Penn GSE's Exec Doc program provides a blueprint for an experiment in transcultural education

As a student at GSE, Tim Fournier used to joke that the program was providing "a blueprint for starting a new college campus."

At the time, that kind of start-up opportunity seemed like a pipe dream. But a few months after Fournier had completed his doctorate...

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Growing Enthusiasm for Science Ed in Philadelphia

"I didn't know that making ice cream was science," observed one of the participants in Penn GSE's SPARK! program. "Science tastes really good."

In response to the alarming decline in students who pursue careers in the sciences, several local organizations developed SPARK! With GSE's Susan Yoon taking the lead, the program focuses on solving real-world problems in science and engineering.

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Penn GSE takes its TESOL workshops on the road

Thirty years ago, a GSE student held a single weekend workshop for local TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) teachers.

That was then. Now, the TESOL workshops are widely known and well-regarded

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Analyzing High School Reform

Students of educational improvement have long puzzled over why some school reform ideas blossom while others wither away. An in-depth investigation by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) looks at what actually happens when externally designed reforms enter into school environments.

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Analyzing Classroom Talk and Improving Student Learning

The assorted potential functions of the word "dude" have often been noted in popular culture, but it's not a simple case of the same word being used in three different ways.

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