September 27, 2017
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How mindful breathing focused Baltimore middle schools

Penn GSE doctoral student Rebecca Nyquist Baelen helped create a five-minute mindful breathing sequence for Baltimore teachers.

 

  • Teaching & Learning
August 3, 2017
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To change lives, Rob Connor is focusing on the whole family in Trenton school

In helping to found the Christina Seix Academy, Education Policy graduate Rob Connor wanted to rethink urban education.

 

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Teaching & Learning
May 11, 2017
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Penn GSE’s Dr. Susan Yoon brings app inventor to Philadelphia schools

Penn GSE Associate Professor Susan Yoon wants science to empower students—both to develop the skills their futures will require and to live as engaged citizens.

 

  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Teaching & Learning
April 17, 2017
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Fostering Civic Engagement: Two Penn GSE Professors Work to Close a Gap

What can educators do to produce active citizens? Learn what Penn GSE faculty Sigal Ben-Porath and Rand Quinn discovered by studying school environments.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
April 14, 2017
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Discovering How to Teach Every Child

Described by Forbes as revolutionary educators, Drs. Lynn Fuchs, GED’73, and Doug Fuchs, GED’73, believe customizable interventions are the best way to keep students on track.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
April 14, 2017
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A National Voice: Alumni in Education Policy

Penn GSE alumni are addressing national challenges through affordable college options, data to drive decisions, educational access, and the liberal arts.

  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
April 14, 2017
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Education, Language, and Culture: Penn GSE’s Dr. Nelson Flores Advances Bilingual Education

By helping Philadelphia schools implement dual-language programs in Spanish and English, a faculty member continues a linguistic legacy at Penn GSE.

  • Teaching & Learning
April 14, 2017
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Michael G. Kirsch, C’68, GED’72, GRD’74

A school principal for forty-two years, Michael G. Kirsch knows the value of professional development in a field that faces constant change.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Faces of Philanthropy
  • Alumni
April 10, 2017
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When students 'game' online learning, they lose

Baker argues that when students find ways to avoid answering certain questions in a tech-based learning system, it is worse than simply off-task behavior in the classroom. 

 

  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Teaching & Learning
March 31, 2017
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VAST LIFE program expands horizons of students and future teachers

VAST LIFE pairs Penn GSE students with high school students who have developmental and intellectual disabilities.

 

  • Teaching & Learning

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