Penn GSE News
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April 21, 2022
Standing from left to right with shovels, Doug Korn, Wendell Pritchett, Pam Grossman, and Philip Chen.

Penn GSE breaks ground for historic building expansion

Penn GSE’s much-awaited, major building expansion project officially began on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, with a groundbreaking ceremony attended by about 100 Penn GSE community members and guests.

Robert M. Zemsky, Penn GSE
In the Media
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April 15, 2022
, The Washington Post

Momentum builds behind a three-year degree to lower college costs

Robert Zemsky is quoted on the worries that speeding up curriculum to graduate from college in three years would “cheapen the degree.”

Caroline L. Watts, Penn GSE
Penn GSE News
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April 13, 2022

Chalkbeat, Resolve Philly, Penn GSE to host panel on Philadelphia gun violence, impact on students’ mental health

A panel of experts, school leaders, and students will discuss Philadelphia’s historic levels of gun violence and how the rise in violence is affecting students and schools still reeling from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Philadelphia Impact
Penn GSE News
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April 12, 2022
Catapult logo and symbol

Charting a course for the future of EdTech: The inaugural Catapult cohort

The eClose Institute, Readlee, and Avela will work with Penn GSE’s Catapult virtual accelerator to grow their ventures into global difference-makers.

Penn GSE News
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April 12, 2022
Catapult logo and symbol

Charting a course for the future of EdTech: The inaugural Catapult cohort

The eClose Institute, Readlee, and Avela will work with Penn GSE’s Catapult virtual accelerator to grow their ventures into global difference-makers.

Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Penn GSE News
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April 11, 2022
Lea School principal Aaron Gerwer speaks from behind podium at celebration event.

Penn and Lea School celebrate signing of $4 million commitment

Students, staff, and faculty from across Henry C. Lea Elementary School, the Penn Graduate School of Education, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, and the University of Pennsylvania gathered to celebrate a new era in the Penn-Lea partnership.

Philadelphia Impact
Teaching & Learning
Pam Grossman, Penn GSE
Penn GSE News
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April 4, 2022

Penn GSE Dean Pam Grossman and Lea Principal Aaron Gerwer on his collaborative vision for a true community school

GSE Dean Pam Grossman and Lea Principal Aaron Gerwer answer questions about the partnership, its history, and their shared vision for prioritizing the needs and desires of the Lea community.

Philadelphia Impact
Language, Literacy & Culture
Teaching & Learning
Penn GSE News
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April 1, 2022
Woodcut illustration of adult teaching children

America as it actually was: Symposium confronts American myth, complexities of teaching 1776 in light of 1619

“Teaching Independence: Bridging the Communications Gap” brought educators from around the area together to discuss the complicated task of teaching race and its relation to America’s founding in a harshly divided political climate.

Philadelphia Impact
Language, Literacy & Culture
Teaching & Learning
Michael A. Gottfried, Penn GSE
Penn GSE News
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March 31, 2022

Absenteeism actively harms everybody — even the students who show up. How do we stop it?

In partnership with co-authors from Brown University, Penn GSE’s Michael Gottfried has compiled an evidence brief providing strategies for combatting growing absenteeism numbers.

Teaching & Learning
Penn GSE News
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March 30, 2022
The WOCHE panel, with Raquel Arredondo

Panel headlines Women of Color in Higher Education Summit

A powerful, lively, and heartfelt panel took over the second floor of Houston Hall this past week as part of the seventh annual Women of Color in Higher Education Summit

Higher Education
Leadership
Penn GSE News
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March 29, 2022
Penn GSE USNWR Ranking Logo

Penn GSE once again ranked #1 in U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Education Schools

The ranking marks Penn GSE’s second year in a row at #1 in U.S. News & World Report’s list and its seventh consecutive year in the top five.

Education Policy & Analysis
Higher Education
Teaching & Learning
Press Releases
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March 28, 2022

13th annual Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition now accepting applications

The Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition gives up-and-coming ventures an opportunity to demonstrate how they plan to help eliminate systemic inequities in education.
Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Ross Aikins, Penn GSE
In the Media
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March 25, 2022
, Inside Higher Ed

We must do better for the next Lia Thomas

Should there be more than two podiums, two gendered sets of record books? More could be done to recognize transgender athletes’ accomplishments, Ross Aikins writes.

Janine Remillard, Penn GSE
In the Media
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March 23, 2022
, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Black and brown women are underrepresented in STEM fields. This program works with K-12 girls to fix that.

Janine Remillard speaks about a local program that prepares Black girls for careers in STEM fields. “Black girls need to be in an environment where they can thrive by being supported as learners, and by being able to look around and see others like themselves,” she says.

Penn GSE News
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March 15, 2022
Panelists engaged in a discussion on Zoom

Panel Addresses the Future of Higher Education

What can institutions do to help students make informed choices about higher education? How can we make sense of skepticism surrounding cost, value, and return on investment? Four members of the Penn GSE community at the forefront of these changes spoke at a recent Penn Alumni panel event.

Education Policy & Analysis
Higher Education
Teaching & Learning
Alumni
Penn GSE News
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March 11, 2022
Rina Madhani showing a package of books to a small child.

“I realized the community’s needs were bigger than me”: One Penn GSE alum’s quest to fight childhood illiteracy

Struck by her own experience as an educator, Penn GSE alum Rina Madhani is helping promote childhood literacy in the underserved communities of the Bronx through a growing nonprofit.

Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Language, Literacy & Culture
Teaching & Learning

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