Richard M. Ingersoll, Penn GSE
In the Media
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September 14, 2017
, New York Post

The Outrageously Mythical ‘Teacher Shortage’

Richard Ingersoll discusses that far from shortage, the growth in the teaching force has actually surpassed student growth.

Jonathan Zimmerman, Penn GSE
Penn GSE News
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September 14, 2017

Has high school changed in the last 100 years?

In an interview with Chalkbeat, Zimmerman argues that while fundamental elements of high school are similar, to say they haven’t changed isn’t accurate. 

Education Policy & Analysis
Penn GSE News
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September 13, 2017

Michael Golden joins Penn GSE to lead a center for innovation

Golden was the co-founder and CEO of Educurious, and previously served as Pennsylvania’s deputy secretary for the Department of Education. 

Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Annie McKee, Penn GSE
In the Media
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September 11, 2017
, Philadelphia Inquirer

How to be happy at work: Friends. Lunch. Hope.

Annie McKee shares her life experience that inspired her to write her new book How to Be Happy at Work and some key takeaway suggestions about finding happiness at work.

Annie McKee, Penn GSE
In the Media
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September 11, 2017
, PBS NewsHour

Happiness, not endless sacrifice, drives success at work

Annie McKee’s book How to be Happy at Work: the Power of Purpose, Hope and Friendships is excerpted in this NewsHour column.

Sigal Ben-Porath, Penn GSE
In the Media
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September 8, 2017
, Inside Higher Ed

Campus Free Speech: The Books

Sigal R. Ben-Porath discusses the concept of “inclusive freedom” and approaches to maintaining inclusive free speech on campuses after the events in Charlottesville.

Daniel A. Wagner, Penn GSE
Penn GSE News
 | 
September 7, 2017

Dan Wagner named Special Advisor to Director-General of UNESCO

Throughout his career, Wagner has focused on problems of literacy in the developing world through applied research and advising international agencies, governments, and non-profits. 

Global Initiatives
Jonathan Zimmerman, Penn GSE
In the Media
 | 
September 6, 2017
, NewsWorks

Don't Spy on Our Teachers

Jonathan Zimmerman writes about privacy in classrooms in the digital age.

Marybeth Gasman, Penn GSE
In the Media
 | 
September 6, 2017
, Diverse Issues in Higher Education

New Report Brings Facts to Light on Minority Serving Institutions

Marybeth Gasman and doctoral student William Casey Boland comment on a new report that highlights the return on investment of minority-serving institutions.

Jonathan Zimmerman, Penn GSE
In the Media
 | 
September 6, 2017
, Chalkbeat

XQ is taking over TV to make the case that high school hasn’t changed in 100 years. But is that true?

Jonathan Zimmerman points out ways the content and structure of American high school has and hasn’t changed.

Penn GSE News
 | 
September 6, 2017

University of Pennsylvania Names Calvin Bland Fellows

The Penn Futures Project has named three Calvin Bland Faculty Fellows to collaborate on research for boys and young men of color. Supported by a $2 million endowment from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Fellows were selected from the faculty at Penn’s Schools of Nursing , Graduate School of Education, and Social Policy & Practice.

Race, Equity & Inclusion
Philadelphia Impact
Penn GSE News
 | 
September 6, 2017

How the Great Recession hurt student performance

Chalkbeat reports that a new paper from Matthew Steinberg is the first research to document the impact of the great recession on learning.

Education Policy & Analysis
Nelson Flores, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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August 31, 2017

Nelson Flores

Nelson Flores has received a $70,000 grant from the National Academy of Education for the project, “Radical Neoliberalism: Bilingual Education in the School District of Philadelphia.” The project examines efforts of Latino community activists to institutionalize bilingual education in the 1970s, and the...

In the Media
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August 30, 2017
, Chalkbeat

The Great Recession decimated the economy. It also hurt student learning, according to pioneering new study

Matthew Steinberg’s study, co-authored with Kenneth Shores, analyzes how the Great Recession had an impact on student learning.

Penn GSE News
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August 29, 2017

Getting to know how kids play, think, learn, and live

The Teacher Education Program’s summer start introduces students to the neighborhoods where they will teach.

Philadelphia Impact
Penn GSE News
 | 
August 25, 2017

Should colleges consider “study drugs” cheating?

Ross Aikins recently found few top-tier U.S. universities have policies regarding so-called cognitive enhancement drugs, as he told SiruisXM’s Knoweldge@Wharton. 

Higher Education
Education Policy & Analysis

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