December 2, 2021
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Four tiled images include a professor speaking in front of a blackboard, Independence Hall against a clear sky, a white graphic illustration of the map of USA against a dark blue background, and protestors creating human rights signs. A large red block in the center reads “Education and Democracy.”

Education and Democracy: Penn GSE Faculty and Students Work to Advance Civic Life

As a complex era fuels urgent questions about the state of American democracy, faculty and students at Penn GSE are examining key issues of freedom, voice, and dialogue while helping foster respectful discussion within the classroom and beyond.

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
October 19, 2021
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Institute of Education Sciences announces 2021 fellows

The University of Pennsylvania’s IES predoctoral training program, led by Penn GSE’s Brooks Bowden and Rebecca Maynard, has announced this year’s nine awardees.

  • Education Policy & Analysis
September 15, 2021
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Regular bedtimes reduce absenteeism for kindergarteners, study finds

In new research published in the Journal of Sleep Research, Penn GSE’s Michael A. Gottfried and Texas Tech University’s J. Jacob Kirksey find that a regular bedtime improves kindergarteners’ attendance and decreases the likelihood they will be chronically absent.

  • Education Policy & Analysis
August 10, 2021
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In California district, study finds Latinx students with Latinx teachers attend more school

In new research published in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Michael Gottfried (Penn GSE), J. Jacob Kirksey (Texas Tech) and Tina L. Fletcher (Penn) examine the impact of having a same-race teacher on attendance.

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Teaching & Learning
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
April 8, 2021
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Katie Barghaus

Could this be the moment to expand and improve early childhood education?

‘It’s kind of like one lever that has a lot of dominoes fall into place once it’s pulled,’ says Katie Barghaus.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Education Policy & Analysis
February 18, 2021
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McGraw Prize winners discuss how educators can adapt to meet the moment

Nominations for the 2021 McGraw Prizes in Education are open through April 15.

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Higher Education
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
October 27, 2020
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Roberto Gonzales

Roberto Gonzales appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

Gonzales, an expert in how immigration policy shapes the lives of young people, will join Penn GSE and Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences in July.

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
October 2, 2020
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Penn GSE is the new home for two prestigious IES grants

Rebecca Maynard and Brooks Bowden will lead a $4.6 million training program for doctoral fellows from across the University of Pennsylvania pursuing data-driven education research.

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Leadership
August 31, 2020
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Penn GSE associate professor Michael Gottfried

Michael Gottfried on applying economists’ tools to ed policy, tackling truancy in California with Kamala Harris, and slurping his favorite Philly food

Gottfried is the newest member of Penn GSE’s Education Policy Division.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Education Policy & Analysis

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