January 21, 2016
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Brookings interviews John Fantuzzo and Dennis Culhane about big data

The founders of Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy talked about how communities are using integrated data now, and what’s next.

 

  • Education Policy & Analysis
October 30, 2015
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Porter: Teachers need support to make standards work

In an op-ed for the Washington Post, C-SAIL director Andy Porter writes that the focus of education reform should be implementing more rigorous content, not standardized testing. 

 

  • Education Policy & Analysis
July 21, 2015
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Penn GSE alumna and former faculty member are rising leaders at IES

“I realized that I was never happier than when I was figuring out how to explain something complex in a way that would enable my audience of non-researchers to understand,” —Ruth Neild.

 

  • Education Policy & Analysis
June 17, 2015
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Penn GSE’s Andy Porter to head $10M center on the Common Core and other college-readiness standards

“C-SAIL situates Penn GSE and the University of Pennsylvania at the frontline of research into one of the nation’s most vital but fraught educational policy issues,” said Penn GSE dean Pam Grossman. “Porter and his team will provide one-on-one support to teachers as they grapple with incorporating standards into their classroom instruction, while also studying what works and what doesn’t on a national scale. Their center has the potential to move the needle on student learning.”

 

  • Education Policy & Analysis
June 17, 2015
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Jonathan Supovitz discusses the politics of the Common Core standards on Radio Times

Supovitz talked about the new standards, the tests that often come with them, and what the fight over the Common Core means for education. 

 

  • Education Policy & Analysis
February 24, 2015
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Jonathan Supovitz explores Twitter debate over Common Core standards

The research is presented in an interactive website that weaves theory with data. Supovitz and his colleagues found, on Twitter, the debate over the standards has become a proxy war for broader political issues. 

 

  • Education Policy & Analysis
February 6, 2015
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Matthew Steinberg named an Emerging Education Policy Scholar by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and American Enterprise Institute

Penn GSE Assistant Professor of Education Policy seeks to share his research and ideas with scholars and senior policymakers to influence K-12 education policy decisions.

 

  • Education Policy & Analysis
January 26, 2015
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Q & A with Pedro Rivera, Acting Pa. Secretary of Education and student in Penn GSE’s Mid-Career Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership

Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration will focus on an equitable school funding formula, making sure local school boards have control, and improving professional development for educators, Rivera said.

 

  • Education Policy & Analysis
January 12, 2015
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Penn GSE's first MOOC tells the history of education reform

Professors John Puckett and Michael Johanek will trace the story of how the American school system was built in “American Education Reform: History, Policy, Practice,” the first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) created by Penn GSE.

 

  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Education Policy & Analysis
October 14, 2014
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A Report Card for Higher Education: Professor Joni Finney on System Reform for a New Century

Can American higher education make the grade? A Penn GSE professor turns up the heat on state leaders throughout the nation.

  • Education Policy & Analysis

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