August 20, 2024
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Fabiola Lara stands wearing a medical mask with a woman artisan outdoors in Oaxaca, Mexico, holding and examining a pile of threads, with more threads hanging behind them.

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 2, 2024
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Penn GSE alum Rina Madhani sits cross-legged on the floor surrounded by elementary schoolchildren, all reading books and laughing together

Penn GSE alum get books into the hands of young readers

Rina Madhani and Sibylla Shekerdjiska-Benatova have each founded literacy nonprofits that put books into the hands of children who need them.

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  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Alumni
July 30, 2024
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Krista Cortes stands, hands folded in front of her, laughing in the middle of her office surrounded by decorations showcasing Latin American culture.

Homeroom: Creating space for dialogue — Exploring Krista Cortes’ vibrant office at Penn’s La Casa Latina

Cortes transforms her office into a dynamic cultural hub, where academic insights and personal touches spark conversations and foster a sense of belonging among students.

  • Higher Education
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Alumni
July 22, 2024
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A grid of children’s book covers in two rows of three, clockwise from top left: Every Child Deserves by Zaden and his two Dads, Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite, ABCs of Positivity by Yuna Hur & Christina Shim, Welcome to Jazz by Carolyn Sloan, ABeCedarios: Mexican Folk Art ABCs in English and Spanish by Cynthia Weill, and The Lost Umbrellas of Lexington by Meredith Newman

Empowering young minds: Penn GSE's impact through children's literature

Penn GSE’s community reshapes stories for young readers with diverse voices. 

  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Alumni
May 31, 2024
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Penn Ph.D. candidate Penelope Lusk named 2024 Queen Elizabeth Scholar

Penelope Lusk, a Ph.D. candidate at Penn GSE, has been awarded a 2024 Queen Elizabeth Scholarship for a year of study at the University of Oxford in England.

  • Language, Literacy & Culture
December 21, 2023
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A large multicultural group of 27 youth, parents, and other adults pose together in a semicircle, smiling at the camera in a classroom.

Penn GSE researchers team up with Philly community to make a difference through CARE Initiative

The community-based research partnership aims to effect change through community members’ own research into the educational issues they face.

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  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Teaching & Learning
December 19, 2023
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Penn GSE 2023 Stories, clockwise from top left: Dean Katharine O. Strunk; Dr. James Lester delivers the keynote at the McGraw Center for Educational Leadership opening event; Suzanne McGraw is in the audience at an event, listening; Cover art for the second episode of the Educator's Playbook Podcast

Our top stories of 2023

Look back with us at some of the stories that defined 2023 for our community.

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  • Education Policy & Analysis
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  • News from Penn GSE
September 19, 2023
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Penn GSE student Meresa García sits outside on cement steps in front of a brick wall on the University of Pennsylvania campus wearing a tan t-shirt and blue jeans, smiling at the camera

UTAP student Meresa García shares her passion for literacy and community work with Penn Libraries in “Penn Today”

Meresa García, an Urban Teaching Apprenticeship Program student at Penn GSE, has embarked on a mission to promote literacy and education in Philadelphia. Her journey into advocacy was ignited by her lifelong love for books and her realization of the challenges facing public school students in the city.

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  • Language, Literacy & Culture
August 9, 2023
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Celebration of Writing and Literacy seeks proposals on safe spaces for October conference

Organizers are seeking presentations of original curriculum, research, or pedagogy related to re-establishing school and classroom communities as authentic, positive, and nurturing spaces. Submissions are due Aug. 18.

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  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Teaching & Learning
May 25, 2023
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María Cioè-Peña receives prestigious 2023 NAEd/Spencer postdoctoral fellowship

She was selected as one of 25 fellows from a highly competitive pool of early-career scholars.

  • Language, Literacy & Culture

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