January 31, 2022
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After landmark partnership deal, Penn and Lea School look to the future

Following the formalization of a five-year, $4.1 million deal between Penn and Henry C. Lea Elementary School,  many throughout the city are wondering how the extra support will transform the school over the coming years.

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  • Teaching & Learning
January 28, 2022
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Building off years of success, Penn and Lea School formalize partnership

The University and its Graduate School of Education will contribute more than $4 million to the West Philadelphia K-8 school throughout the next five years.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
November 12, 2021
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Penn GSE community finds inspiration in the legacy of Civil Rights pioneer Robert Parris Moses at One Book, One GSE event

Legacy of pioneering Civil Rights and education activist Bob Moses was the focus of schoolwide conversations at Penn GSE’s 2nd annual One Book, One GSE event, where students, faculty and staff discussed Moses’ book Radical Equations: Math Literacy and Civil Rights.

  • Philadelphia Impact
October 5, 2021
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Blending academics and fun: Projects for Progress award powers local summer program from Penn GSE and Netter Center

A joint Penn GSE and Netter Center for Community Partnerships initiative meshed academics and joy to prepare students to return to classrooms this fall.

  • Philadelphia Impact
September 28, 2021
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Penn GSE partnership school celebrates its second Blue Ribbon honor

Local educators, students, and education advocates came together to celebrate the Penn Alexander School, a partner of Penn GSE, which was awarded the National Blue Ribbon Award

  • Philadelphia Impact
September 24, 2021
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Summer program in West Philadelphia focused on reconnecting students to the joy of learning

An inaugural Penn Projects for Progress program led by a Penn GSE team focused on reconnecting West Philadelphia students to school and one another, rather than academic remediation. 

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  • Teaching & Learning
July 1, 2021
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Collaborating with Communities: Professor Vivian Gadsden Works to Help Children and Families

Educational and social inequities have long been top of mind for Penn GSE’s Professor Vivian Gadsden, who works with families and educators to uplift the underserved and develop a new definition of child well-being.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Alumni
June 2, 2021
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How can schools support students after gun violence in their community?

Penn GSE graduate Nora Gross is turning her dissertation, which followed two years in a Philadelphia school where three boys died in shootings, into a book for the University of Chicago Press.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
May 17, 2021
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Celebrating Extraordinary Impact: The Campaign for Penn GSE

The largest fundraising effort in Penn GSE’s history is helping the School realize its five priorities and provide learners with the foundation for lifelong opportunity.

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  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Faces of Philanthropy
April 8, 2021
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Could this be the moment to expand and improve early childhood education?

‘It’s kind of like one lever that has a lot of dominoes fall into place once it’s pulled,’ says Katie Barghaus.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Education Policy & Analysis

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