Harvard EdCasts

And what simple changes can be made to attract more students to higher education?

The pioneer of critical race theory in education discusses the current politicization and tension around teaching about race in the classroom.

How a focus on social-emotional learning can better help children — in school and at home — as we cope with recent challenges and begin to emerge from the pandemic.

Author Traci Baxley shares ideas and offers support to families eager to engage with their children about issues of social justice.

Economist Jeff Denning explains why college completion rates have gone up in the past few decades.

With COVID causing huge setbacks in education systems around the world, what is the path forward for developing nations?

How bringing gratitude into the classroom can have a positive impact on student learning.

Reimagining what teaching and learning looks like when we allow authenticity to happen across the board.

What are kids being taught about climate change in American schools, what part of the discussion is causing friction, and what are the potential effects a generation miseducated on this topic?

Maleka Donaldson shares how the ways in which teachers frame mistakes to their students as early as kindergarten can impact lifelong learning.

Paul LeBlanc, president of Southern New Hampshire University, discusses the way in which higher education needs to change to be more accessible to all students.

A conversation about the impact of COVID on school nurses and why every school needs a nurse.

A look at the role of school boards and the current debates playing out at school board meetings.

Whether summer school is the right solution to make up for lost academic time in COVID.

Educator and writer Jessica Lahey shares what she has discovered about preventing substance abuse in kids.

D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee shares how the pandemic has affected the way in which he leads the district.

The ways in which women face bias while working in education — in all areas of the sector — and how to push back against it.

Professor Nancy Hill and Lecturer Alexis Redding discuss generational changes in adolescent development and how to offer better supports to emerging adults.

How teachers can tackle the difficult work of countering racism in education.

Professor Andrew Ho on whether standardized testing is the best way to assess student learning — and learning loss — during COVID times.