Pivot Out Loud

Eighth-grade Social Studies Teacher Svati Mariam Lelyveld faces the difficulties of staying in touch with her students during the pandemic.

Life-long educator Christian Long imagines how his family will preserve the memory of COVID and the awkward transition from a school campus to learning at home.

Mckenzie Parkins got into Harvard, then COVID happened. Parkins wrestles with the decision of whether to attend Harvard Graduate School of Education as a remote student.

Akinyi Williams struggles to keep the two schools she runs in Kenya open during the pandemic. As founder and executive director of Hope for the Children, Williams must first focus on providing the basics to children.

Harvard EdCast host Jill Anderson candidly recounts what it's like staying and working from home with a young child. She shares the struggle of trying to balance her child's academics and play along with working full-time.

Kenton Shimozaki shares how he pivoted as a middle school teacher at a public charter school in Denver. When COVID hit, he was getting through his first year teaching and it changed everything about his practice.

What is Pivot Out Loud? Host Lory Hough, also editor of Ed Magazine, introduces this new special audio series from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.