December 23, 2015
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas picks the best children’s books of 2015

Thomas’ selections highlight the best storytelling of the year that deals with issues like gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, and socioeconomic class in ways that are real and empathetic.

 

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
December 17, 2015
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Mid-Career alumna recognized for doing more with less

Stacy R. Gill-Phillips one of ten primary and secondary school administrators across the country named as finalists for the 2015 the Escalante-Gradillas Best in Education Prize from TheBestSchools.org.  

 

  • Teaching & Learning
December 11, 2015
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Leadership institutes change lives for Philadelphia area ‘diamonds in the rough’

For the last decade, the Delaware Valley Consortium for Excellence & Equity has created a space for middle and high school students to find their voice. 

 

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
December 1, 2015
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Learning by making, and sometimes failing

Grid magazine profiles Philadelphia’s Maker Jawn project, and Yasmin Kafai’s role supporting a new generation of creators.

 

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
November 10, 2015
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NYT features Ebony Elizabeth Thomas on children’s literature and race

In the NYT, Ebony Thomas states that the book A Fine Dessert presents a “degrading” depiction of an enslaved African-American mother and daughter in 1810 South Carolina. 

 

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
October 14, 2015
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Workshop series prepares graduate students for teaching in the university classroom

Workshops sponsored by the Penn Center for Teaching and Leadership give students skills for the classroom—and the academic job interview. 

 

  • Teaching & Learning
October 12, 2015
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Penn GSE student-run journal mentors students and seeks variety of authors

Penn GSE’s Perspectives on Urban Education prepare the next generation of scholars to successfully publish research and review that of their peers. 

 

  • Teaching & Learning
October 7, 2015
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The value of caring in the classroom

Chris Lehmann and Zac Chase discussed building more humanistic models for schools with Dean Grossman at Penn GSE Centennial event. 

  • Teaching & Learning
July 30, 2015
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Penn GSE Mid-Career Program hosts EdCamp Leadership

The “unconference” brings together school leaders to think about new approaches to professional development.

 

  • Teaching & Learning
July 24, 2015
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PBS’s NewsHour features Penn GSE’s Richard Ingersoll

Ingersoll talks about what motivates and challenges teachers entering the classroom.

 

  • Teaching & Learning

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