An Optimistic Outlook for Education (But It’s Complicated)
POST-ELECTION SERIES:
Paul Reville, Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education and former Secretary of Education for Massachusetts, discusses the education legacy of the Trump administration, potential policy changes under the Biden-Harris administration, and the need for equitable funding and strategic approaches to address the challenges facing the education system, promoting equity and opportunity for all students.
What American Higher Education Can Learn from Africa
The majority of American colleges and universities are caught between two powerful and opposing forces: the compelling need to change and the structural resistance to change. Brian Rosenberg, President Emeritus of Macalester College, provides a compelling example of innovation in Africa and what the US education systems can learn.
Social Impact Spotlight on Professor James Honan
We caught up with James Honan, Senior Lecturer on Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education and faculty member with the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, for this installment of the Social Impact Review Spotlight.
Professor Howard Gardner Discusses His Memoir: A Synthesizing Mind
A conversation with Howard Gardner, the John H. and Elizabeth A. Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, who has had a distinguished career as an innovative educator and psychologist.
U.S. K-12 Education and Healthcare Competitiveness: Time for a New Approach?
Despite numerous, well-intentioned efforts to close the K-12 education and healthcare gaps in America, we have barely seen any progress. Why is this? Tom Hedrick outlines the problems and gives his thoughts on what we should do.