May 14, 2024
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Vicky Swanson, Hongyang Zhao, and Toby Johnson

A shared passion for community engagement

The Graduate School of Education helps students put their knowledge into practice through community engagement. Three soon-to-be graduates speak with Penn Today about how their service enabled them to deepen their connection with West Philadelphia.

  • Philadelphia Impact
May 10, 2024
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A black-and-white overlay featuring the silhouette of a slumped student holding his brow between his forefinger and thumb superimposed over blurred students and teachers bustling through a hallway with the words “The Mengal Health Crisis in Schools”

Penn GSE leads efforts to address school mental health crisis

Penn GSE is pioneering multi-tiered initiatives to strengthen mental health support for students and educators across U.S. schools.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Counseling & Psychology
May 6, 2024
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A view of the three panelists and Dean Katharine Strunk sitting at a table in front of the packed lecture hall under a screen that reads, “From Courtroom to Classroom.”

Education law lecture explores landmark case demanding equitable school funding for Pennsylvania

The panel covered the conditions in Pennsylvania that led to the lawsuit, what “equitable funding” could or should look like for the 500 diverse school districts across the state, and the specific needs and impacts in Philadelphia.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Education Policy & Analysis
April 22, 2024
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A view of the 2023 courtyard and lobby additions to the Penn GSE building from above, showing their green roofs and rear facade

Penn GSE announces LEED Gold certification on Earth Day

Sustainable upgrades include green roofs, terra cotta and aluminum shading elements, mechanical system updates, and greater use of natural light, combining for 40 percent annual energy use savings.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Global Initiatives
April 8, 2024
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Gerald Campano

Penn GSE faculty and students to share expertise at AERA 2024 in Philly

Gerald Campano will also be honored with a lifetime achievement award for his professional achievements and mentorship work.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Higher Education
March 25, 2024
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Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker

Penn GSE announces Mayor Cherelle Parker as 2024 commencement speaker

Parker, who took office this year, has pledged to make strengthening Philadelphia public schools a priority of her administration.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • News from Penn GSE
February 28, 2024
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The West Philadelphia Collaborative History Project chronicles a community's past

Explore West Philadelphia's heritage in a richly illustrated digital archive, where a community's stories of resilience, struggle, and triumph come to life.

  • Philadelphia Impact
February 19, 2024
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Felix Rosado, the program coordinator for Healing Futures with the Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project (YASP) and an adjunct professor at Chestnut Hill College, delivers a keynote to an audience of high school students in front of a projector screen with his headshot and name on it in a lecture hall.

Penn GSE supports Youth United Against Incarceration Symposium

The Office of School and Community Engagement and HEARD co-sponsored the symposium, uniting nearly 175 students in a collaborative effort with the Workshop School to critically address and devise strategies against the systemic issue of mass incarceration.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
February 9, 2024
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Chaz Howard stands with the recipients of the 2023 Projects for Progress awards.

Ariane Thomas receives 2023 Projects for Progress Award

The Professional Counseling Program director’s Positioned for Success project was recognized for academically supporting and mentoring Philadelphia students affected by gun violence and parental incarceration.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
December 21, 2023
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A large multicultural group of 27 youth, parents, and other adults pose together in a semicircle, smiling at the camera in a classroom.

Penn GSE researchers team up with Philly community to make a difference through CARE Initiative

The community-based research partnership aims to effect change through community members’ own research into the educational issues they face.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Teaching & Learning

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