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Stories, faculty specialties, degree offerings, and professional development programs related to the issues, policies, and practices around race, ethnicity, equity, and justice
Four students head to Holyoke, Massachusetts, to tackle transient student attendance
Alum Anjali Adukia discusses how textbooks across states like Texas and California are less different than commonly believed — especially in how they portray race, gender, and historical narratives
Following a successful professional basketball career in Europe and Canada, master’s student Kazembe Abif is building a new set of skills
Professor in residence and Immigration Initiative at Harvard director is the latest among HGSE faculty honored by the academy
Lecturer Aaliyah El-Amin and Boston College's Scott Seider, Ed.M.'04, Ed.D.'08, examine what it truly means to pursue education justice in K–12 schools
A tool to help students communicate effectively with peers from different places, cultures, and backgrounds
As part of this year's Let's Talk! Conference, Chung reflected on her life and groundbreaking career in television news
A new book demonstrates how to educate for social action and why it doesn’t have to come at the expense of academic learning
The annual Alumni of Color Conference welcomed alumni, students, practitioners, artists, and scholars from HGSE and across the nation to campus
The 23rd annual Alumni of Color Conference takes place at HGSE on February 28 and March 1
Author Eve L. Ewing discusses how having honest conversations about the history of schooling — particularly in regard to underserved student populations — can lead to meaningful change in the field
Lessons to be learned from evolving views about free speech policies on college campuses and how to preserve a safe, productive, and respectful learning environment
The dialogue starts a semester-long Sonder Project at the Ed School to build community and support conversation across differences
Editors at Harvard Education Review revisit Carol Gilligan’s groundbreaking essay
UCLA's Laura Chávez-Moreno discusses how bilingual education programs influence the racialization of Latinx students
Project Zero's Edward Clapp explains the participatory approach to creativity, and how it can empower students by validating their contributions and helping them develop purpose in the world
Two alums help teachers help students with Primary Sources
The visiting fellowship supports new and aspiring leaders of cradle-to-career place-based partnerships
A new study co-authored by Megan Satterthwaite-Freiman highlights the need for more effective and personalized training on how to lead conversations about sensitive topics in the classroom
A new research paper provides a model for social and emotional learning in schools that is culturally sustaining
Professor Adriana Umaña-Taylor's work focuses on understanding how individual and contextual factors, such as ethnic-racial identity, interact to inform adolescents' development and affect academic success
"You can be wounded but still have assets, dreams and hopes. Healing-centered engagement involves a more holistic way to support young people who experience trauma."
Eleven new presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities took part in the annual Harvard Seminar for New Presidents at HGSE
A summer institute dives into teaching hard histories and tough topics in developmentally appropriate and pedagogically sophisticated ways
Alum Adrian Anantawan, violinist, educator, and disability advocate will mark the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act with a concert program that highlights outstanding young musicians with disabilities
EdRedesign Lab Summer Institute convenes community firepower
"People in Boston, then as now, felt like they were entitled to have good, safe, nearby schools in their neighborhoods. For many parents, Black and white, the idea of busing their children to a far-away, possibly unsafe school was outrageous."
The next phase of the project, led by Professor Jarvis Givens and Radcliffe's Imani Perry, will support new research and fill in gaps in the archive's collection
New book emphasizes need to advance beyond workforce diversity efforts focused purely on recruitment and retention
The discussion centered on open dialogue about the conflict in Israel and Palestine
With the QT Library, Carina Traub, Ed.M.'21, has built an inclusive environment using the transformative power of literature to foster understanding and community
Current student empowers girls in low and middle-income countries through digital literacy
The hurdles faced by first-generation college students as they make their way through the financial aid process — and how to help them overcome the barriers
Four approaches to meaningfully incorporate the stories of Black Americans into curriculum — beyond February
Students, alumni, and other members of the HGSE community gathered for the annual celebration of best practices, cutting-edge research, and innovations that strengthen education spaces for people of color
"Anyone who cares about the pursuit of truth, the importance of critical thinking, and the future of education should be alarmed by these attacks. These folks are waging war on our schools and they are using all the familiar weapons, including race-baiting and fearmongering, to do so."
An exploration of healing-centered engagement, a social-emotional learning approach that promotes self-esteem and offers a holistic view of recovery for young people of color managing trauma while also creating positive conditions for academic achievement.
Tips and insight from experts about the impacts of online bullying in children
A roadmap for finding champions and collaborators in your city or district
"[Rest] allows us to take stock of what’s going on inside and shatters the myth that the only real social justice work happens outside of us. Rest forces us to reconcile the close relationship between our inner journey and how we show up in the world on the outside."
"We have been focused so much on academic freedom and free speech that we have neglected to set standards for a culture of mutual respect. It is necessary to do both."
Creative ways educators can adjust their curriculum during "treacherous" times
A guide for educators as efforts intensify to censor books
Timothy McCarthy on his humble roots, talking too much, and the many ways he hit the jackpot
Alum found a way to support communal wellness for Black and Latina early childhood educators
Alum works to dismantle what it means to be a runner and a scientist
Master’s student breaks out in Hollywood as she breaks stereotypes
With Camp Harvard, Ed.L.D. student is all in for K–12