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Stories, faculty specialties, degree offerings, and professional development programs on topics spanning curriculum design, learning design, and improvements in instruction
Ph.D. candidate Jeannette Garcia Coppersmith’s research focuses on inherent bias, and what happens when teachers let students endure the “productive struggle” of learning ambitious mathematics
A new paper finds “substantial gap persists” between reading comprehension research and practice, calls for greater efforts to prioritize effective instruction methods
Experts in literacy development for children and teens explore what the latest scientific research tells us about how children successfully learn to read and comprehend.
Innovative course fosters collaborative, responsible AI adoption
A new guide offers advice and strategies for using generative AI tools to support self-directed project-based learning
The Center for Digital Thriving’s new Youth Voice Playbook offers advice to researchers looking to highlight youth perspectives in their own work
After 45 years on Appian Way, Catherine Snow is ready to start a new chapter
Art|Play project’s new online resources hope to spark creativity in the classroom and beyond for teachers and students
Two alums help teachers help students with Primary Sources
AI designed with certain principles in mind can benefit children's growth and learning, says Assistant Professor Ying Xu, but AI literacy is essential
A summer institute dives into teaching hard histories and tough topics in developmentally appropriate and pedagogically sophisticated ways
Reach Every Reader on its impact and the project’s next phase
Education Now examines how we can transform K–12 public school systems into more human-centered communities that support both educators and students
How current practices in math education around tracking and teaching can be dismantled to achieve the promise of equity in math classrooms
Four approaches to meaningfully incorporate the stories of Black Americans into curriculum — beyond February
Experts consider new ways to help high school and college students discern their vocations and pursue fulfilling careers in an age where job prospects are evolving
With ongoing debates around the best ways to teach reading, what makes for truly effective literacy instruction?
Visiting Professor Seiji Isotani explores how behavioral science and technology can make a positive impact on education
The partnership between HGSE and Sesame Workshop highlighted by popular J-Term course
"Somehow, we got caught up in thinking that kids would pick up that sound-symbol correspondence … and the science is very, very, very clear. That instruction needs to be explicit and intentional."
Sal Khan and Cynthia Breazeal show ways in which innovations in AI can enhance learning and instruction in the classroom — for all
A new study explores how large language models can aid instruction in certain learning environments
Alum develops curriculum to entice reluctant math learners
Anant Agarwal discusses how and why educators need to embrace AI
"It’s genuinely very hard to teach reading. We haven’t been as dogged in supporting teachers ... in teaching reading in a way that is as sophisticated and complex as it really is."
An exploration of ways in which educators can instill civic identity in students
A broader scientific understanding of why children play could lead to better educational tools and experiences that leverage fun
How refugee education can inform education in other times of uncertainty
Generative AI tools can reflect our failure of imagination and that is when the real learning starts
Active citizenship requires a broad set of skills, new study finds
“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.'"
How one HGSE faculty member adapted his teaching to provide two types of classroom experiences
Paulina Haduong, Ph.D.'23, on understanding the challenges that K–12 teachers and students face in learning computing together