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As he steps up his role from executive director to assistant dean for teacher preparation and undergraduate education, Sexton is using what he learned completing his executive doctorate over the last two years to “lean into strategic thinking.”

It will support the senior lecturer’s research on climatic hazard effects on learning in Sub-Saharan Africa.

For this new certificate, the School has partnered with the Association for Talent Development, the world’s largest association dedicated to those who develop and enhance employee knowledge and skills.

Report commissioned by the Midwestern Higher Education Compact recommends reliable funding and targeted outreach.

“Startling benefits” with new approach

New online course gives K–12 teachers practical tools to implement generative AI with confidence and purpose.

The second year of the Catalyst Innovation Summit brought together over 170 founders, investors, researchers, and educators for discussions of the edtech market, the importance of research-backed solutions, applicable lessons, and more.

The Penn GSE Tutoring Initiative at Andrew Hamilton School won second place in the 2025 Phillip B. Lindy Award for Excellence in K-16 Partnerships.

Penn GSE welcomed scores of alumni back to campus to celebrate, reconnect, and learn from a timely faculty panel about how educators can facilitate open and constructive classroom conversations during polarized times.

Hartman joins Penn GSE as director of the Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management and senior fellow, effective July 7.

With funding from the Neubauer Family Foundation, the program was created in direct response to the School District of Philadelphia’s call for targeted support in Algebra 1 instruction.

On May 17, in the Palestra, Penn GSE commemorated the achievements of the roughly 700 master’s and doctoral graduates at this year’s Commencement ceremony.

The McGraw Center for Educational Leadership hosted Obama’s education secretary for public conversation with Dean Katharine Strunk.

A new study from Penn GSE’s Center for Benefit–Cost Studies of Education puts numbers on California's educational challenges.

The newest member of the dean’s Senior Leadership Team, Grady joined Penn GSE from the Columbia University’s School of Nursing.

Weaver examines the broad implications of the evolving role of college athletics and the coming impacts to institutions and students.

The newly named office in Catalyst @ Penn GSE merges the expertise and expands the impact of two offices: the Penn Literacy Network and the Center for Professional Learning.

This award will support the assistant professor in Penn GSE’s Policy, Organizations, and Leadership division in a five-year research plan on institutional responses to truancy.

From mentoring and instruction to leadership and creativity, this year’s awardees represent the values that define Penn GSE.

Rameen Iftikhar, who completed a master’s degree in international education development in January, will pursue a Ph.D. in education at University of Cambridge.

In a San Francisco public radio story, Quinn discusses how desegregation-era policies triggered lasting enrollment shifts and funding challenges in San Francisco’s public schools.

From first-time presenters to seasoned scholars, the Penn GSE community showed up big at AERA 2025 with fresh ideas and powerful conversations.

The latest issue of Social Innovations Journal is an outgrowth of the center for global education innovation’s expertise and mission, capitalizing on their deep network of researchers, practitioners, entrepreneurs, and policy leaders.

Two teams of education master’s students were finalists in the co-curricular program at the business school, which brought together students from across the University with varying levels of experience in artificial intelligence to solve real-world problems in just one week.

Penn GSE students explored policy, shared research, and burnished their professional development at the recent Comparative and International Education Society conference in Chicago.

The Penn GSE assistant professor provides actionable advice for institutions striving for a more representative professoriate in Inside Higher Ed.

The Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and 2013 MacArthur Fellow will address the graduates on May 17 in the Palestra.

Penn GSE alumni from across the academic spectrum have advised politicians, worked in the White House and the statehouse, and spurred change in our nation’s schools and universities thanks to their evidence-backed expertise in education policy.

This spring, those honors include three Spencer Foundation grants, the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, and more.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ Education Committee Chairmen Bryan Cutler and Peter Schweyer discussed how PA lawmakers plan to work together on public school budgets, special education funding, school choice, the PA State Board of Higher Education, and more.

The School and its programs continue to be highly ranked by the publication.

Lorea Peterson Rodondo will graduate in May with a dual degree from Penn GSE and Wharton. She discusses her ambition to apply lessons learned to education in her hometown of Mexico City and reflects on her experience at Penn.

Educators and scholars explored how educators can model democratic engagement while honoring student voice and diverse perspectives.

These seven graduates have made outstanding contributions to the field of education and Penn GSE, and represent the breadth and depth of the School’s impact.

$8 Million Funded Project Partnership between Foundations, Inc., Penn’s Graduate School of Education, the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at Penn GSE, and The School District of Philadelphia. Schools Have Begun Selecting Students for First Cohort

The Project-Based Learning for Global Climate Justice certificate program is a collaboration between Penn GSE and 70 educators around Asia, Africa, and Europe working together on a K–12 education program that emphasizes climate change and social inequalities.

Arrington aims to inspire students to think independently and be creative while demystifying and critically examining academic institutions’ expectations for writing and literacy.

Funded by the NSF, the Create AI workshop aimed to empower students and teachers to build, not just use, AI.

Kemi Oyewole’s past studies in economics and organizational structures and experience in the Boston Teaching Residency stoked a passion for improving educator professional development.

She seeks a career combining her passions for teaching and research.

Michael Gottfried joined education leaders to address chronic absenteeism, emphasizing the importance of collaboration across schools, communities, and government to break down barriers and improve attendance.

Penn GSE higher education scholars Matthew Hartley and Alan Ruby explore how universities around the world are redefining excellence by aligning with their missions and making meaningful impacts on their communities.

The first-of-its-kind program aims to support university presidents and senior higher education leaders in championing transformation and innovation within their institutions.

The project aims to make the research team’s findings more accessible to a wider audience.

This year’s theme, “The Leadership Moment,” addressed significant challenges in the field, from the enrollment cliff to school mergers and acquisitions and speech freedom.

The organization, founded in 1965, is an honorific society of U.S. members and international associates elected based on outstanding education-related scholarship.

He says the program helped refine his leadership practices, and his cohorts were supportive and collaborative.

The competition provides unparalleled benefits for education entrepreneurs, including expert mentorship, access to a global network of innovators, and the chance to compete for cash and prizes.

Eight Penn GSE faculty feature prominently in the rankings, which celebrate the most influential education researchers in the nation.

Dr. Lilian Ajayi Ore has worked with the UN, established a foundation advocating for youth and women’s rights, and now works as a research scholar. She says Penn CLO’s practitioner–scholar approach has had a profound impact on her work.