Penn GSE News Archive
Parsing the Difference Between Education and Indoctrination
Jonathan Zimmerman discusses how K-12 educators must use care and discretion when expressing political opinions so they do not impose their beliefs on their students.
Experts Discuss How to Find – and Keep – Teachers of Color
Richard Ingersoll comments on the importance of retaining teachers of color and the need to improve working conditions in schools where resources are scarce.
One D.C. school lost more than a quarter of its teaching staff this year
Nearly 200 teachers in D.C. Public Schools quit their jobs this school year. Richard Ingersoll comments on the research regarding high turnover rates in schools.
Pound for pound, Dillard University is a physics powerhouse
Marybeth Gasman comments on the significance of historically black college Dillard University's large enrollment of black female undergraduate students majoring in physics.
Essay: The shame of my father’s racism
Marybeth Gasman reminisces about her father's racism and his eventual redemption in this essay that encourages open dialogue about race and racism.
Courageous Conversations: Race at the Crossroads
Marybeth Gasman and Howard Stevenson participate in a live-streamed panel discussion on “What do we lose when we don’t talk about race and how could our lives improve if we did?"
Trump Walks Back Threat to Defund Black Colleges
Marybeth Gasman comments on Trump's offensive statement about disregarding $20 million in funding to HBCUs.
In college test prep industry, cheaper options available
Even though some colleges no longer require standardized test scores for admission, Jonathan Supovitz says some kind of standardized testing is necessary to evaluate students since there are differences in higher education quality across institutions.
Trump is not US universities’ biggest threat
"The biggest threat to the academy will not come from Washington. It will come from the statehouses..." writes Matthew Hartley in this op-ed.