Reshma Saujani, Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, reflects on her organization's mission and why it is so crucial and important to the world.
Sep 20, 2017•8 min•Season 1Ep. 278
Erin Castro, assistant professor at the University of Utah, reflects on co-publishing in the Harvard Ed Review with an incarcerated student of hers.
Aug 31, 2017•14 min•Season 1Ep. 277
Jeff Perrotti, founding director of the Safe Schools Program for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning, discusses issues facing transgender students and how schools can provide support.
Aug 24, 2017•21 min•Season 1Ep. 276
John Merrow, former education correspondent for the PBS NewsHour, shares insights from his new book "Addicted to Reform: A 12-Step Program to Rescue Public Education."
Aug 16, 2017•22 min•Season 1Ep. 275
Helen Janc Malone, Ed.D.’13, and Santiago Rincón-Gallardo, Ed.M.’07, Ed.D.’13, discuss trends reshaping the field of education and their new book, Future Directions of Educational Change: Social Justice, Professional Capital, and Systems Change.
Aug 01, 2017•14 min•Season 1Ep. 274
Mike Palmer and Esther Lee, Ed.M.’14 discuss designing digital learning and their pedagogical approach at Kaplan.
Jun 28, 2017•17 min•Season 1Ep. 273
Christopher Cerf, Superintendent of Newark Public Schools, reflects on his work and the history of Newark Public Schools.
Jun 20, 2017•11 min•Season 1Ep. 272
Rick Weissbourd, HGSE faculty, discusses a new report looking at how young people struggle with romantic relationships and deal with widespread misogyny and harassment.
Jun 14, 2017•12 min•Season 1Ep. 271
Colby College Professor Lyn Mikel Brown talks about how to empower young female activists.
Jun 07, 2017•19 min•Season 1Ep. 270
Rebecca Holcombe, secretary of education for the state of Vermont, talks priorities and progress in leading the state's unique education system.
May 31, 2017•14 min•Season 1Ep. 269
Maureen Costello, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance project, reflects on the historical and current importance of providing anti-bias education resources — and how they can better society.
May 15, 2017•15 min•Season 1Ep. 268
Author Karin Chenoweth talks about her latest book, "Schools that Succeed," and how educators can break down the link between academic achievement and socioeconomic status.
May 10, 2017•19 min•Season 1Ep. 267
Colby College Professor Mark Tappan discusses how to create good men and the problems with toxic masculinity.
May 03, 2017•18 min•Season 1Ep. 266
Tommy Chang, superintendent of Boston Public Schools, reflects on his leadership, vision, and why he chose education as a career.
Apr 26, 2017•11 min•Season 1Ep. 265
Pulitzer-prize winning writer Ron Suskind discusses being a father to his Autistic son, and how it inspired the book and film, "A Life Animated," and his autism activist work.
Apr 19, 2017•22 min•Season 1Ep. 264
Sixteen-year-old Natalie Hampton shares her experience with bullying and how it prompted her to create the app "Sit With Us."
Apr 12, 2017•11 min•Season 1Ep. 263
A moderated conversation with HGSE scholars on how educators can navigate ethical dilemmas in the classroom — and protect students from bullying, confront divisions, and foster inclusion.
Mar 31, 2017•27 min•Season 1Ep. 262
University of Central Arkansas Assistant Professor Jesus Cisneros, also cofounder of DREAMZone, discusses the unique challenges facing undocumented students and higher education, and how to keep the dream alive.
Mar 29, 2017•15 min•Season 1Ep. 261
Former Virginia Secretary of Education Anne Holton discusses how to be a champion for public education, women as leaders, and her new role as an education board member.
Mar 21, 2017•12 min•Season 1Ep. 260
Pulitzer-Prize winning Journalist Paul Salopek discusses the Out of Eden Walk -- a 21,000-mile journey where he retraces the migratory pathways of our human ancestors.
Mar 13, 2017•15 min•Season 1Ep. 259
Ashley Ford, writer and blogger, discusses how her Tweet about paying off school lunch debt inspired people to raise $150,000.
Mar 01, 2017•16 min•Season 1Ep. 258
Rev. Jesse Jackson, activist and minister, reflects on the current political climate and shares his thoughts on the role of education as a means of fighting inequality.
Feb 22, 2017•8 min•Season 1Ep. 257
Sr. Kathleen Ross, president emerita at Heritage University, identifies effective strategies that faculty have used to help New Majority students build the necessary skills to succeed in college.
Feb 15, 2017•14 min•Season 1Ep. 256
Nicole Hockley, founder and managing director of Sandy Hook Promise, shares thoughts on how to prevent gun-related deaths so that no other parent experiences the senseless, horrific loss of their child.
Feb 07, 2017•14 min•Season 1Ep. 255
Dejian Liu, founder of NetDragon Websoft Holding, discusses the intersection of tech and education -- and how that brought him to Harvard.
Jan 26, 2017•11 min•Season 1Ep. 254
Sam Wineburg, Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, examines how youth determine whether information is real or fake on the Internet — and what can be done to help them make those decisions.
Jan 11, 2017•17 min•Season 1Ep. 253
Marybeth Gasman, Professor of Education at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, reflects on the challenges in hiring a diverse faculty at the college and university level.
Jan 04, 2017•14 min•Season 1Ep. 252
Ross Hall, Director for Education, Ashoka Europe, discusses his unique work on improving the world.
Dec 07, 2016•13 min•Season 1Ep. 251
Guiding Children in Uncertain Times by Harvard Graduate School of Education
Dec 02, 2016•17 min•Season 1Ep. 250
Natasha K. Warikoo, associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, reflects on the notions of race, merit, and privilege in elite universities.
Nov 30, 2016•11 min•Season 1Ep. 249
