The Harvard Graduate School of Education is remembering Lecturer Jacqueline Zeller, a longtime faculty member who passed away ...

When it comes to the state of civic education in America, Danielle Allen doesn’t mince her words: “I think we've hit bottom on a 70-year period of disinvestment,” she says. The Harvard professor was ...

Why some children can thrive despite adversity.When confronted with the fallout of childhood trauma, why do some children adapt and overcome, while others bear lifelong scars that flatten their ...

Every day, teachers make a lot of decisions and need to answer lots of questions quickly, often with little information. As ...

This article is excerpted and slightly edited from a piece originally published by the Global Family Research Project. Recently overheard in a preschool classroom: Child 1: 100 is big. Child 2: ...

A confluence of national politics and grief and outrage following the murders of Black Americans by police has brought the holiday of Juneteenth — celebrated annually on June 19 — to new prominence ...

How we see the world and interact with each other, especially whether we create welcoming environments of acceptance, does not always come naturally. Tim Shriver, chair of the Special Olympics, and ...

The explosion of artificial intelligence comes with many benefits and challenges for children interacting with artificial intelligence, especially in educational and social contexts. “The big question ...

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 ...

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 ...

Why are cellphones in schools such a contested topic among educators, parents, and students? The motivation for many of these policies comes from a desire to limit distractions. If you think about it, ...

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 ...