The Harvard EdCast

By Harvard Graduate School of EducationSociety & Culture Education

The Harvard EdCast episodes

December 06, 2017 Urban Preparation
Chezare A. Warren, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, reflects on urban teacher preparation, culturally responsive teaching, and critical race theory in education.
18 min
November 29, 2017 A Culture of Anxiety? The Culture is Us
Psychotherapist Lynn Lyons talks about her work training educators to respond to student anxiety, and provides insight on what schools get right or wrong about anxiety in children.
22 min
November 08, 2017 The Importance of Refugee Education
John Palmer, Associate Professor and Chair of Educational Studies at Colgate University, reflects on refugee education in the Korean peninsula and beyond.
15 min
November 01, 2017 Blurred Lines: Rethinking Sex, Power, and Consent on Campus
Vanessa Grigoriadis, author, explores what’s really happening behind closed doors on America’s college campuses.
17 min
October 26, 2017 Advocating for Girl Education Around the World
Documentary filmmaker and girls' education advocate Zuriel Oduwole discusses what inspired her to become an advocate for better access to girls' education across the world.
12 min
October 18, 2017 Understanding the NCAA
Mark Emmert, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) reflects on the evolving role of college athletics, amateurism in college sports, and his favorite moment as a fan.
16 min
October 03, 2017 Faith Ed.
Journalist Linda Wertheimer, author of Faith Ed: Teaching about Religion in an Age of Intolerance, looks at the challenges faced by public schools when incorporating lessons about world religions into their classrooms.
22 min
September 27, 2017 An American in China's Schools
Chinese-American journalist Lenora Chu arrived in Shanghai in 2010 with her family enrolling her son in a top-performing school. Chu discusses the culture clash she experienced in her book, “Little Soldiers: An American Boy, Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve," and what America could learn from China.
15 min
September 20, 2017 You Cannot Be What You Cannot See
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.
9 min
August 31, 2017 The Intersection of Education and Incarceration
Erin Castro, assistant professor at the University of Utah, reflects on co-publishing in the Harvard Ed Review with an incarcerated student of hers.
14 min

About The Harvard EdCast

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In the complex world of education, the Harvard EdCast keeps the focus simple: what makes a difference for learners, educators, parents, and our communities. The EdCast is a weekly podcast about the ideas that shape education, from early learning through college and career. We talk to teachers, researchers, policymakers, and leaders of schools and systems in the US and around the world — looking for positive approaches to the challenges and inequities in education. Through authentic conversation, we work to lower the barriers of education’s complexities so that everyone can understand.