August 29, 2017
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Getting to know how kids play, think, learn, and live

The Teacher Education Program’s summer start introduces students to the neighborhoods where they will teach.

 

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July 26, 2017
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Deans of three Penn schools commit to continuing collaborations to improve the lives of Philadelphia children and families

“We need to look beyond education, and beyond school halls, to think about how we can support families and children, and to knit together the services that help children thrive in these conditions,” said Penn GSE Dean Pam Grossman. 

 

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July 12, 2017
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Penn GSE graduate finds calling as a Philadelphia teacher

Bynoe-Sullivan begins teaching this fall at Clymer Elementary, a Mastery Charter School in North Philadelphia.

 

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April 14, 2017
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Jolley Bruce Christman, GED’71, GR’87

Jolley Bruce Christman, GED’71, GR’87, and her late husband Steven S. Goldberg, GR’85, support graduating doctoral students at Penn GSE for their work in urban education.

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March 29, 2017
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Structured civic dialogues ask students to lean in and listen

Since the 2016 election, Penn GSE professor Jonathan Zimmerman, and Harris Sokoloff and Chris Satullo of the Penn Project for Civic Engagement, have been thinking of ways to get Americans talking again. 

 

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March 24, 2017
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GSE students teach English in Penn communities through PEDAL program

PEDAL@GSE offers classes weekly at GSE for people connected to Penn. The Community PEDAL@GSE program offers classes to West Philadelphia community members at the Walnut West Philadelphia Library. Last fall, Community PEDAL became partners with Philadelphia Mayor James Kenny’s Office of Adult Education, which promotes adult literacy.

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February 16, 2017
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Dinner and conversation bring Philadelphia communities together

At each dinner in the Breaking Bread, Breaking Barriers series, chefs prepare food—and provide a cooking lesson—from two cultures, and guests enjoy the food together. The Reading Terminal Market could handle the food, but asked Harris Sokoloff of Penn GSE's Penn Project for Civic Engagement to create a framework to ease the guests into a deeper conversation. 

 

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January 31, 2017
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Penn GSE student helps local immigrants and refugees learn English

“I am providing a service to the community by teaching, but I am also learning through the service,” says Anne Pyzocha, a student in the Educational Linguistics Division, specializing in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, or TESOL.

 

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January 4, 2017
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Flores: Philadelphia once a national leader in bilingual education

Nelson Flores explains to The Notebook how federal policies challenged the city’s robust bilingual programs.

 

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November 28, 2016
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ShaVon Savage, Penn GSE alum, finds home leading West Philly's Lea School

Savage, also a Penn Law graduate, brings diverse career experiences to her new role as principal. She hopes to inspire in her students the same sense of intellectual curiosity that kept her learning and exploring. 

 

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