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A number of programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) address disparities in education, domestically as well as internationally, that illustrate, explore, and address the vital connection between education and health. The Achievement Gap Initiative, for example, is an interdisciplinary collaboration that bridges research with policy and practice to understand and respond to inequitable educational opportunities within the United States. HGSE’s master’s degree in international education policy draws students with a passion for global social justice. HGSE centers, such as the Center on the Developing Child, study and tackle many related challenges—for example, the lifelong effects of childhood “toxic stress”—in efforts that harmonize with interdisciplinary global health concerns.

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Featured Program

As part of the Askwith Education Forum, this event brings together education leaders to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has widened educational gaps—and how to act to address these challenges. The panelists will discuss findings from the Education Recovery Scorecard and present ideas for how states and school districts can build action to strengthen student educational outcomes.

Featured Resource

This paper from the Center on the Developing Child at GSE discusses how excessive heat and rising temperatures worldwide pose significant dangers to infant development and health. The paper offers community-level solutions for addressing and safeguarding children’s health in the wake of the climate crisis, from building design to “heat action plans.”