Featured series 
Tag: Education
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Nation & World
‘Gifted’
Rooted in values, scorned as elitist, and now, in the age of AI, about to go extinct?
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Arts & Culture
When Cambridge was a ‘tiny Cuba’
125 years ago, a Harvard expedition drew 1,200 Cuban educators to class
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Campus & Community
New institute to strengthen fundamental physics research, collaboration
Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics made possible by $20 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation
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Campus & Community
5 from Harvard named Marshall Scholars
Awards for 4 students, 1 alumna — more than any other institution — support graduate studies in the United Kingdom
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Health
The problem with the school smartphone debate
Study finds most districts already regulate devices. Is the real issue enforcement?
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Nation & World
What’s working, not on front lines of AI in classroom
Tech, education experts share new initiatives on learner profiles, making STEM more accessible, ‘microschool’ experiments
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Campus & Community
‘Our students are seeking not just to coexist, but to understand’
8 projects win Building Bridges grants to spark constructive dialogue on campus
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Nation & World
How AI is disrupting classroom, curriculum at community colleges
Conference examines ways to deal with unique vocational, educational challenges
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Nation & World
Girls fell further behind in math during, after pandemic
Leading sociologist says emotional, family, social disruptions likelier cause than school closures
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Nation & World
Steven Pinker wants to hear your ideas – even the bad ones
Psychologist takes issue with cancel culture in ‘common knowledge’ conversation at the IOP
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Campus & Community
Building momentum on open inquiry
Schools implement recommendations to foster more, better conversations on tough topics around campus
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Science & Tech
Is AI dulling our minds?
Experts weigh in on whether tech poses threat to critical thinking, pointing to cautionary tales in use of other cognitive labor tools
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Nation & World
Princeton leader defends campus free speech efforts amid ‘civic crisis’
Eisgruber, author of ‘Terms of Respect,’ says campus tensions reflect wider U.S. divisions
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Campus & Community
Four years, three words
Seniors encapsulate how they’ve changed since arriving at Harvard
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Campus & Community
Leading FAS in period of major challenges, opportunity for change
Hopi Hoekstra details what she’s learned in first two years as dean, her moves to strengthen funding, academics, admissions, and expand aid
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Campus & Community
Pritzker sees an institution meeting the moment
Senior fellow stresses core principles, Corporation engagement, constructive dialogue as University navigates ‘period of severe challenge’
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Campus & Community
Harvard appoints four University Professors
Dulac, Feldman, Goldin, and Vafa honored with highest faculty distinction
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Nation & World
‘Kids want to read harder stuff’
Are outdated teaching methods to blame for declining U.S. reading scores?
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Nation & World
One idea for equalizing higher education: admissions lotteries
David Deming and Randall Kennedy discuss — and debate — good, bad of meritocracy with ‘Justice’ philosopher
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Nation & World
As states take lead in fixing U.S. schools, Harvard will serve as a hub
Grad School of Education will partner with nine states — from Rhode Island to Texas — to look for practical solutions to low test scores, chronic absenteeism
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Science & Tech
What if AI could help students learn, not just do assignments for them?
Professors find promise in ‘tutor bots’ that offer more flexible, individual, interactive attention in addition to live teaching
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Health
When communication could mean life or death
Workshops on delivering better medical care to deaf patients stress importance of sign language, body language
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Campus & Community
Flew home as Will Flintoft, returned as Rhodes Scholar
Applied math concentrator to study computer science, theology with eye toward AI
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Work & Economy
Lawrence Katz named Citation Laureate
Economist’s findings have garnered nearly 26,000 citations across 72 publications
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Nation & World
What’s driving decline in U.S. literacy rates?
In podcast, experts discuss why learning to love to read again may be key to reversing trend
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Science & Tech
How AI could radically change schools by 2050
In Ed School panel, Howard Gardner says tech could make ‘most cognitive aspects of mind’ optional for humans
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Campus & Community
Deming brings a researcher’s perspective to leadership role
New dean of Harvard College discusses academics, AI, and campus life
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Science & Tech
Our viral vocabulary
Adam Aleksic — aka the ‘Etymology Nerd’ — discusses how social media algorithms are transforming language
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Campus & Community
‘We mark your belonging here’
Garber urges Class of 2029 to teach, learn from one another, reject viewing world in simple binaries
