Faculty & Research
Research Centers, Projects, and Initiatives
Research Centers and Projects
- The Achievement Gap Initiative
- Center on the Developing Child
- Change Leadership Group
- Harvard Family Research Project
- Project Zero
- Center for Education Policy Research (formerly the Project for Policy Innovation in Education)
- Public Education Leadership Project (PELP)
Faculty Research Initiatives
- Charter Schools: Chartering Practice Project
- Civic and Moral Education Initiative
- Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE)
- Data Wise Project
- Dynamic Development Laboratory
- Education and Childrearing in China
- GoodWork Project
- International Project for the Study of Educational Accountability Systems (IPEA)
- Language Diversity & Literacy Development Research Group
- NICHD Study of Early Child Care & Youth Development
- Project on the Next Generation of Teachers
- Projects in Language Development
- Understanding the Roots of Tolerance and Prejudice
- Using Contrasting Examples to Support Procedural Flexibility and Conceptual Understanding in Mathematics
![]() | HGSE lecturer Josephine KimSince the spring 2007 slayings at Virginia Tech, Lecturer and National Certified Counselor Josephine Kim has been working to raise awareness of mental health issues that affect Korean-American student populations. |
![]() | It Stems from AlgebraIn their new research project, Professor Chris Dede and Assistant Professor Jon Star are using three technology-based activities, all rooted in algebra, once called the "new civil right" by one algebra advocate. |
![]() | Senior Lecturer Joe Blatt"Sesame Street was the first national television series to feature a fully integrated cast: the hosts were an African American couple, and their neighbors were a mix of other ethnic groups." |
![]() | Professor David PerkinsGrowing up, Professor David Perkins wasn't especially good at baseball.Yet it was America's national pastime that Perkins turned to when he started writing his recent book, Making Learning Whole. |
![]() | Professor Jerry Murphy"I discovered at Harvard a whole new side of myself -- I was a halfway decent researcher. I also discovered that I knew a lot about practice and really liked writing about the everyday reality of how things actually worked." |



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