Education extends far beyond the traditional classroom.
At Penn GSE, our experts uncover the profound impact that factors like poverty, trauma, and racism have on a child’s learning and development—and we explore how educators, policymakers, and communities can work together to address and mitigate these challenges.
Research and Action Initiatives
Education goes far beyond the traditional classroom. Penn GSE experts are showing how factors like race, trauma, and poverty can impact a child's learning and development.
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Penn Early Childhood and Family Research Center
The Penn Early Childhood and Family Research Center aims to advance the use of science in a context of public trust to address problems affecting the well-being of young children and families facing systemic injustice and disadvantage.
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Penn GSE Global Possibility Network
Penn GSE Global Possibility Network (GPN) is both a research consultancy for youth development organizations worldwide and a community of youth development stakeholders convening through projects, events, and media productions to share knowledge and collaborate.
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Project for Mental Health and Optimal Development
The Project for Mental Health and Optimal Development, based at Penn’s Graduate School of Education, explores the relationship between mental health and optimal development among children, youth, and the adults who support them.
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Resilience Empowerment Collaborative
The Resilience Empowerment Collaborative (REC) is a research, program development, and training center that brings together community leaders, researchers, authority figures, families, and youth to study and promote racial literacy and health in schools and neighborhoods.
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The RIPPLE Lab
The Research and Interventions Promoting Positive Learning Environments (RIPPLE) Lab group conducts research on how children’s early education experiences shape their development and learning, and how policies and programs can improve these experiences.
Human Development and Counseling News
On May 17, in the Palestra, Penn GSE commemorated the achievements of the roughly 600 master’s and doctoral graduates at this year’s Commencement ceremony.
Howard Stevenson shares his tool to help individuals, especially young people, cope with insults and threatening language while managing stress in divisive debates or tense situations.
The subscription-based service is available to families and school counselors and is currently used in several Philadelphia-area schools, a national network of 25 charter schools, and even a school in Qatar.
Resilience helps students persevere through loss and struggle, but recent natural disasters like the LA wildfires are testing that grit. Diana Wildermuth provides tips for school counselors on the front lines.
Why Adrian Wojnarowski left $20 million on the table by leaving ESPN: ‘Time isn’t in endless supply’
Kandi Wiens notes that workers who are most at risk of burnout are not only those in demanding jobs but also those with genuine passion for their work, as they are more likely to become emotionally invested and overextend themselves in pursuit of their goals.
Diana Wildermuth emphasizes that high school is a journey of self-discovery. Teens and families can take steps each year toward post-secondary readiness.
The collection underscores how inequality manifests across multiple levels, explores its effects on children, and highlights interventions to create supportive educational environments.
Diana Wildermuth shares her expertise in the world of recruiting for college athletics.
Kandi Wiens says that employer-provided wellness services tend to backfire more than help with burnout.