HGSE Partners With Hamilton College on Early Assurance Pathway

The Harvard Graduate School of Education will offer students applying to Hamilton College early assurance of a pathway to a master’s degree, allowing them to secure a route to graduate study before they begin their undergraduate degrees.

Former Trinity, Berkshire Community College Presidents Join HGSE as Presidents-in-Residence

Joanne Berger-Sweeney, the former president of Trinity College, and Ellen Kennedy, who retired in June as president of Berkshire Community College, are serving as the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Judith Block McLaughlin Presidents-In-Residence for the 2026-27 academic year.

Former Supreme Court Justice Breyer Says Public Schools Are Essential to Democracy at HGSE Forum

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer said public schools are essential to sustaining American democracy and defended the use of judicial discretion in shaping education law at a Tuesday event at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

HGSE Pauses Ed.L.D. Admissions for 2026-27 Academic Year Amid Program Redesign

The Harvard Graduate School of Education is not accepting applications to its Doctor of Education Leadership program for the 2026-2027 academic year as the program undergoes a redesign, according to HGSE spokesperson Paul Belsito.

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Sandel Criticizes Selective Admissions and Exclusive Student Clubs At Harvard Talk

Harvard government professor Michael J. Sandel criticized selective college admissions as a source of inequality and social division at a Wednesday event at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, arguing that elite universities have helped recast inherited advantage as earned success.

UT Researcher Warns Grade Inflation Hurts Students’ Long-Term Academic and Career Outcomes

University of Texas associate professor Jeffrey T. Denning argued that grade inflation in K-12 schools and colleges may boost short-term outcomes but undermine students’ long-term academic and career success at a Tuesday event at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Several Graduate Schools Move Instruction and Staff Remote Monday Due to Winter Storm

Several Harvard graduate schools announced they will shift all classes, events, and staff operations to a virtual format on Monday as a major winter storm is expected to bring heavy snowfall to the Greater Boston area.

Stanford Professor Says The Gender Gap in Test Scores Widened After Covid-19 at Ed School Talk

Standardized test scores dropped nationwide after the pandemic, but Reardon’s research found that scores for female students fell significantly compared to their male peers — especially those in low-income, under-resourced school districts.

HGSE Program Partners with States to Evaluate, Identify Effective Education Policies

The States Leading States initiative — a Harvard Graduate School of Education program that aims to identify effective schooling policies by analyzing state education programs — announced its first cohort of partner states last month.

HGSE Alum Founds Games for Ed to Help Schoolchildren in India Learn

Mridula Chalamalasetti, who graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in the spring, is encouraging more play in India’s education system through Games for Ed, an organization she co-founded.

‘Blown Away by Her Kindness’: HGSE Lecturer Jacqueline Zeller Remembered for Her Warmth

Longtime Harvard Graduate School of Education lecturer Jacqueline Zeller died at 47 this summer. Her friends and colleagues remembered her for warmth and dedication to her classroom.

Harvard Researchers Find Executive Function Tests May Be Culturally Biased

Researchers from Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology found that educated children perform better on psychological tests measuring executive functioning abilities, challenging the accuracy of current measures in studies across different cultures.

Harvard Professors Debate Future of Education in Age of AI at HGSE Forum

Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the field of education — and professors at Harvard are doing their best to chart a course in the uncertain waters.

In Open Letter, More Than 360 Academics Blast Cancellation of Harvard Educational Review Issue on Palestine

More than 360 academics from universities worldwide signed an open letter blasting a Harvard publishing group for abruptly canceling a special issue about Palestine and education — and urged the publisher to publicly acknowledge the decision as “anti-Palestinian discrimination.”

Harvard’s 2025 Class Days

At Convocation and Class Day ceremonies last week, Harvard’s Class of 2025 gathered to celebrate their new degrees. But the Trump administration’s attacks on Harvard cast a shadow over the proceedings — and graduates, faculty, and keynote speakers across Harvard’s schools paired their messages of joy with defiance.

Speakers Encourage Graduates To Stand Up For Higher Education at HGSE Convocation

Both student and faculty speakers called on Harvard Graduate School of Education graduates to stand as bulwarks against the federal government’s attacks on higher education at last Wednesday’s convocation.

New HGSE Dean Nonie Lesaux Faces a New World of Education. Faculty Say She’s Ready.

Nonie K. Lesaux had been a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education for more than two decades — nearly her entire professional career — by the time she was named dean in March.

Graduate Student Council To Vote on Meeting Attendance Policy

Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student government will vote on a motion to make its meeting attendance policy stricter after years of struggling with meeting attendance among its members.

Former OCR Head Catherine Lhamon Talks Ed Department Cuts at HGSE

Former Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education Catherine E. Lhamon said the Trump administration’s decision to dismantle the department will put students at risk at a Harvard Graduate School of Education forum on Tuesday.

Journalist Connie Chung Lambasts Trump, State of the Media at Harvard Graduate School of Education Talk

Veteran news anchor Connie Chung slammed President Donald Trump and the current state of the media at a Harvard Graduate School of Education event on Sunday.

‘A Responsible Pair of Hands’: Canales, Alvarado Elected To Lead Harvard Graduate Council

The Harvard Graduate Council elected Harvard Extension School student Bradley Canales and Harvard Graduate School of Education student Cynthia J. Alvarado as president and vice president for the 2025-26 academic year.

Graduate School of Education Lecturer Sues Harvard Over Monthly Payments

Harvard Graduate School of Education adjunct lecturer Kimm Topping filed a class-action lawsuit against Harvard in January, alleging the University paid them less frequently than required by Massachusetts law.

Education Experts Say Teacher Autonomy Is Key to Sustaining Educators’ Careers

Education experts argued that maintaining teacher autonomy was important to sustaining educators’ careers at the first event in the 2025 Education Now webinar series, hosted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Ten Stories That Shaped 2024

At Harvard, 2024 began with an ending — the chaotic close of Claudine Gay’s short-lived presidency. It would not be a quiet year. Pro-Palestine student protesters staged an encampment in Harvard Yard. Congress expanded its investigation into campus antisemitism, issuing threats alongside blistering reports. Amid it all, Alan M. Garber ’76 quietly ascended from the interim presidency to a permanent post at Harvard’s helm. Here, The Crimson looks back at 10 stories that shaped the University, and Cambridge, in 2024.