Faculty in the Media

"Human teachers remember what it was like to be a learner. AI has no sense of that at all."

“Student loan repayments can be humane and sensitive to people’s financial situation. And the more simple and automatic it is, the more effective it’s going to be.”

"Normal school is not going to be enough in the areas that were closed for much of the 2021 school year. And different districts made different public health decisions. And so different districts have different amount of work to do to help students catch up. And that’s what’s been missed."

“Education is important, but it’s no panacea. And an education-only narrative misses other structural features of our society that have to change. ... The core thing is how much race matters.”

“The most favorably aligned institutions are by and large top-tier institutions. So, the argument that’s often made that you can’t have diversity and philanthropy seems to be at least questioned by the data that we collected … It’s possible to be a wealthy institution and have a diverse board at the same time.”

"Imagine a world where we could harness the power of AI to provide teachers with automated, valuable feedback. ... The feedback could range from something simple like student-teacher talk ratio to complex teaching strategies like how often the teacher takes up student ideas. Teachers can choose how often they want this feedback to allow for immediate adjustment and continual improvement."

Professor Thomas Kane joined CBS News to discuss why schools have struggled to get a handle on COVID recovery.

Professor David Deming speaks on the Plain English podcast about what his latest study tells us about college, fairness, and the American dream.

"I think sometimes people can get caught up in whether specific colleges have made changes in who they accept. … But even if colleges aren’t accepting as many people with ethical character as we would like, it’s still very important to send the message to high school students that ethical character matters and being a good person matters."

"What we see happening now is part of this much longer history of a violent white resistance to efforts to create more space for multiple claims on human experience to be included in the foundation of knowledge."

“What I’m hoping is that you give the students and teachers tools to recalibrate a school climate that’s centered on well-being. All of these little things add up to a shift in climate that’s much more healthy and more positive.”

"Sure, it’s a tiny slice of schools, but having representation is important, and this shows how much of a difference the Ivies make: The political elite, the economic elite, the intellectual elite are coming out of these schools."

"Early in your career, it can be useful to have an assortment of mentors  (i.e., a mentor board of directors) to guide you — first, because they may have different insights that can help you in your career journey, and second, because you’re asking for less time and commitment from each individual mentor."

"Depressed and anxious parents are often wonderful parents despite — and sometimes because of — emotional challenges. But depression and anxiety in parents are linked to academic, emotional, and health problems in teens. This harm can be compounded when both a teen and one or both of their parents are depressed or anxious."

"The recovery effort has been undersized from the very beginning. We have seen examples of programs that were making a difference for students, but none have been at the scale or intensity required."

"The largest concern is the implication for high school students, especially students of color. This message potentially, if it’s not mediated by a lot of adults and educators, is going to have a disastrous effect on the college-going aspirations of Black and Latinx students. And then ultimately, that will have an impact on our campuses and on our workforce and our citizenry."

"Even though many people care about the ethical dimensions of educational policy and practice, many fewer are working directly with educators, school and district leaders, state policymakers, nonprofits, ministries of education, and the like to help them reflect upon and address the specific ethical issues they are wrestling with in their work."

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Professor Tom Kane discusses "the nation's report card" and what needs to be done to help students make up for learning loss.

“Even if we don’t know exactly the recipe to give to teachers today, I think this study does say, ‘Well, hold on a minute, maybe we should be thinking differently about what’s right if we’re teaching math or language.'"

"This is a moment when community colleges ... are now moving much more to the front and center of the conversation."

"After ChatGPT forced them to confront their fear of unoriginality, the conversation became more nuanced, creative, and rich. Students moved from parroting the words and frameworks of other thinkers ... to reckoning with the implications of these frameworks, and the limitations of imposing them onto complex realities."

"The policy rationale for family leave is clear: people should not be penalized for taking time away from work to take care of their families or themselves. However, if the intention of the leave is to prevent family obligations from negatively impacting someone’s career, our research sheds light on an unexpected consequence for women."

Sarah Dryden-Peterson discusses her latest book and the plight of refugees trying to obtain education and other rights for their children.

"The only way to prevent the dread and guilt from taking over is by taking action. For all our kids, it’s time we prioritize their future and help ensure they can thrive in a changing climate."

"But the only way to reboot civic learning is if we adults can name and shake our addiction: It’s hate, rage and division. Our addiction is one reason why the kids are tuning us out. If we want them to learn, we’ve got to quit fighting so much. We’ve got to create some common ground."

"In our mid-twenties, we also stop experiencing the intensity of the 'imaginary audience,' which makes us especially attuned to what other people think about us ... . As the imaginary audience quiets down, we feel more willing to deviate from groupthink or even to stand out from the crowd by innovating and taking strategic risks."

"Levinson is convinced that an ethical lens can be a powerful tool for educators in the hot seat. 'We need to be honest about the complexity of these decisions,' she said."

"Direct instruction in SEL can take many different forms, including role-play, games, books and stories, song and dance, discussions, and yes—even caring for pets! The key is to make the skill being cultivated explicit in one way or another."

"The pandemic was a public health and economic disaster that reshaped every area of children’s lives, but it did so to different degrees in different communities, and so its consequences for children depended on where they lived."