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María Cioè-Peña reimagines inclusive classrooms for kids of multiple abilities.


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When students miss school, it negatively impacts their learning and social skills. Michael Gottfried says the ripple effects also interrupt learning for peers and strain teachers.
A smartphone is held in the center of the image with the ChatGPT website open on its browser. The phone is above a computer keyboard. You can see that the person has input “explain nuclear fusion in simple terms” as their prompt and the AI is generating an answer in return, illustrating how the program works for end-users.
Betty Chandy gives us five ways teachers can effectively and quickly use tools like ChatGPT today without compromising student learning.
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Penn GSE’s Michael Gottfried shares four ways in which communities can lower absenteeism rates and increase student engagement.
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Penn GSE’s Dr. Marsha Richardson shares her insights.

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Chronic absenteeism and truancy are on the rise, hindering student success. In our debut episode of the Educator’s Playbook podcast, we speak with two experts on the issue.
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As schools find themselves at the epicenter of debates surrounding issues like race, gender and sexual orientation, educators must grapple with the challenges of a rapidly politicized classroom environment.
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New generative AI tools like ChatGPT seemingly hit our classrooms overnight. In this episode, we're focusing on how educators are being forced to adapt and adopt on the fly.
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In this timely episode of the Educator's Playbook podcast, we confront the pervasive issue of gun violence and its reverberating effects across K-12 education.