Tag: Martin West

  • Nation & World

    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.”

    9 minutes
    Illustration of COVID data, research, healthcare.
  • Nation & World

    Some child, left behind?

    On the cusp of a new education bill from Senate Republicans, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan called this week for repeal and replacement of No Child Left Behind, the signature education reform from a decade ago.

    11 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Room for improvement in ed policy

    In a discussion at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, a panel of education experts examined how the election results will impact education reform at the federal, state, and local levels.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Schools may flunk testing

    During a presentation at a Harvard Graduate School of Education Askwith Forum Diane Ravitch, former proponent of educational testing, told the audience that the movement has gone too far, including punishing schools for unrealistic expectations.

    4 minutes