Penn GSE News
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February 22, 2018
Howard Stevenson on stage at the TEDMED event

At the latest TEDMED session, Penn GSE's Howard Stevenson explained how racial stress impacts health, and what we can do about it.

Sigal Ben-Porath, Penn GSE
Penn GSE News
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February 21, 2018

The Penn GSE professor told The Washington Post that resolutions on issues like immigration policy are often an effort to create a welcoming space for students.

Press Releases
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February 21, 2018
Education Historian Jonathan Zimmerman is available for comment.
Vivian L. Gadsden, Penn GSE
Penn GSE News
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February 20, 2018

Penn GSE's Vivian Gadsden and Penn Nursing's Terri Lipman will lead the collaborative project's next phase.

Manuel S. González Canché, Penn GSE
In the Media
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February 19, 2018
, Diverse Issues in Higher Education

A Call for Elite Schools to Redefine ‘Merit’

Manuel S. González Canché writes about colleges and universities with need-blind admissions practices and the need for highly selective education institutions to redefine “merit.”

Wendy Chan, Penn GSE
Penn GSE News
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February 19, 2018

Assistant Professor Wendy Chan, an applied education statistician in Penn GSE’s Human Development and Quantitative Methods Program, helps educators and policy makers trust the findings generated by the tools and techniques of education research.

Penn GSE News
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February 15, 2018

Penn GSE Marybeth Gasman is a source for Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities, a groundbreaking film premiering Feb. 19.

Penn GSE News
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February 14, 2018

Cheryl Logan had been serving as the School District of Philadelphia's Chief Academic Officer.

John W. Fantuzzo, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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February 14, 2018

John Fantuzzo, Katie Barghaus, and the team at the Penn Child Research Center have been awarded a grant from the William Penn Foundation for $268,400. The grant titled “Building an evidence-based, sustainable, family-teacher engagement intervention to support kindergartners' classroom engagement competencies," aims to...

Sigal Ben-Porath, Penn GSE
In the Media
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February 10, 2018
, KUOW-FM Online

Cost of free speech on UW campus on the rise

Sigal Ben-Porath discusses the issue of universities charging security fees for speakers and the changing nature of college protests and rallies.

Marybeth Gasman, Penn GSE
In the Media
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February 8, 2018
, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

HBCUs: Born in the North but Most Needed in the South

Marybeth Gasman comments on the first historically black colleges and universities, located in the North.

Sharon Wolf, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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February 7, 2018

Sharon Wolf was recently selected as one of the 11 global fellows of the 2018•2020 Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program aimed at improving the learning, development, and living conditions of children and youth. Dr. Wolf will spend her fellowship period advancing scientific knowledge and forming new insights...

Penn GSE News
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February 5, 2018

The MIT historian was Penn GSE's first 2018 Visiting Scholar of Color.

Penn GSE News
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January 31, 2018

The researchers, who are both studying school discipline in Philadelphia, were recent panelists at a Thomas B. Fordham Institute event.

Marybeth Gasman, Penn GSE
In the Media
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January 29, 2018
, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Online

6-year graduation rates at many HBCUs lower than 20 percent.

Marybeth Gasman comments on the concerning low graduation rates at some HBCUs and the connection between graduation rates and low income.

Richard M. Ingersoll, Penn GSE
In the Media
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January 28, 2018
, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Thousands of students of color attend public schools where no teacher looks like them

Richard Ingersoll explains the reason why teachers of color leave the teaching force at a higher rate than White teachers and how to address this issue.

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