SSRI Welcomes New Associate Directors Frankenberg and Thompson
Sep 25, 2023
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) at Penn State recently announced the addition of two new associate directors: Cheryl Thompson and Erica Frankenberg. Thompson is a professor in the department of public health sciences at the Hershey College of Medicine, the…
Frankenberg discusses racial segregation in schools on new podcast
Sep 21, 2023
Erica Frankenberg, SSRI associate director and professor of education and demography, was featured in a Policy in Brief podcast that examined ‘Segregation in our Schools.’ In this podcast, Frankenberg discusses the racial segregation that marginalized students have faced over the past few decades…
Teachers across globe feel undervalued, researchers find
Sep 14, 2023
A significant number of teachers across 28 high-income countries feel undervalued in their respective societies, which consequently impacts their level of job satisfaction and how they engage in their work, according to a study co-authored by a Penn State College of Education researcher. The study…News Topics: College of EducationEducation Policy
Social science explains why K-12 integration efforts should continue
Jul 12, 2023
BY GENEVIEVE SIEGEL-HAWLEY AND ERICA FRANKENBERG, for The Hill The Supreme Court’s recent ruling to overturn affirmative action in higher education comes at a time when racial inequality in K-12 schools is deep and growing. The court’s decision immediately curtails what was an already limited but…
College of Education faculty, staff and students celebrated at awards ceremony
May 4, 2023
SSRI cofunded faculty member Brandy Henry and PRI associate Erica Frankenberg were among the award winners at the Penn State College of Education's s annual spring awards ceremony on April 20. Cotterill Leadership Enhancement Award The Cotterill Leadership Enhancement Award was created through an…
P. Karen Murphy elected to National Academy of Education
Mar 21, 2023
P. Karen Murphy, head of the Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling and Special Education and Social Science Research Institute cofunded faculty member at Penn State, has been elected to the National Academy of Education (NAEd), an honorific society consisting of U.S. members and…News Topics: College of EducationSSRI cofunds
Racial and ethnic disparities in STEM achievement appear earlier than thought
Feb 22, 2023
Racial and ethnic disparities in advanced mathematics and science achievement occur as early as kindergarten, much earlier than previously thought, according to a new study led by a Penn State College of Education researcher. The findings suggest that economic and educational policies designed to…
Bimodal intervention shows promise for intimate partner violence survivors
Jan 23, 2023
Black women involved in the legal system disproportionately experience intimate partner violence (IPV) but currently have few options for tailored interventions that consider intersectionality, according to a Penn State College of Education researcher. Brandy Henry, assistant professor of education…
Frankenberg named among top RHSU Edu-Scholars
Jan 10, 2023
PRI Associate Erica Frankenberg, professor of education (educational leadership and demography) and director of the Center for Education and Civil Rights (CECR), is included in the 2023 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, ranking the university-based scholars in the United States who did…
Education professor analyzes South Korean educational reforms
Dec 7, 2022
As a Penn State education researcher with a specific interest in comparative and international education, and a native of South Korea, Soo-yong Byun has extensive knowledge about the South Korean educational system and how it compares to the American model. Byun, professor of education (educational…
Study finds white children more likely to be overdiagnosed for ADHD
Sep 13, 2022
A new study led by Paul Morgan, Harry and Marion Eberly Faculty Fellow and professor of education (educational theory and policy) and demography, and published in the Journal of Learning Disabilities, examines which sociodemographic groups of children are more likely to be overdiagnosed and…
White children are especially likely to be overdiagnosed and overtreated for ADHD, according to a new study
Jul 7, 2022
By Paul L. Morgan, Eberly Fellow, Professor of Education and Demography, and Director of SSRI's Center for Educational Disparities Research, Penn State, for The Conversation White children are especially likely to be overdiagnosed and overtreated for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder during…
Kindergarten children with behavior problems more likely to be bullied
May 19, 2022
Kindergarten children who engage in aggressive or impulsive behaviors, such as arguing or getting angry, are more likely to be bullied as they age, according to a new study led by a Penn State College of Education researcher. “We’re able to give an empirical answer to specific groups who may be…
Disruptive kindergartners are likely to be bullied later in elementary school
May 5, 2022
By Paul Morgan, Professor of Education and Demography, and Director of the Center for Educational Disparities Research, for The Conversation Kindergartners who act out, disrupt classrooms, get angry and argue with their teachers are especially likely to be bullied once they reach third, fourth and…
Research team develops framework to help military students succeed
May 4, 2022
Some children of military families can experience more social-emotional risk than the average student due to stressors such as frequent moves and parental absence, according to Cristin Hall, associate professor of education (school psychology) and faculty affiliate for the Clearinghouse for…
Black children in Pennsylvania have unequal access to quality preschool
Apr 14, 2022
Black children in Pennsylvania are far less likely than their white peers to have access to quality preschool providers, according to Penn State College of Education researchers. “Gaps in educational resources at a young age are a problem because children’s early learning experiences lay the…
Researchers study ways to make college admissions more equitable
Mar 11, 2022
The Penn State College of Education has received a sub-award on a $1.4 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Kelly Rosinger, assistant professor of education (education and public policy) is a co-principal investigator on a University of Maryland-led study to examine patterns in…
Morgan among top 1% of researchers globally
Feb 28, 2022
Harry & Marion Royer Eberly Fellow and Professor of Education and Demography Paul Morgan is recognized as being among the top 1% of scientists in the world, according to a report from Elsevier BV and Stanford University. Morgan is also a PRI associate and the director for the Center of…
Researchers examine link between residential and school segregation
Feb 9, 2022
School segregation has remained a hot-button political issue since Brown vs. Board of Education, a landmark 1954 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the justices ruled that state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional. New research from a Penn State…
College students' sense of belonging related to mental health during pandemic
Feb 2, 2022
Among the many challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has presented to the higher education community, one of the most serious is arguably the toll on college students’ mental health. Penn State researchers have found that students’ sense of belongingness in a higher education institution not only…News Topics: College of EducationCOVID-19
Penn State professor named among most influential in shaping education
Jan 10, 2022
Erica Frankenberg, professor of education (educational leadership) and demography at Penn State and director of the Center for Education and Civil Rights, was recently named to the 2022 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings list of top 200 U.S.-based university scholars who influence education…
Grant to support instruction of trauma-informed practices in the classroom
Dec 13, 2021
Trauma can have detrimental effects on the academic performance of students, particularly those with disabilities. A five-year training grant awarded to researchers in the Penn State College of Education will collaboratively prepare master’s degree candidates as special education teachers and…News Topics: College of EducationChild Maltreatment
Research finds flawed federal monitoring of students of color with disabilities
Nov 30, 2021
Current federal legislation and regulation that monitors for significant disproportionality in special education may be contributing to children of color with disabilities failing to receive treatments and services to which they are legally entitled, according to a Penn State College of Education…
Morgan’s research cited
Sep 22, 2021
CEDR Director and PRI Associate Paul Morgan and his research team’s work discovering children's oral vocabularies by 24 months of age can predict their academic achievement and classroom behavior was cited recently by the editorial Board of the LA Times in their call for universal child care and…
Morgan quoted in article about China's screen time ban
Sep 1, 2021
(Reuters) - Raleigh Smith Duttweiler was folding laundry in her Ohio home, her three children playing the video game Minecraft upstairs, when she heard an NPR story about new rules in China that forbid teenagers and children under age 18 from playing video games for more than three hours a week. “…