Finding Gratitude in Challenging Times
In this episode, Kristi Nelson, the executive director of a Network for Grateful Living, discusses why some people have an easier time finding gratitude than others, the role of education in being gra...
25 Nov 202019min
The Amateur Enterprise of College Teaching
How much has college teaching really changed in 150 years? Not very much, according to Jonathan Zimmerman, an education historian and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. In his latest book, T...
18 Nov 202016min
Teaching Across a Political Divide
America seems more divided than ever. Paula McAvoy, an assistant professor at North Carolina State University, has long focused her work on helping educators teach young people how to live together i...
9 Nov 202018min
Applying Education Research to Practice
Education research is often disconnected from the reality of practitioners in the field. Carrie Conaway, a senior lecturer at Harvard and an expert on how to apply education research in practice, gets...
4 Nov 202020min
How Colleges Fail Disadvantaged Students
In this encore episode of the Harvard EdCast, which originally aired on February 13, 2019, Tony Jack discusses the consequences of conflating access and inclusion — and the barriers that low-income st...
28 Okt 202025min
How Covid-19 Impacts Rural Schools
We don't often hear about the 15% of students who attend rural schools. It seems this population is often left out of national conversations about the impact of COVID on education. Mara Tieken, an ass...
21 Okt 202017min
Education in Uncertain Times
Times are troubling for many higher education institutions around the country. With many enrollments down and huge drops in student applications for federal financial aid, it's not just institutions ...
14 Okt 202022min
The Role of Education in Democracy
Many people question the state of democracy in America. This is especially true of young people, who no longer share the same interest in democracy as the generations before them. Harvard's Danielle A...
7 Okt 202011min
