Penn GSE News Archive
Democracy depends on kids not imitating Donald Trump's racist tweets and attacks
Jonathan Zimmerman writes that schools should denounce President Donald Trump’s recent comments about four Democratic congresswomen. While he asserts that teachers should guard against vilifying students who support Trump, he says that we must “make sure our children do not behave like him.”
Go to college for free - yes, free - at these Pa. and N.J. schools
Laura Perna’s College Promise program is cited as a resource that helps consumers track free and highly subsidized college in the U.S.
Disney cast the Little Mermaid as a black woman. Why that unnerved some is the same reason others rejoiced
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas discussed the casting of a black woman as Ariel in the upcoming “Little Mermaid” remake. “Whether it’s seeing people of color traveling faster than the speed of light, or as superheroes, dragons, or even mermaids, when we see ourselves in these roles, even as kids we believe we can do anything,” she said. “These images shape our minds on a subconscious level.”
Bernie Sanders unveils education plan to eliminate student loan debt
Joni E. Finney said presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’s plan to eliminate student loan debt “doesn’t match the complexity of the cost education problem.”
Teachers push for books with more diversity, fewer stereotypes
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas is quoted on historical and present-day patterns in the literary representations of people of color that are accessible to students in classroom libraries.
Where the presidential candidates went to school
Jonathan Zimmerman comments on 2020 presidential candidates' educational backgrounds and what history reveals about how experience with public schooling relates to policymaking.