September 25, 2019
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Loan forgiveness is just one way to tackle student debt

Student loan forgiveness was a hot topic in the Democratic presidential primary. Penn GSE Postdoctoral Scholar Jalil Mustaffa Bishop suggests that in addition to loan forgiveness, labor reform could lead to decreased student debt for African American students.

 

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Higher Education
August 29, 2019
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400 years after slaves were brought to America, few Americans know the truth about slavery

In interviews with The Washington Post and Vox, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas said a narrative sympathetic to the Confederacy and slavers spread misinformation in schooling.

 

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
July 19, 2019
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Quinn: School desegregation is hard without busing

Speaking on Radio Times, Penn GSE’s Rand Quinn addressed an unexpected flashpoint in the first round of the Democratic presidential debates.

 

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Education Policy & Analysis
May 30, 2019
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Jax Lastinger receives an award.

Diversity Fellow works to make everyone feel welcome in Penn GSE’s community

Jax Lastinger received the 2019 Award for Excellence in Promoting Diversity and Inclusion.

 

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
May 22, 2019
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In The Dark Fantastic, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas asks what is really happening in fantasy worlds, and finds a mirror to our own

On the Office Hours podcast, Thomas remembers what it was like the first time she read Harry Potter, and how that sparked her investigations of race in children’s literature.

 

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
April 30, 2019
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Questions of race follow on to “Game of Thrones”

Penn GSE’s Ebony Elizabeth Thomas’ forthcoming book explores race and representation in fantasy and science fiction.

 

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
March 7, 2019
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Ethnography in Education Research Forum presents its inaugural book award

Gabrielle Oliveira’s nuanced and complex look at Mexican families, Motherhood Across Borders: Immigrants and Their Children in Mexico and New York, was awarded the first Ethnography in Education Book Award.

 

  • Global Initiatives
  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
March 5, 2019
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Ben-Porath: Trump’s campus free speech executive order would be a blunt tool against the wrong question

Writing in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Sigal Ben-Porath said the president’s proposal drifts into “thought-police territory.”

 

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Higher Education
February 26, 2019
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Ebony Thomas in Classroom Pointing

More of the best children's books from 2018

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas highlights a few titles for young readers that didn't quite make her annual best-of list for 2018.

 

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Language, Literacy & Culture
December 13, 2018
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The Best Books of 2018 for Young Readers

Penn GSE's Ebony Elizabeth Thomas says 2018 saw a leap in realistic portrayals of diverse characters in books aimed at early independent readers.

  • Race, Equity & Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning

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