Leaving No Child Behind
The Harvard EdCast25 Tammi 2013

Leaving No Child Behind

Marian Wright Edelman, president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund reflects on her work defending the cause of children, her life and leadership, and preparing for countless commencement speeches over the years. Marian Wright Edelman has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life. Under her leadership, CDF has become the nation's strongest voice for children and families. The Children's Defense Fund's Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

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Boys Will Be Boys?

Boys Will Be Boys?

Niobe Way, author of "Deep Secrets: Boys' Friendship and the Crisis of Connections" reveals the intense intimacy among teenage boys during adolescence yet explains as boys become men, they become dist...

25 Tammi 201310min

Pigskin Pedagogy

Pigskin Pedagogy

Tim Daly, president of TNTP and his brother Brendan Daly, defensive line coach for the Minnesota Vikings discuss how the teaching profession can learn from fundamentals of the NFL.

25 Tammi 201311min

Giving a Year

Giving a Year

Michael Brown, co-founder and CEO of City Year reflects on how City Year is strengthening human capital through a year of national service in the education sector.

25 Tammi 201315min

The Core Problem

The Core Problem

Richard Murnane, professor of education at HGSE shares new research on how family income affects education equality.

25 Tammi 201312min

Teaching 9/11

Teaching 9/11

Meira Levinson, political philosopher at HGSE reflects on the challenges of teaching 9/11 in the classroom and how to explain these events as both a mother or teacher to children born after September ...

25 Tammi 201319min

On the Education Beat

On the Education Beat

In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, John Merrow, education correspondent for The PBS NewsHour and president of Learning Matters discusses education reporting, the influence of teachers, and changes...

25 Tammi 201315min

Eight Decades of Education

Eight Decades of Education

In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, Mel King, educator and founder of the South End Technology Center shares his thoughts, wisdom, and perspective on education over eight decades in the South End o...

25 Tammi 201313min

Lessons from the United Nations

Lessons from the United Nations

U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Elizabeth Thompson discusses the role of education in sustainable development, an upcoming 'Earth Summit' in Rio, and life at the U.N.

25 Tammi 201317min

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