August 30, 2024
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Math experts expanding Responsive Math Teaching Project to new areas

The program is expanding to new schools, building new partnerships, and even releasing a new book.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
August 27, 2024
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Innovative Learning Analytics online master’s program advances education

Artificial intelligence and data analytics are revolutionizing education — and Penn GSE’s Learning Analytics online M.S.Ed. program is perfectly timed to meet this growing demand.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Teaching & Learning
August 23, 2024
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Penn GSE tutoring initiative makes “profound impact”

The program run by the Office of School and Community Engagement pairs students in the School District of Philadelphia with Penn students and community members for individually tailored tutoring sessions.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
July 26, 2024
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Environmental innovations initiative: From the classroom to the real world

The Project-Based Learning for Global Climate Justice research community at Penn empowers teachers to create active education experiences for students to learn about climate issues.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Teaching & Learning
July 12, 2024
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Sharon Wolf co-edits “Nature” npj collection on using social and behavioral science to address global achievement inequality

The collection underscores how inequality manifests across multiple levels, explores its effects on children, and highlights interventions to create supportive educational environments.

  • Counseling & Psychology
  • Teaching & Learning
June 7, 2024
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Penn GSE’s pilot ABCS elective builds new math friendships and curriculum along the way

The Math Tutoring in an Elementary School course, supported by the Netter Center, is open to Penn undergraduate and graduate students and aims to redefine traditional math tutoring.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
May 29, 2024
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Dean Strunk advocates for student teacher stipend in the "Philadelphia Inquirer"

Katharine O. Strunk, dean of the Penn GSE, joins her fellow deans from prominent Pennsylvania institutions in highlighting the state's teacher shortage crisis.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
April 23, 2024
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As teacher shortages rise, experts share tailored solutions

Penn GSE faculty recently co-hosted a conference at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C., dedicated to bolstering teaching ranks.

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Teaching & Learning
March 15, 2024
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Brooks Bowden highlights consequences of lenient grading in "The Economist"

Bowden’s research demonstrates how lenient grading policies in North Carolina high schools lead to reduced student effort and wider academic gaps, questioning current educational reforms.

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Teaching & Learning
February 23, 2024
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Penn Counseling Lab prepares counselors for future work with simulated sessions

The program at Penn GSE stands out in providing direct feedback from trained observers.

  • Counseling & Psychology
  • Higher Education
  • Teaching & Learning

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