May 25, 2023
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María Cioè-Peña receives prestigious 2023 NAEd/Spencer postdoctoral fellowship

She was selected as one of 25 fellows from a highly competitive pool of early-career scholars.

  • Language, Literacy & Culture
March 8, 2023
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A group of teenage high school students hanging out during a recent Black Girls Literacies Project meeting. Everyone is casually dressed and comfortable. They’re seated around a coffee table piled high with school boxes, art supplies and snacks. They’re in the middle of doing a project. Everyone is happy and smiling, and several of the students are making the peace sign with their hands. It looks fun and friendly.

Black Girls Literacies Project promotes self-care and community for Philadelphia teens

Doctoral student Barrett Rosser and the Philadelphia Writing Project are expanding the notion of literacy to help young Black women express self-love, build community and foster their identities.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
February 15, 2023
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A montage of alternating book covers. The two new books in the montage were written by Penn GSE professors Sigal Ben-Porath and Jonathan Zimmerman.

New books from Penn GSE professors focus on free speech on campus

Sigal Ben-Porath and Jonathan Zimmerman study the boundaries of free speech and censorship in classrooms and curriculums.

  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Teaching & Learning
January 10, 2023
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A word cloud illustrating the top words across the 15 most-read articles in 2022

The 15 most-read stories in 2022

Readers came to the Penn GSE website for practical, easy-to-apply advice that resonated in classrooms and communities around the world.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Counseling & Psychology
  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Higher Education
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Leadership
  • Teaching & Learning
January 9, 2023
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Illustration by David J. Connor showing three mothers with their children. The artwork is used on the front cover of María Cioè-Peña’s book, (M)othering Labeled Children: Bilingualism and Disability in the Lives of Latinx Mothers.

Penn GSE’s María Cioè-Peña works toward fair and enriching education for all students

She pushes back against labels that limit opportunities for bilingual children with dis/abilities.

  • Language, Literacy & Culture
December 16, 2022
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Helping Students See Themselves

Penn GSE alumni bring diverse perspectives to their classrooms and make DEI a priority for their students.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Teaching & Learning
November 1, 2022
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A student making a poster that says "No Planet B"

Experts, educators gather to learn how to teach environmental justice

More than 130 local educators came together at a recent writing conference co-hosted by the Philadelphia Writing Project.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
September 21, 2022
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In South Africa, Penn GSE interns find purpose and put theory into practice

Two Penn GSE students share their enriching experiences as interns in Johannesburg, South Africa.

  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Alumni
September 15, 2022
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Penn GSE center reveals broad impact of standards-based reform on student learning

A seven-year project shows that standards-based reform has not lived up to its promise, but it also provides a big-picture perspective of what worked — and didn’t work — in the implementation process. This knowledge holds lessons for education leaders as they undertake future reforms aimed at improving instruction and advancing student achievement.

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
August 29, 2022
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Jonathan Zimmerman shares his five "best books about student activism"

"I’ve spent my adult life studying the ways that human beings imagine education, across space and time," wrote Zimmerman, a leading historian of education. "In a diverse nation, what should kids learn? And who should decide that?"

  • Language, Literacy & Culture

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