Empowering Educators with Expert Advice and Materials
At Penn GSE, we understand the unique challenges educators face today, from facilitating dialogue across differences to implementing new technology in the classroom. That's why we're committed to supporting teachers and educational leaders by offering a range of free resources designed to help you meet these challenges head-on. Whether you're looking for tools to enhance student engagement, tips for integrating AI in the classroom, or research-driven teaching strategies, Penn GSE is here to provide practical, actionable support.
Our mission is simple: to use the power of education to create real, lasting change in classrooms and communities worldwide. By offering free access to our expert knowledge, training materials, and innovative resources, we aim to help you lead with confidence, inspire your students, and make a meaningful impact in education. Find out how Penn GSE can equip you to succeed.
Educator's Playbook
Try our research-backed strategies from Penn GSE experts to tackle the challenges you face in your classroom. Subscribe to the Educator's Playbook, our monthly newsletter featuring tips for teachers since 2016, and browse the full archive of issues for free.
The Practitioner–Scholar: The PennCLO Podcast
This podcast is your gateway to the strategies and success indicators that matter in organizational learning and leadership. Whether you're a curious learner, an up-and-coming leader, or a seasoned executive, this is your platform for intellectual engagement and practical takeaways.
Teaching Tools and Curriculum Resources
Culturally Responsive Schooling 360° Toolkit
Culturally responsive schools work with educators, children, families, and their communities to appreciate cultural distinctiveness and create a nurturing and inclusive school environment for all education partners. The Culturally Responsive 360° Toolkit empowers schools and districts to improve their educational experiences and outcomes through a suite of free tools, firsthand stories from educators, and openly-available resources.
DISCUSS Philadelphia
DISCUSS Philadelphia, a Penn GSE and Temple University collaboration, focuses on how social studies teachers grow as discussion facilitators. This site provides a free collection of discussion scenarios, experienced and written by teachers, called “dilemmas." Each one comes with guiding questions to help teachers pinpoint the core challenge and connect it to their own practice.
Project-Based Learning
Project-based learning (or PBL) is an approach to teaching and learning that has students take on real-world problems in authentic ways. It engages students in authentic roles like that of a scientist, historian, or mathematician to work on authentic problems, whether it be in their classrooms, communities, or societies, and to produce real solutions that have real impacts on real audiences.
Teaching Beyond September 11th
September 11, 2001—and how the events of that day continue to shape our world—can be a difficult subject for any teacher, particularly in the United States. This project provides educators with materials and pathways to explore the ongoing consequences of 9/11 through critical inquiry and a social justice lens that situates anti-Muslim rhetoric and policy within a larger historical narrative.
