May 28, 2020
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Pennsylvania mail-in ballots for the 2020 primary election.

Creating a civics curriculum with Philly students that can be taught online or in person

When the COVID-19 pandemic shifted Rand Quinn’s class online this spring, his students decided their main project should change too.

  • Philadelphia Impact
  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
May 1, 2020
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A graphic featuring the books on Rabani Garg's list.

The best books about Ramadan for children

Penn GSE doctoral student Rabani Garg has created a list that showcases ‘the diversity of Muslim life across the world’.

  • Language, Literacy & Culture
April 30, 2020
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Jasmine Blanks Jones works with a student artist at B4 Youth Theater.

Theater stopped misinformation during the Ebola crisis. The Penn GSE student who led the project says arts can help beat COVID-19.

When Ebola hit Liberia, Penn GSE student Jasmine Blanks Jones’ youth theater company took on conspiracy theories and a lack of trust in the government. If that sounds familiar, she has ideas for improving messaging during the pandemic.

  • Global Initiatives
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Special Topic: COVID-19
March 27, 2020
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Two students walk in front of Penn GSE's building.

Penn GSE again #2 in U.S. News & World Report rankings for graduate schools of education

Penn GSE teacher’s teacher education programs listed among the nation’s best.

  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Higher Education
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Teaching & Learning
February 17, 2020
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Krystal Strong testifies to the US House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee

Krystal Strong urges US House subcommittee to support leadership initiatives for African youth

Strong said African students are “learning what it means to be a citizen, developing political identities, and learning the extent to which their governments and societies will support them.”

  • Global Initiatives
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
December 24, 2019
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A calendar for December 2019, with December 31 circled in red.

The stories of 2019

This year, Penn GSE researchers examined impeachment, the costs of college, dual-language programs — and earned praise along the way.

  • Education Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Higher Education
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
July 9, 2019
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Bringing the Penn Literacy Network to China and Western Canada

Shuai (Michelle) Shen, GED’08, works for the Penn Literacy Network (PLN) at Penn GSE to bring practical, evidence-based professional development to teachers in China and beyond.

  • Language, Literacy & Culture
  • Alumni
June 20, 2019
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Four Penn GSE students receive prestigious National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowships

Sharon Wolf received an NAED/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship to further her research of early childhood education in sub-Saharan Africa.

 

  • Education Policy & Analysis
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
February 26, 2019
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Ebony Thomas in Classroom Pointing

More of the best children's books from 2018

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas highlights a few titles for young readers that didn't quite make her annual best-of list for 2018.

 

  • Language, Literacy & Culture
January 31, 2019
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The RTE editorial team.

Shaping a legendary literacy journal’s future

Penn GSE’s Gerald Campano, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, and Amy Stornaiuolo are now editing Research in the Teaching of English.

 

  • Language, Literacy & Culture

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