August 30, 2024
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Math experts expanding Responsive Math Teaching Project to new areas

The program is expanding to new schools, building new partnerships, and even releasing a new book.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
August 29, 2024
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Protecting against burnout

Kandi Wiens’ latest book aims to help readers build resilience to stress and heal their relationship to work.

  • Leadership
  • Alumni
  • News from Penn GSE
August 27, 2024
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Innovative Learning Analytics online master’s program advances education

Artificial intelligence and data analytics are revolutionizing education — and Penn GSE’s Learning Analytics online M.S.Ed. program is perfectly timed to meet this growing demand.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Teaching & Learning
August 23, 2024
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Penn GSE tutoring initiative makes “profound impact”

The program run by the Office of School and Community Engagement pairs students in the School District of Philadelphia with Penn students and community members for individually tailored tutoring sessions.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
August 20, 2024
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GSE Alum empowers communities with artisanal crafts and education

Fabiola Lara’s business, tlali•pani, emphasizes providing education to the artisans that they partner with. 

  • Global Initiatives
  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Leadership
  • Alumni
August 16, 2024
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Penn GSE expert offers college prep guide by grade

Diana Wildermuth emphasizes that high school is a journey of self-discovery. Teens and families can take steps each year toward post-secondary readiness.

  • Counseling & Psychology
August 14, 2024
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Policy Corner: SCOTUS decision striking down Biden admin's Student Loan Forgiveness Program will have wide-ranging consequences

Federal student loan debt now totals $1.645 trillion across 43.6 million borrowers, according to the Education Data Initiative. 

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Higher Education
August 12, 2024
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Fostering Equity: Marcus Foster and the Scholarship that Honors Him

The Penn GSE alum and former University Trustee was a dedicated educator, transformative leader, and the first Black superintendent of a major urban school district in the US whose death inspired an outpouring of gifts from more than 450 donors in support of a scholarship for students from underserved communities. 

  • Faces of Philanthropy
  • Alumni
August 9, 2024
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Alan Ruby discusses success of India’s universities in achieving sustainable development

India is the best represented nation in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which measures universities’ social and economic impact.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Higher Education
August 7, 2024
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Alum leads National Blue Ribbon-winning Philadelphia school

Dan Lazar says he constructed the idea of what kind of leader he would be during his time in the educational leadership program at Penn GSE. 

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Leadership
  • Alumni

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February 18, 2020

What I Wish I Knew

Posted by Nikki Hunter '20

Money is stressful, but don’t let the stress take precedence over the pursuit of your degree. I have personally used these tips to help relieve some of my own finance-induced anxiety. Your time at GSE will go by fast. Keeping money under control, whether through these tips, a budget, or other strategies, will allow you the flexibility to take full advantage of your program and the many resources the university offers.
Reflections
February 18, 2020

Why I Chose Penn GSE

Posted by Nikki Hunter '20

It is that time of year once again where prospective students are considering their graduate school options. Already, people have reached out interested to learn more about the Education Policy Program at Penn. One of the first questions is always “Why did you choose Penn?”
Why Penn GSE
February 18, 2020

Best Places to Study on Campus

Posted by Nikki Hunter '20

The graduate student experience is an amalgamation of networking, building your skills, stepping outside of your comfort zone, and most of all reading.
Coursework
January 16, 2020

Best Spots in Philly

Posted by Scott Kominkiewicz '20

One of the first things that struck me was how many vegan-only restaurants there were in Philly and, moreover, how good they were.
Finding Jobs
January 16, 2020

A Day in the Life

Posted by Kate Conroy '20

Seeing other Masters students in my cohort after school is great because we get to share stories from the day and give each other feedback on problems we’re having in our classroom. It’s so important to have other teachers in your life. We will never be able to come up with all the solutions we need on our own, and often, the thing we really need the most is someone else’s perspective
Reflections
January 16, 2020

Why I Chose Penn GSE

Posted by Lentner Jaraba '20

Penn GSE is an institution that serves the community it surrounds. It provides various resources to its community, especially to the schools in the city. Two of the resources are research and social justice.
Why Penn GSE
January 16, 2020

Favorite Philly Finds

Posted by Mandy Duong '20

Although I just moved here four months ago to start my program, I quickly fell in love with Philly and all of its quirks.
Favorite Finds
January 16, 2020

Handling Coursework

Posted by Michaela Ward '20

I’ve loved my coursework. I’ve been consistently excited about my classes, and have really enjoyed feeling my own academic commitments clarify with time.
Coursework
January 16, 2020

Moving to Philly

Posted by Mike Hogan '20

I moved to Philadelphia this past summer from Buffalo, in upstate New York, and before that spent a year living in Boston. One of the things that I love most about living here, beyond the affordability, is the strong sense of community that I felt in Buffalo with the amenities, diversity, and resources of Boston.
Transitions
January 16, 2020

On Taking Those Difficult Courses

Posted by Rachel O'Connell '20

So, here’s my silly confession: quantitative data terrifies me.
Coursework