May 8, 2025
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Say hello the Penn Learning Network

The newly named office in Catalyst @ Penn GSE merges the expertise and expands the impact of two offices: the Penn Literacy Network and the Center for Professional Learning.

  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
May 1, 2025
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Penn GSE faculty and students share expertise at AERA 2025 in Denver

From first-time presenters to seasoned scholars, the Penn GSE community showed up big at AERA 2025 with fresh ideas and powerful conversations.

  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Higher Education
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • News from Penn GSE
April 29, 2025
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Catalyst curates journal on AI in education

The latest issue of Social Innovations Journal is an outgrowth of the center for global education innovation’s expertise and mission, capitalizing on their deep network of researchers, practitioners, entrepreneurs, and policy leaders.

  • Together for Good
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
April 23, 2025
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Penn GSE teams finish strong at Wharton Hack-AI-thon

Two teams of education master’s students were finalists in the co-curricular program at the business school, which brought together students from across the University with varying levels of experience in artificial intelligence to solve real-world problems in just one week.

  • Together for Good
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
April 14, 2025
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Penn GSE faculty honored with awards and grants

This spring, those honors include three Spencer Foundation grants, the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, and more.

  • Together for Good
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Higher Education
  • Teaching & Learning
  • News from Penn GSE
April 3, 2025
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Lorea Peterson Redondo bridges business and education

Lorea Peterson Rodondo will graduate in May with a dual degree from Penn GSE and Wharton. She discusses her ambition to apply lessons learned to education in her hometown of Mexico City and reflects on her experience at Penn.

  • Together for Good
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Education Policy & Analysis
March 13, 2025
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Innovation in climate education

The Project-Based Learning for Global Climate Justice certificate program is a collaboration between Penn GSE and 70 educators around Asia, Africa, and Europe working together on a K–12 education program that emphasizes climate change and social inequalities.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Teaching & Learning
March 5, 2025
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Penn GSE hosts workshop exploring AI creation and innovation in K–12 education

Funded by the NSF, the Create AI workshop aimed to empower students and teachers to build, not just use, AI.

  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Teaching & Learning
February 25, 2025
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Penn GSE grads found college counseling program based on values, not rankings

The subscription-based service is available to families and school counselors and is currently used in several Philadelphia-area schools, a national network of 25 charter schools, and even a school in Qatar.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Counseling & Psychology
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Higher Education
February 20, 2025
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A Decade of Smart Starts

A look at Penn GSE’s first-of-its-kind master’s program in education entrepreneurship in honor of its recent milestone birthday.

  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Alumni

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