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 11, 2025
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James Arrington

Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow James Arrington focuses on redefining literacies

Arrington aims to inspire students to think independently and be creative while demystifying and critically examining academic institutions’ expectations for writing and literacy.

  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • 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 27, 2025
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Teaching Literacy in Prison

Jeanne Smith puts into practice what she learned in her Penn GSE master's program teaching reading to incarcerated people for the Vermont Department of Corrections.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
February 18, 2025
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Kemi Oyewole

Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow investigates impact of instructional coaching

Kemi Oyewole’s past studies in economics and organizational structures and experience in the Boston Teaching Residency stoked a passion for improving educator professional development.

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Leadership
  • Teaching & Learning
February 4, 2025
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From English learners to English teachers

The Practical English for Daily Living (PEDAL) program at Penn GSE provides an opportunity for TESOL students to practice their teaching with language learners across the University and around the world.

  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
January 7, 2025
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Dr. Lilian Ajayi Ore

Penn CLO graduate unites passions for teaching and advocacy

Dr. Lilian Ajayi Ore has worked with the UN, established a foundation advocating for youth and women’s rights, and now works as a research scholar. She says Penn CLO’s practitioner–scholar approach has had a profound impact on her work.

  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Higher Education
  • Leadership
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
December 20, 2024
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Our top stories of 2024

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

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Together for Good
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Higher Education
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
  • News from Penn GSE
December 18, 2024
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The Critical Cultivation of Media Literacy

As teachers and researchers, Penn GSE alumni are at the forefront of the movement to educate savvy news readers who can parse fact from partisan fiction

  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
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

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