Richard M. Ingersoll, Penn GSE
In the Media
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April 21, 2016
, Minnesota Public Radio

How should schools handle violence

In this radio program, Richard Ingersoll comments on teachers and school violence. 

Press Releases
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April 19, 2016

Over 40-plus Years, Poorest Students Receive Just 10 Percent of Bachelor’s Degrees

Report: Family income major indicator in college entrance, selection, graduation
Higher Education
Laura W. Perna, Penn GSE
In the Media
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April 19, 2016
, Market Watch

The richest 25% of American families account for more than half of all college graduates

In 2014, just 10% of dependent family members who said they received a bachelor’s degree by the time they were 24 years old came from families in the lowest income quartile, according to a study by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education in Washington, D.C. and PennAHEAD.

Penn GSE News
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April 14, 2016

Fostering Critical Thinking in the Classroom

When Andrew Biros, C’10, GED’12, undertook his student-teaching assignment in Penn GSE’s Teacher Education Program, he found that too many of his pupils at University City High School in Philadelphia did not expect to be active participants in the classroom.

Teaching & Learning
Education Policy & Analysis
Alumni
Penn GSE News
 | 
April 14, 2016

Fighting for Change in Public Education

To Helen Gym, C’93, GED’96, if the quality of American public education is at stake, so are the values at the heart of our democracy.

Teaching & Learning
Education Policy & Analysis
Alumni
Penn GSE News
 | 
April 14, 2016

Empowering Urban College Students

In 2009, Paul Quinn College was in danger of losing its accreditation. When Michael Sorrell, GRD’15, became president, he enacted a series of audacious initiatives that effected change, empowerment, and enrollment.

Higher Education
Alumni
Penn GSE News
 | 
April 14, 2016

Reaching Children Around the World

Shruti Bhat, GED’15, has made it her mission to bring education, health, and social services to children in poverty around the globe.

Global Initiatives
Alumni
Marybeth Gasman, Penn GSE
In the Media
 | 
April 14, 2016
, Slate

Getting In Episode 8: Adding Historically Black Colleges to Your List

In this podcast, Marybeth Gasman discusses why minority-serving institutions may be the best fit for some college-bound students.

Penn GSE News
 | 
April 14, 2016

Creating Opportunity Through Education: Penn GSE Alumni Lead the Way

Learn how Penn GSE alumni are addressing insufficient funding, unidentified learning needs, poverty, and gaps in educational quality and availability.

Teaching & Learning
Education Policy & Analysis
Alumni
Penn GSE News
 | 
April 14, 2016

Imagining What’s Possible: The Life of an Education Entrepreneurship Student

Chris Parris’s dream of putting more Boston public school students on a path to college brought him to Penn GSE’s M.S.Ed. in Education Entrepreneurship program.

Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Alumni
Penn GSE News
 | 
April 14, 2016

Facing the Moment: Professor Howard Stevenson on Managing Racial Conflict Through Racial Literacy

Learn how a Penn GSE professor trains students and educators in racial literacy—the skills to identify and resolve racially stressful social interactions.

Teaching & Learning
Race, Equity & Inclusion
In the Media
 | 
April 13, 2016
, Diverse Issues in Higher Education

Education Deans Support Use of Teacher Prep Data

Frances O'Connell Rust, Director of Teacher Education at Penn GSE, comments on what it takes to prepare a good teacher. 

Marybeth Gasman, Penn GSE
In the Media
 | 
April 12, 2016
, Time

4 Tips for African-American Students Choosing a College

Marybeth Gasman advises prospective students to look beyond a college’s overall graduation rates and examine its success at graduating African Americans. 

Press Releases
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April 11, 2016

Finalists and $140,000 in Prize Funding Announced For 2016 Education Business Plan Competition from University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education & the Milken Family Foundation

Companies range from a platform for teaching students about the brain to a retention program for teachers in urban school.
Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Martin Ihrig, Penn GSE
In the Media
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April 7, 2016
, Philadelphia Inquirer

Phila. Orchestra expands programs that employ music for social impact

Martin Ihrig is working with the orchestra on an information-mapping project that will survey all the existing music education programs in the city  

Penn GSE News
 | 
March 30, 2016

New Director of Admissions sees a Penn GSE education as an investment worth making

Kervin Pillot believes in the power of education. He started as Assistant Dean and Director of Admissions on February 1. 

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