Penn GSE News Archive
Barack Obama free community college plan backed by $100m funding
Laura Perna says the President's plan signals that "the jobs being created in the US economy now largely require some college education. Not necessarily a degree from a four-year institution. But definitely more than a high school diploma."
Cries about national teacher shortages might be overblown
According to Richard Ingersoll, shortages are more about the failure to retain veteran teachers.
The Growing College-Degree Wealth Gap
Resource constraints and structural failures often limit the choices of students from lower-income families to the local or online, non-selective or for-profit postsecondary educational institutions, says Laura Perna.
How should schools handle violence
In this radio program, Richard Ingersoll comments on teachers and school violence.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
The Common Core explained
Andy Porter and Morgan Polikoff of C-SAIL provide a thorough history and explanation of the Common Core State Standards.
Managing Your Mission-Critical Knowledge
Originally appearing in 2015, this article by Martin Ihrig is a 2015 McKinsey Award Finalist.
How to Talk to Your Kids about Donald Trump
Abby Reisman suggests parents and teachers can help students “use history to make sense of the present.”
1st Graders Make Significant Growth With Reading Recovery Program, Study Shows
New CPRE study was one of the largest and most rigorous ever implemented in the field of education.
Low Graduation Rates Among Black Athletes
Sports columnist Kevin Blackistone speaks with NPR's Morning Edition about Shaun Harper's new report.
Black athletes playing men’s hoops, football lag behind in degrees
Shaun Harper's Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education at Penn GSE finds Black male student-athletes in NCAA Power 5 schools lag in graduation rates.
What GOP candidates got wrong — and right — about Common Core
Andy Porter, of C-SAIL, helps fact-check GOP candidates' debate answers about the Common Core.