Jonathan A. Supovitz, Penn GSE
In the Media
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April 16, 2020
, The New York Times

Students might have to take college admissions tests at home this fall

“That’s a big privacy issue, both to lock down your computer and to put some kind of client on your computer to be able to do that," Jonathan Supovitz said.

Penn GSE News
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April 16, 2020
Sharon Wolf talks with a student in her office.

‘This pandemic is going to have consequences for children,’ Wolf says.

Marsha Richardson, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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April 15, 2020
Marsha Richardson was selected by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to become trained as a Youth Mental Health First Aid Trainer.
Awards & Honors
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April 15, 2020
were awarded funding from the AERA for the conference “Performance Funding in Higher Education: Connecting Forty Years of Policy, Research, and Practice.”
Amy Stornaiuolo, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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April 15, 2020
Amy Stornaiuolo has been awarded $2.49 million from the McDonnel Foundation for her project: Facilitating Digital Discourse: Teachers as Learners in a Digital Age.
Howard C. Stevenson, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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April 15, 2020
Howard Stevenson, Executive Director of the Racial Empowerment Collaborative, has been awarded $60,000 from Temple University to implement the “Preventing Long-term Anger and Aggression in Youth” (PLAAY) intervention.
Manuel S. González Canché, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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April 15, 2020
Manuel González Canché has received funding from the AERA to host the conference "Performance Funding in Higher Education: Connecting 40 Years of Policy, Research, & Practice" at Penn GSE.
Penn GSE News
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April 8, 2020
Project SHIELD co-founders Evan Weinstein, Michael Wong, Tiffany Yau, and John Gamba.

Backed by individual donors and volunteers, Project SHIELDS aims to deliver 100,000 shields in the coming months.

Peter Eckel, Penn GSE
In the Media
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April 2, 2020
, Inside Higher Education

Colleges Can Help Win the War Against COVID-19

Peter Eckel and Turab Rizvi write that higher education institutions are well positioned to lead efforts beyond campus borders by advancing experts and their expertise, sharing excess capacity, and supporting community needs.

Robert M. Zemsky, Penn GSE
In the Media
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March 31, 2020
, The Chronicle of Higher Education

The bailout is just the start: Why higher ed needs to build a sustainable model

Robert Zemsky said that “dislodging events,” such as COVID-19, can force needed changes in education. 

Penn GSE News
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March 31, 2020
A family crowds around a dining room table working on homework.

Give each other space. Create norms. And remember, you can play ping-pong on your dining room table.

Karen Weaver, Penn GSE
In the Media
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March 27, 2020
, The Philadelphia Inquirer

College sports will be hit hard, and will not be the same economically after the coronavirus

Karen Weaver talks through the ramifications of the coronavirus pandemic on college athletics departments.

Robert M. Zemsky, Penn GSE
In the Media
 | 
March 26, 2020
, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Will Coronavirus Close Your College for Good?

For 20 percent of institutions, this may be an existential moment, says Robert Zemsky.

Alan R. Ruby, Penn GSE
In the Media
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March 25, 2020
, Education World Online

QS IGAUGE: COVID-19, second wind for higher education in India

Alan Ruby said, “There will be a deterrent effect, especially on international students. The choice of destination for study abroad is influenced by perceptions about personal safety. The virus, and the response to it, is a reminder that health services and hygiene standards are not what some students are familiar with.”

Jonathan Zimmerman, Penn GSE
In the Media
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March 20, 2020
, Education Week Online

When Schools Shut Down, We All Lose

Jonathan Zimmerman writes, “Schools are always implicated in national crises, always,” pointing to schools’ role selling war bonds during World War I and cultivating victory gardens in World War II. “But in prior crises, they were engaged in the struggle, because it was a struggle against a human enemy rather than a biological one. This is a struggle against a biological one that requires schools not to step up, but to stand down.”

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