Penn GSE News
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April 14, 2017

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.

Teaching & Learning
Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Education Policy & Analysis
Alumni
Penn GSE News
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April 14, 2017

Jolley Bruce Christman, GED’71, GR’87

Jolley Bruce Christman, GED’71, GR’87, and her late husband Steven S. Goldberg, GR’85, support graduating doctoral students at Penn GSE for their work in urban education.

Philadelphia Impact
Faces of Philanthropy
Alumni
Andy Porter, Penn GSE
In the Media
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April 13, 2017
, Education Dive

State policy is keeping college- and career-ready standards from being successfully implemented

“It’s all about implementation,” said Andy Porter, in reference to a new C-SAIL analysis on U. S. states' implementation of college- and career-readiness policies . “What can states do to get these standards implemented? If they’re not implemented, they’re not relevant.”

Caroline B. Ebby, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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April 13, 2017

Developing Formative Assessment Tools and Routines for Additive Reasoning

With a $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, Caroline Ebby developed and piloted research-based formative assessment tools and routines for the early elementary grades. She and her team will be providing professional development and ongoing support throughout the 2017-18 school year for 275 School...

Joni Finney, Penn GSE
In the Media
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April 11, 2017
, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Pennsylvanians envious of N.Y.'s free college tuition

Joni Finney comments on New York's decision to support tuition-free higher education.

Ryan S. Baker, Penn GSE
Penn GSE News
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April 10, 2017

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. 

Teaching & Learning
Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Marybeth Gasman, Penn GSE
In the Media
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April 10, 2017
, The Post and Courier

South Carolina State online program could be a cash cow for University of Phoenix

"There’s so much rigorous empirical research that shows the University of Phoenix is merely capitalizing on black and brown students," said Marybeth Gasman, in response to South Carolina State University's planned partnership with the for-profit institution. 

Susan A. Yoon, Penn GSE
In the Media
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April 7, 2017
, The Philadelphia Inquirer

At Penn, student teachers fight anti-science fake news

In this piece, Susan Yoon's work on combating nonscientific beliefs is mentioned.

Joni Finney, Penn GSE
In the Media
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April 7, 2017
, The Chicago Tribune

Governor, start fixing higher ed in Illinois: How to pour more spending into classrooms and labs

The Chicago Tribune's editorial board cites Joni Finney's 2011 study that found Illinois' 1995 shift to more local control of colleges and universities intensified the state's higher education problems.

Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher, Penn GSE
Awards & Honors
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April 7, 2017

Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher elected to CIES Board of Directors

Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher has been elected to the Comparative and International Educational Society (CIES) Board of Directors. She will serve a three year term. The society's over 2,500 members conduct research that focuses on schools, students, teachers and administrators, and on issues spanning early childhood and basic...

Penn GSE News
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April 6, 2017

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.

Howard C. Stevenson, Penn GSE
Penn GSE News
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April 4, 2017

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. 

Penn GSE News
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April 3, 2017

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.

Jonathan Zimmerman, Penn GSE
In the Media
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April 1, 2017
, The New York Daily News

Trump may not be a fascist, but teachers should have the freedom to ask students the question

Jonathan Zimmerman pens this op-ed on teachers engaging politics in the classroom.

Penn GSE News
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March 31, 2017

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
Penn GSE News
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March 29, 2017

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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