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Askwith Education Forum Tackles Polarization in Education

The ways in which a polarized political landscape affects educators and students was the focus of the latest Askwith Education Forum at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. “K-12 Education in Polarized Times,” moderated by Senior Lecturer Irvin Scott, featured a panel of HGSE faculty members – Professors Meira Levinson and Paul Reville, and Senior Lecturer Jennifer Cheatham — discussing how educators can engage students and families in productive ways during divisive times.
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"When Families Thrive, Children Succeed": How the Mission Economic Development Agency Created a Transformational Prenatal-to-Career Model

The Mission District has served for decades as the vibrant epicenter of the San Francisco Bay Area’s Latino community. The Mission faces the challenges associated with neighborhoods characterized by poverty and gentrification. Under the umbrella of the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA), founded in 1973, the Mission has become a national model for place-based prenatal-to-career strategies designed to “build Latino prosperity, community ownership, and civic power." For the people who live there, MEDA has been a lifeline, providing access to stable housing, affordable childcare
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Aundrey Page

Aundrey (Drey) Page is currently serving as a Linda G. Hammett Ory fellow at EdRedesign. He is an entrepreneur, award-winning executive coach, and current doctor of educational leadership (Ed.L.D.) candidate at Harvard striving to create equitable learning environments where everyone, regardless of identities, can thrive and be well. Immediately before his time at Harvard, Aundrey served as a senior executive at a national nonprofit where he used his strengths in strategic systems-level thinking, organizational strategy, and human-centered design to help guide the organization through a theory
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2023 Summer Institute: Transforming Place Through Neighborhood Leadership

The "Transforming Place through Neighborhood Leadership" summit at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) was a three-day event, co-sponsored by HGSE’s EdRedesign and the William Julius Wilson Institute at Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ). The summit featured leaders of community-based organizations from across the country, who gathered at HGSE to share new ideas and guidance around closing the opportunity gap. Watch the highlight video here.
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By All Means Senior Fellows Cross-Sector Leadership Series Cradle-to-Career Innovations: The Role of Cities and Schools

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Join us for our next By All Means Senior Fellows Cross-Sector Leadership Series "Cradle-to-Career Innovations: The Role of Cities and Schools." Our discussion will focus on the role of city governments and school systems in advancing cradle-to-career solutions for young people and families in deep We will hear from two distinguished practitioners: Dr. Russell Booker, CEO of Spartanburg Academic Movement and Former Superintendent of Spartanburg County School District Seven in Spartanburg, South Carolina and Libby Schaaf, 50th Mayor of Oakland, California and Co-founder of Oakland Promise. This
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