February 16, 2023
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First cohort of Jacobs Education Impact Prize Fellows receives funding to develop impact ventures

The fellowships are part of a partnership announced last year to advance entrepreneurial innovation in education.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
December 16, 2022
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Students sit around four round tables as Ameena Ghaffar - Kucher leads the class with a screen behind her with a projection on it that reads “Pause and Reflect.”

Creating Opportunities for Learners Worldwide

Penn GSE’s International Educational Development Program preps students to tackle systemic issues around the world.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Higher Education
  • Teaching & Learning
December 16, 2022
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One Approach Is Not Enough

Penn GSE’s Sharon Wolf explores the complexities of child labor and parental involvement in educational outcomes in West Africa.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Teaching & Learning
December 16, 2022
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Faces of Philanthropy

Penn GSE is bringing hope and opportunity to a new era. In keeping with Dean Pam Grossman’s vision of access and inclusion, practical knowledge, powerful partnerships, and innovation for impact, Penn GSE is unleashing the power of possibility through education—building a diverse pipeline of the educators and leaders the world needs. The School is grateful to the generous donors who are investing in this work. Here are three stories of support for Penn GSE’s mission.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Global Initiatives
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
May 13, 2022
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Asking Questions and Building Bridges: Penn GSE Education, Culture, and Society Master’s Students Expand Opportunities for Learners

A desire to build bridges, create educational access, and learn about different facets of education led these two students to pursue the Education, Culture, and Society program at Penn GSE.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
May 2, 2022
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Supporting education in Ghana

Sharon Wolf is leading a project to reach parents in impoverished rural areas with text messages.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Counseling & Psychology
  • Teaching & Learning
March 1, 2022
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The experience of the "zero-generation college student"

Halfway around the world from home, a Penn GSE alum discovered a passion for writing — and teaching other non-native English writers.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
December 13, 2021
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Penn GSE hosts university leaders from India for weeklong symposium on higher education leadership, administration

  • Global Initiatives
  • Higher Education
  • Leadership
October 28, 2021
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Wolf’s years-long work in Ghana's schools expands to address pandemic-related inequalities

In a new study, Penn GSE’s Sharon Wolf documents in detail how inequalities impacted learning in Ghana during the pandemic and shares how that could inform any nation’s approach to instruction this fall.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
October 14, 2021
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Amalia Daché discusses Cuba advocacy on Gloria Estefan's Red Table Talk

Amalia Daché, a Penn GSE professor and Cuban-American activist, talks about the invisibility of Black-led movements in Cuba on Red Table Talk: The Estefans.

  • Global Initiatives

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