News The Hole at the Heart of Reform Posted May 4, 2014 By News editor Harvard University Assistant Professor, Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell, is interested in understanding how organizations work — their internal processes and how they produce the outcomes they do.Excerpt from Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell's Tedx TalkI'm actually going to spend my time with you kinda thinking through a different set of ideas that I think are cool in an entirely other way, in terms of how we can begin to think about making real changes in public education.I want to share with you this hole that I feel inside me, a hole that I've spent my entire career trying to fill. The hole that I'm talking about, is this hollow feeling that I have every single time I think about all of the human potential that's been wasted, all of the social injustice that's been created by not providing the highest possible quality of education to the kids in this country that need it most.Watch the entire Tedx Talk. News The latest research, perspectives, and highlights from the Harvard Graduate School of Education Explore All Articles Related Articles Askwith Education Forum Equitable Recovery: Addressing Learning Challenges after COVID With research showing the impact of remote and hybrid learning, what are the federal, state, and district strategies to lift learning and support social-emotional needs? News Neighborhoods Matter Leaders from across the country look at the importance of place when it comes to social mobility and giving every child the opportunity to succeed Ed. Magazine Road to COVID Recovery New project launched to evaluate academic interventions for kids who fell behind.