May 26, 2021
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Penn GSE Dean Pam Grossman, who recently co-authored a new report from the Learning Policy Institute, pictured in February 2020.

Pam Grossman joins leaders challenging schools to do better than just a “return to the old normal” in new report

Penn GSE’s dean and peers from the Learning Policy Institute advocate for accelerating systems change in the wake of the pandemic.

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
May 17, 2021
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The word “Celebrating” appears in a dark blue horizontal block. Below it is a logo made of dark blue, light blue, and bright red blocks against a white background. The logo reads, “Extraordinary Impact: The Campaign for Penn GSE.”

Celebrating Extraordinary Impact: The Campaign for Penn GSE

The largest fundraising effort in Penn GSE’s history is helping the School realize its five priorities and provide learners with the foundation for lifelong opportunity.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Faces of Philanthropy
May 11, 2021
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A scene from Yasmin Kafai’s entry in the National Science Foundation 2021 STEM for All video showcase.

Penn GSE teams competing in NSF’s STEM for All video showcase

Go vote for teams led by Caroline Ebby and Yasmin Kafai in the Public Choice competition.

  • Teaching & Learning
April 30, 2021
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Ed Brockenbrough

Zaya Wade and Lil Nas X are making it easier for queer and trans youths to explore their identities

‘To have young people who are taking center stage in the realms that other young people are really sort of using to explore their identity is crucial,’ Ed Brockenbrough recently told USA Today.

  • Teaching & Learning
March 8, 2021
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OreOluwa Badaki

Using the past to build a more environmentally just future

From teaching to research, doctoral candidate OreOluwa Badaki takes an intergenerational, interdisciplinary approach to environmental justice.

  • Teaching & Learning
March 5, 2021
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Pam Grossman holding a paper in front of a class

The five challenges facing teacher PD

Writing in ASCD Express, Zachary Herrmann and Dean Pam Grossman define some of the challenges facing teacher professional development and how we might address them.

  • Teaching & Learning
December 21, 2020
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A screen shot from a language learning game, asking the player to translate "Yo soy un niño" into English.

Planning to learn a new language in 2021? Start here

Setting goals for learning a language can help you determine which tools will be most useful to you, says Dr. Anne Pomerantz, an expert in the teaching and learning of new languages at Penn GSE.

  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Teaching & Learning
December 10, 2020
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Half of a bright blue sphere representing Earth is illuminated, and surrounding the sphere are digital icons including a phone symbol, wi-fi symbol, dollar sign, and camera icon.

Education in Times of Change: Penn GSE Provides Leadership and Partnership for an Unprecedented Era

Amid a global pandemic and perhaps the largest civil rights movement in U.S. history, Penn GSE is embracing the shift to virtual education, providing resources to educators and leaders in the field at large, and addressing issues of race, equity, and access throughout the School’s work.

  • Counseling & Psychology
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
December 9, 2020
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A student works at a laptop computer.

Kafai’s team helps students who code tell their own stories

CodeQuilt Philadelphia, part of CS4Philly Week, gives students a voice in saying who codes and why they do it.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Teaching & Learning
December 4, 2020
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Penn GSE Homecoming @ Home highlights Bedtime Math and awardees

Penn GSE’s Homecoming @ Home honored five outstanding graduates and featured Laura Bilodeau Overdeck, WG’95, founder and president of Bedtime Math, a nonprofit that works to help kids love math.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni

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