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Integration

Reimagining Integration

What does it mean to create and sustain a truly integrated learning environment?

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Read related article: Confronting Racism at an Early Age
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Prison ed

The Intersection of Education and Incarceration

Harvard Ed Review author Erin Castro discusses her unusual writing collaboration with her incarcerated student Michael Brawn and explores the intricacies of carceral education.

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Dreamers

The Impact of DACA

Professor Roberto Gonzales shares the many ways in which DACA has changed the lives of young undocumented immigrant students.

Read Roberto Gonzales' commentary in Vox.
Read related article: What About the Dreamers?
Read related article: Undocumented and Educated
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Usable Knowledge is an online resource from the Harvard Graduate School of Education that aims to make education research and best practices accessible to educators, policymakers, members of the media, nonprofit leaders, entrepreneurs, and parents.

The Value of Listening
What's Ahead for Special Education?
Coping After Disaster
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Learn to Change the World

Our graduate degrees and professional education programs explore every facet of education, from pre-K through college, in school and after school, and across the human lifespan.

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Doctoral Programs

Become fully immersed in one of the world’s most dynamic and influential intellectual communities.

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Master's Programs

Explore the most challenging and exciting questions in education research, policy, and practice.

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Professional Education

Expand your skills and professional network through transformative online and on-campus programs.

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Our Impact
HGSE alumni are changing the world through education.
Our Community
Faculty

The HGSE faculty is a singularly impressive group of scholars, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers actively working to improve the state of education worldwide.

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Richard Weissbourd

Senior Lecturer on Education; Faculty Director, Human Development and Psychology; co-director, Making Caring Common

Harvard EdCast: The Talk
Anthony Jack

Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows; Assistant Professor (appointment to begin July 1, 2019)

Poor, but Privileged
Josephine Kim

Lecturer on Education; Licensed Mental Health Counselor; National Certified Counselor

Contextualizing Eating Disorders
Lee Teitel

Lecturer on Education; Faculty Director, Reimagining Integration: The Diverse and Equitable Schools Project

Moving Toward Integrated Schools
Stephanie Jones

Professor of Education; Faculty Director, Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative; co-director, Making Caring Common

Selecting the Right SEL Program
Students and Alumni

Through their work across all areas of the education sector, our students and alumni work to ensure that every child has the opportunity to fulfill his or her potential.

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Darnisa Amante

Ed.L.D.'16; CEO and co-founder of the Disruptive Equity Education Project

Diving DEEP
Sneha Shrestha

Ed.M.’17, founder of the Children’s Art Museum of Nepal (CAM)

The Kids Are All Right
Scott Bustabad

Ed.M.’15. – Teacher Education Program; public high school teacher and advocate

Force and Motion
Lynneth Solis

Doctoral candidate; Ed.M.'10 – Mind, Brain, and Education

The Diversity of Play
Alex Tavares

Ed.M.'17 – Technology, Innovation, and Education; Harvard iLab Venture Incubation Program

The Read Read
Lyn Mikel Brown

Ed.D.'89; Colby College professor; author of Powered by Girl: A Field Guide to Supporting Youth Activists

Harvard EdCast: Girl Power – Raising Female Activists

News and Announcements

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September 6
Jones Promoted to Full Professor
September 1
HGSE in the Media: August 2017
August 28
Harvard EdCast: Supporting Transgender Students

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Events

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Wed., Sept. 27, 5:30 - 8 p.m.
Jeanne S. Chall Lecture and Reception: Stealth Aspects of Vocabulary Learning
Askwith Forums
Wed., Oct. 4, 5:30 - 7 p.m.
Askwith Forums: Cornel West – Spiritual Blackout, Imperial Meltdown, Prophetic Fightback
Tue., Oct. 10, noon - 1:30 p.m.
Gutman Library Distinguished Author Series: Faith Ed: Teaching about Religion in an Age of Intolerance
Askwith Forums
Mon., Oct. 16, 5:30 - 7 p.m.
Askwith Forums: College + Athletics = A Complex American Relationship
Askwith Forums
Fri., Oct. 27, 12 - 1:30 p.m.
Askwith Forums: Learning to Change the World
Tue., Oct. 31, noon - 1:30 p.m.
Gutman Library Distinguished Author Series: When Grit Isn't Enough: A High School Principal Examines How Poverty and Inequality Thwart the College-for-All Promise

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Connect With Us
"Houston is my home." Just weeks into the beginning of the semester, HGSE students from the Houston, Texas area mobilized this past week to help raise money for those affected by Hurricane Harvey.
September 8
"Almost four out of every five books that kids read have male central characters. The books that actually reach children are even more disproportionately male than previous research has actually found.”
September 7
"Navigating adolescence is challenging for all children, but it’s uniquely so for undocumented children." via Usable Knowledge
September 6
"As we begin a new academic year, I urge educators to think about how school, college, and classroom spaces can be open and uninhibited spaces that communicate: 'All are welcome, make this space exactly what you need it to be to learn.'"
August 31
In college lecture halls, evidence suggests it's time to put down the laptop and pick up a pen.
August 28
Two ways to kick off the school year with strong family-teacher partnerships via Usable Knowledge
August 27
"The best people in the world work in education."
August 23
Welcome to the nearly 700 new students on the HGSE campus! Keep in touch with us through #hgse18 — and tag yourself on Facebook if you happen to be spotted by our roving photographer this week and throughout the year!
August 22
Nothing could throw shade on the excitement of new students arriving on campus today. Well, almost nothing. #eclipse #eclipse2017
August 21
"To my darling daughter: You are strong. You are smart. You are worthy. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, not even America."
August 15

"School starts on Tuesday- I can’t wait!" Be sure to check out the new blog from @HTFHarvardEd https://t.co/DHFRk3Q5LF

August 15

"In Defense of Complexity" https://t.co/Q51GWKwpXF by @katiebda @emilycweinstein @DrHowardGardner

August 15

Congratulations to @RGGonzales1 on having his book #LivesInLimbo selected as the 2016 C. Wright Mills Award Winner. https://t.co/6Z5LeoHbT0

August 15

"Educators should talk about tolerance "as a basic American value..."" https://t.co/jVuHhExu3R #OneAllHGSE

August 14

"Challenge Ideas, Not People" https://t.co/vPGzl9W99w @MCCHarvardEd #OneAllHGSE

August 13

Counteract stereotypes and discrimination with knowledge https://t.co/yrRdIwsfrw #OneAllHGSE https://t.co/70O1eIXxjQ

August 13

How to manage controversy and critical thinking in your classroom https://t.co/93bYjcYhv6 #OneAllHGSE https://t.co/WgQRw4TEoR

August 13

"You can't wait for crises to teach kids how to talk to each other and how to listen to each other." https://t.co/UU2lz4PWOq #OneAllHGSE

August 13

Bullying Prevention as a Citywide Goal https://t.co/gcX3YXj3JU #OneAllHGSE @UKnowHGSE https://t.co/1QkHch2TKj

August 13

“What can we do?” https://t.co/kpchIXTfMo #OneAllHGSE https://t.co/GO3ATWa9Ol

August 13

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