January 31, 2018
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Steinberg and Gray set the stage for discussion of school suspensions

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

 

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Education Policy & Analysis
January 9, 2018
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Experts look to Fantuzzo's work to understand Philly schools amid leadership change

In an open letter in the Washington Post, David Berliner writes that Fantuzzo's research provides necessary groundwork for experts – and the citizens of Philadelphia – trying to understand the city's schools

 

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Education Policy & Analysis
November 16, 2017
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Quinn: Philadelphians should elect the city’s next school board

In a Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed, the Penn GSE professor argues an elected school board would better represent all city residents. 

 

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Education Policy & Analysis
November 13, 2017
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Former Danish education minister discusses school reforms

Christine Antorini and Danish Folkeskole principal Claus Drachmann visited Penn GSE to discuss a complete overhaul of the Nordic country’s education system. 

 

  • Education Policy & Analysis
October 31, 2017
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Students perform better when teachers have a greater role in school leadership, Richard Ingersoll finds

Ingersoll told Education Week he hopes superintendents and principals work to empower teachers as leaders. 

 

  • Education Policy & Analysis
October 24, 2017
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After working with Penn GSE researchers, Meredith School students take the lead in math class

Penn GSE and CPRE researchers partnered with the Philadelphia school to implement a student-based math workshop model.  

 

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Teaching & Learning
October 2, 2017
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Former NAACP president Cornell Brooks and Provost Wendell Pritchett discuss the future of charter schools

Cornell Brooks, who led the NAACP, gave the inaugural Steven S. Goldberg and Jolley Bruce Christman Lecture in Education Law.

 

  • Education Policy & Analysis
September 15, 2017
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Sigal Ben-Porath discusses her new book, Free Speech on Campus

Ben-Porath offers a useful framework for thinking about free speech controversies both inside and outside the college classroom, shifting the focus away from disputes about legality and harm and toward democracy and inclusion.

 

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Higher Education
September 14, 2017
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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
September 6, 2017
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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

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