Featured series 
Tag: Education
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Arts & Culture
Why are so many novels set at Harvard?
Beth Blum notes campus is beautiful, romantic setting that lends itself to exploring collision of ideals, reality
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Nation & World
What makes a good teacher?
One skill — arguably the most important for educators — is also hardest to define
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Nation & World
Unfuzzy math: U.S. needs to do better
Ed School expert has some ideas, including a rethink of homework bans, after ‘discouraging’ results
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Nation & World
Seeing schools as ‘laboratories of democracy’
Encounters with different perspectives are a key part of the learning experience, panelists say
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Arts & Culture
12 centuries of Ukrainian literature in 12 weeks?
Bohdan Tokarskyi, new assistant professor, says he’s up to the challenge
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Nation & World
How can higher ed make democracy better?
Kennedy School panel says it’s a combination of knowledge — and skills
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Science & Tech
When we say ‘smart,’ what do we mean?
Computer scientist says we should shift focus to ‘educability’
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Work & Economy
What skeptics get wrong about liberal arts
In podcast episode, an economist, an educator, and a philosopher make the case it’s as essential as ever in today’s job market
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Nation & World
Taking the phones out of school
Experts discuss growing movement to restrict devices in class
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Campus & Community
Her gift launched four centuries of Harvard financial aid
As a woman, Anne Radcliffe wouldn’t have been able to attend the University when she donated its first scholarship in 1643
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Nation & World
Your kid can’t name three branches of government? He’s not alone.
Efforts launched to turn around plummeting student scores in U.S. history, civics, amid declining citizen engagement across nation
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Campus & Community
His country restricted music. Suddenly he was a target.
Between Taliban regimes, Scholar at Risk gained stardom singing on Afghan TV show
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Science & Tech
Should kids play Wordle?
Early childhood development expert has news for parents who think the popular online game will turn their children into super readers
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Science & Tech
How moms may be affecting STEM gender gap
Research suggests encouragement toward humanities appears to be very influential for daughters
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Nation & World
How to help urban young people progress? Nurture hope.
Youth development specialist promotes holistic approach to healing, growth of individuals, communities amid poverty, drugs, trauma
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Campus & Community
How they spent their summer vacations
A look at five projects, including a hunt for stolen coins, tracing history of long closed, Jim Crow-era beach in New Orleans
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Science & Tech
The answer to your search may depend on where you live
Researchers find ‘language bias’ in various site algorithms, raising concerns about fallout for social divisions among nations
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Campus & Community
Exploring generative AI at Harvard
Leaders weigh in on where we are and what’s next
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Campus & Community
Sustainability programs’ focus will expand at Harvard Extension
New director brings global perspective as students address international concerns
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Campus & Community
Should universities be taking official stances on political, social issues of day?
Experts at Radcliffe event weigh whether ‘institutional neutrality’ is best way to encourage academic freedom, safeguard core mission
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Campus & Community
Harvard Griffin GSAS applications rise nearly 16% over past three years
25,240 applicant pool for master’s, Ph.D. programs
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Nation & World
Are top-ranked colleges really the best? Depends. At what?
Sociologist urges ratings focused on real-life outcomes, particularly in those from underrepresented groups
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Campus & Community
Broadening access and deepening impact, starting with listening
Axim Collaborative CEO Stephanie Khurana is focused on listening to others in the education industry, and focusing on underrepresented students.
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Nation
Unfinished business
Education has been a force for racial progress in the U.S., but we still have a long way to go.
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Health
Is pandemic finally over? We asked the experts.
Harvard faculty discuss changes to views on school, work, winter’s likely surge, danger of “lethal inflexibility.”
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Nation & World
Neighborhoods as engines for social, economic mobility
Neighborhood groups come to HGSE with children from disadvantaged communities in mind.
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Nation & World
Why do we need critical race theory? Here is my family’s story
As part of the Gazette’s Unequal series, Tauheedah Baker-Jones, Ed.L.D. ’21, explains why we need critical race theory in K-12 curriculum.
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Nation & World
How COVID taught America about inequity in education
This installment of the Unequal series looks at the how the pandemic called attention to issues surrounding the racial achievement gap in America.
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Nation & World
Racial wealth gap may be a key to other inequities
The wealth gap between Black and white Americans is examined in this installment of the “Unequal” series.
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Nation & World
Redrawing the civics education roadmap
In a report released March 1, “A Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy,” researchers at Harvard, Tufts, and other institutions laid out a strategy and other recommendations for a large-scale recommitment to the field of civics, which has seen investment decline during the last 50 years.
