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Download full textShafer, Rowan – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2018
The savior teacher/deficit parent narrative has become a public pedagogy in America, evidenced by the rise of Teach for America, and the threat of extreme neoliberal education reforms by the Trump administration. In this paper, I examine how the popular television show, "The Simpsons," upholds and challenges familiar tropes of the savior…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Teaching Methods, Television, Programming (Broadcast)
