson Flores, Penn GSE
Penn GSE News
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January 25, 2019

Leveling the playing field in dual-language programs

Penn GSE's Nelson Flores advocates for dismantling hierarchies between racialized and elite bilingualism in schools.

Teaching & Learning
Language, Literacy & Culture
Penn GSE News
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January 22, 2019

Penn GSE researchers receive international acclaim

Penn GSE professors have received grants to study a wide array of subjects, from college access to early-career teachers to political protests in Africa.

Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher, Penn GSE
In the Media
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January 21, 2019
, Inside Higher Ed

B.O. No

Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher critiques a controversial email about personal hygiene sent by a University of Houston professor, proposing alternative responses that could avoid microaggressions and factual inaccuracies. 

Peter Eckel, Penn GSE
In the Media
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January 18, 2019
, University World News

Transforming governance through independent boards

Peter Eckel writes about the challenges facing newly created university boards of trustees in countries like Kazakhstan, Malaysia, and India, where independent board governance is an emerging practice.

Penn GSE News
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January 18, 2019

Award-winner Ryan Baker looks to the future in online learning

Ryan Baker received the 2018 Educational Research Award from the Council of Scientific Society Presidents.

Teaching & Learning
Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Abby Reisman, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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January 16, 2019

Abby Reisman

Abby Reisman has received a $49,942 grant from the Spencer Foundation for the project "Using Online Professional Development Modules to Support Practice-Based Coaching for Document-Based History Instruction: A Design Experiment." The grant will support a two-year design-based study in which Dr. Reisman is working with a...

Pam Grossman, Penn GSE
Penn GSE News
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January 14, 2019

Penn GSE Receives $8.6 M in 2018 to Prepare Teachers of the Future

Penn GSE has received $8.6 M in 2018 to support its teacher education programs, including grants for student scholarships and the development of innovative coursework and fieldwork for the School’s Urban Teacher Apprenticeship Program (UTAP).

Teaching & Learning
Faces of Philanthropy
Penn GSE News
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January 14, 2019

Penn GSE scholars on Education Week's list of influencers in education

Seven Penn GSE educators and a Penn professor with a secondary appointment at Penn GSE are featured.

Professor Matthew Steinberg
Penn GSE News
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January 9, 2019

Where do Philadelphia principals go when they leave schools?

New research from Penn GSE’s Matthew Steinberg shows Philadelphia principals aren’t leaving for the suburbs.

Education Policy & Analysis
Penn GSE News
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January 8, 2019
A team of entrepreneurs works on a new idea.

Tenth annual Education Business Plan Competition now accepting entries

The Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition will offer a new level of support for entrepreneurs.

Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Laura W. Perna, Penn GSE
In the Media
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January 7, 2019
, The Hechinger Report

How Educational Opportunity Programs graduate first-generation college students

Laura Perna is quoted on the role of summer study programs in preparing first-generation students to succeed in college.

H. Gerald Campano, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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January 7, 2019

Gerald Campano

Gerald Campano, with María Paula Ghiso of Teachers College, Columbia University and Bethany Welch of the  Aquinas Center, has received the 2018 David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English from the National Council of Teachers of English for the book, "Partnering with Immigrant...

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