The U.S. Department of Education has been a subject of political debate since its creation in 1980. “It's the one whose status has been most tenuous from the inception. So the recent calls we've heard ...

More than 90% of parents who responded said they did their chosen activity at least once each week. More than 80% reported following most or all the steps in their activity and that the number of ...

Do you want to be the sage on the stage or the guide on the side? It’s a question that Lecturer Pamela Mason poses to her Language and Literacy students each spring, right before she drops the bomb ...

The Practitioner Certificate in Question Formulation supports a powerful instructional shift from delivering content to cultivating a deeper culture of inquiry where students learn to ask effective ...

Many educators struggle with unconscious bias in their roles at school, and often in ways that can unknowingly perpetuate racism and negatively affect students. In this episode of the Harvard EdCast, ...

My son’s binder was a mess. Loose papers were falling out, others looked like they had been balled up or stepped on, some more than once. The binder itself was bent in one corner. But he was a seventh ...

These findings aren't necessarily going to be a surprise to anyone who's weathered remote learning with a child at home. So in some sense, this is meant to be confirmation of what many of us have ...

Janet Patti, professor emerita at Hunter College, and Robin Stern, psychologist, joined forces decades ago when they recognized the crucial role of emotional intelligence for school leaders. How ...

School leaders across the country are reflecting on the conversation about race and racism in America that came to a head this summer, proposing policy changes and professional development. A timely ...

Sam Noel, a senior at Melrose High School in Massachusetts, didn’t sleep well the night before his SAT last spring. “I was nervous,” he says, not just about taking the college entrance exam but also ...

Roughly half of American school children have experienced at least some form of trauma — from neglect, to abuse, to violence. In response, educators often find themselves having to take on the role of ...

Competition among colleges is certainly not new. From as early as the 19th century, colleges and their students and alums have engaged in some form of “institutional boosterism,” Reuben says. The ...