April 14, 2017
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A National Voice: Alumni in Education Policy

Penn GSE alumni are addressing national challenges through affordable college options, data to drive decisions, educational access, and the liberal arts.

  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
April 14, 2017
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Education, Language, and Culture: Penn GSE’s Dr. Nelson Flores Advances Bilingual Education

By helping Philadelphia schools implement dual-language programs in Spanish and English, a faculty member continues a linguistic legacy at Penn GSE.

  • Teaching & Learning
April 14, 2017
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Michael G. Kirsch, C’68, GED’72, GRD’74

A school principal for forty-two years, Michael G. Kirsch knows the value of professional development in a field that faces constant change.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Faces of Philanthropy
  • Alumni
April 14, 2017
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Allison Bieber McKibben, C’93, and Jeffrey S. McKibben, W’93

Love of Penn and the desire to ensure a strong teacher workforce for the future drew the McKibbens to support faculty aid at Penn GSE.

  • Faces of Philanthropy
April 10, 2017
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When students 'game' online learning, they lose

Baker argues that when students find ways to avoid answering certain questions in a tech-based learning system, it is worse than simply off-task behavior in the classroom. 

 

  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Teaching & Learning
April 6, 2017
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Anderson and Jones host “Our Mental Health Minute” series on YouTube

Psychologists Riana “Ri” Anderson and Shawn “CT” Jones take an offbeat look at mental health in relatable one-minute videos.

 

April 4, 2017
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Forward Promise, an initiative to help boys and young men of color heal, grow, and thrive, launches at Penn GSE

Backed by $12 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Forward Promise is now accepting grant applications. 

 

April 3, 2017
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Office of Development and Alumni Relations announces preliminary Alumni Survey results

Responses from over 1,200 alumni from the 1940s to today paint a picture of the careers and interests of Penn GSE graduates.

 

  • News from Penn GSE
March 31, 2017
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VAST LIFE program expands horizons of students and future teachers

VAST LIFE pairs Penn GSE students with high school students who have developmental and intellectual disabilities.

 

  • Teaching & Learning
March 29, 2017
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Structured civic dialogues ask students to lean in and listen

Since the 2016 election, Penn GSE professor Jonathan Zimmerman, and Harris Sokoloff and Chris Satullo of the Penn Project for Civic Engagement, have been thinking of ways to get Americans talking again. 

 

  • Philadelphia Impact

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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