Sharon M. Ravitch, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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July 1, 2020

Ravitch serves as Methodologist-in-Residence

Dr. Sharon Ravitch was invited to serve as Sage MethodSpace’s Methodologist-In-Residence for March 2020. As part of her residency, she was interviewed on topics including multi-modal research and Flux Methodology and wrote a series of articles on Theory and Research Design.
Teaching & Learning
Sharon Wolf, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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June 1, 2020

Wolf receives World Bank grant to continue work in Ghana

Sharon Wolf received a $300k grant from the World Bank Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund to support learning and gender parity in Ghana.
Global Initiatives, Special Topic: COVID-19
Marsha Richardson, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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April 15, 2020

Richardson works with youth mental health first aid

Marsha Richardson was selected by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to become trained as a Youth Mental Health First Aid Trainer.
Counseling & Psychology
Awards & Honors
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April 15, 2020

Penn GSE professors to partner with AERA on higher ed conference

were awarded funding from the AERA for the conference “Performance Funding in Higher Education: Connecting Forty Years of Policy, Research, and Practice.”
Higher Education
Amy Stornaiuolo, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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April 15, 2020

Stornaiuolo to study digital discourse in secondary English classrooms

Amy Stornaiuolo has been awarded $2.49 million from the McDonnel Foundation for her project: Facilitating Digital Discourse: Teachers as Learners in a Digital Age.
Teaching & Learning
Howard C. Stevenson, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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April 15, 2020

Racial Empowerment Collaborative implements PLAAY group therapy

Howard Stevenson, Executive Director of the Racial Empowerment Collaborative, has been awarded $60,000 from Temple University to implement the “Preventing Long-term Anger and Aggression in Youth” (PLAAY) intervention.
Race, Equity & Inclusion
Manuel S. González Canché, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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April 15, 2020

González Canché to host conference on performance funding in higher ed

Manuel González Canché has received funding from the AERA to host the conference "Performance Funding in Higher Education: Connecting 40 Years of Policy, Research, & Practice" at Penn GSE.
Higher Education
Abby Reisman, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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March 15, 2020

Reisman to study classroom talk

Abby Reisman is part of a research team with the SERP Institute that has been awarded the Lyle Spencer Award, a $1,000,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation.
Teaching & Learning
Abby Reisman, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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February 22, 2020

Reisman studies novice social studies teachers as discussion facilitators

Abby Reisman has been awarded $2,464,087 from the James S. McDonnell Foundation for the study “The Development of Novice Teachers’ Role-Identities as Discussion Facilitators in Social Studies Classrooms.” With collaborators from Temple University, Reisman will follow two cohorts of social studies teacher candidates from...
Teaching & Learning
Caroline L. Watts, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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February 15, 2020

Watts receives grant for Office of School and Community Engagement

Caroline Watts has been awarded a grant from the Neubauer Family Foundation to support the Office of School and Community Engagement (OSCE).
Philadelphia Impact
Abby Reisman, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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February 12, 2020

Reisman investigates a virtual instruction model for history teachers

Abby Reisman has been awarded $49,994 from the University Research Foundation for the study "Investigating a Virtual Instruction Coaching Model for Philadelphia History Teachers." The study will pair Philadelphia teachers with instructional coaches from different states for coaching focused on document-based...
Teaching & Learning
Wendy Chan, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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November 25, 2019

Wendy Chan extends the work of the Study of Deeper Learning

Wendy Chan was awarded $25,000 by the American Educational Research Association for the project “The Generalizability of Deeper Learning Using Small Area Estimation.” In an extension to the earlier Study of Deeper Learning by the American Institutes for Research, Dr. Chan will use hierarchical Bayesian models to...

Nelson Flores, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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November 12, 2019

Flores works to counteract anti-Blackness in language education.

Nelson Flores has been awarded a $50,000 Spencer Conference Grant to bring together researchers and practitioners to develop a research and policy agenda that works to counteract anti-Blackness in language education. The co-PIs on the project are Dr. Uju Anya from Penn State and Dr. Tia Madkins from University of Texas-...

Ryan S. Baker, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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October 16, 2019

Baker to develop infrastructure to integrate problem-solving into MOOCs

Ryan Baker and colleagues at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in a joint project with Rebecca Stein and Peter Decherney from the Online Learning Initiative, were awarded a $1.4 million grant from CSSI to develop an infrastructure to support the integration of richer problem-solving into Massive Online Open...

Sharon M. Ravitch, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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October 16, 2019

Ravitch to explore family foundations role as a development gap-filler

Sharon Ravitch has received a grant from ERFIP (Empowering Families for Innovative Philanthropy), which is funded by the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation in Geneva. Dr. Ravitch will work with Dr. Reima Shakeir, who will serve as a post-doctoral fellow for 2019-2020, on the development of case studies of eight family...

Wendy Chan, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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August 7, 2019

Wendy Chan to study ADHD

Wendy Chan was awarded a grant from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for $21,456 for the project “Reducing Disparities in Behavioral Health Treatment for Children in Primary Care.” This study assesses the impact of a behavioral therapy program on patient-centered outcomes for children with attention-deficit/...

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