April 15, 2025
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The People Behind the Policies

Penn GSE alumni from across the academic spectrum have advised politicians, worked in the White House and the statehouse, and spurred change in our nation’s schools and universities thanks to their evidence-backed expertise in education policy.

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  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Higher Education
  • Alumni
April 9, 2025
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McGraw Center hosts PA lawmakers for bipartisan conversation on education policy in the Commonwealth

Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ Education Committee Chairmen Bryan Cutler and Peter Schweyer discussed how PA lawmakers plan to work together on public school budgets, special education funding, school choice, the PA State Board of Higher Education, and more.

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  • Together for Good
  • Education Policy & Analysis
March 31, 2025
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Should educators share their political views? Penn GSE hosts timely panel on democracy, discourse, and the classroom

Educators and scholars explored how educators can model democratic engagement while honoring student voice and diverse perspectives.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Higher Education
  • Teaching & Learning
March 25, 2025
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Sarah sits in her classroom holding a packet of letters and drawings from students and surrounded by puppets, books, pillows, and costumes that she uses in her class.

Homeroom: Sarah Budlow's kindergarten classroom is ready for a year of "firsts"

The recent graduate of Penn GSE’s Urban Teaching Residency shares her classroom at Muñoz-Marin Elementary in North Philadelphia.

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  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
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
January 17, 2025
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Michael Farrell

How the Mid-Career Program gave Philly schools CLO Michael Farrell the tools to support others

He says the program helped refine his leadership practices, and his cohorts were supportive and collaborative.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Leadership
  • Alumni
January 14, 2025
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Dean Strunk Looks Ahead

She has a bold vision for the future of Penn GSE that builds on the School’s strengths, responds to pressing needs, and aims to change the world.

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  • Together for Good
  • Global Initiatives
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
December 20, 2024
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Four photos in a square over the text “Penn GSE 2024 Stories.” Clockwise from top left: Dean Katharine Strunk, a man sitting in the back of a classroom with data superimposed over him, PLN Director Lara Paparo speaking into a microphone with Thinkify executives seated beside her, and Associate Professor Brooks Bowden.

Our top stories of 2024

Look back with us at some of the stories that defined 2024 for our community.

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  • Together for Good
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
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  • Higher Education
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
  • News from Penn GSE
December 13, 2024
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The Museum As Classroom

Penn GSE alumni use their passion for education to teach learners of all ages through exhibits, outreach, and special collections.

 

 
  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
December 11, 2024
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Collaboration with Philadelphia-based nonprofit brings student art to Penn GSE

The collection brightening Penn GSE’s halls, which will help provide art supplies and programming to under-resourced public schools locally and across the country, includes a piece created years ago by a current Penn GSE student.

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