4 ways to empower students to spark social change

Empowering students to address social issues doesn’t require a classroom overhaul. Simple, everyday activities can be ...
Case Western Reserve University

Classroom Without Walls

The Classroom Without Walls (CWW) fosters unique learning opportunities among students, faculty and community members. These courses are taken for credit (not as Audits). Community Learners must ...
The Harvard Crimson

Low Classroom Engagement? Blame Course Registration, Not Students.

Layla L. Hijjawi ’27, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a Social Studies concentrator in Quincy House. Given Harvard’s reputation for academic excellence, you might expect classroom engagement to be high ...
Morning Call PA

‘That’s my hook’: How Taylor Swift’s music is teaching social-emotional skills to Allentown students

Allison Fritchman’s classroom at Allen High School is decked out with pink streamers, paper hearts and all things Taylor Swift. “She’s fun, she’s exciting, she’s inspiring,” Fritchman, a special ...
Education Week

Can SEL Help Students Curb Their Own Cellphone Use?

With notifications distracting students during class time, fights spilling over from social media into the hallways, and students at lunch buried in their phones rather than in conversation with each ...
The Harvard Crimson

Maybe Harvard Students Aren’t Engaged in Class. But They Aren’t the Only Ones To Blame.

Mukta R. Dharmapurikar ’26, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a double concentrator in Environmental Science and Engineering and Economics in Lowell House. In business, they say the customer is always ...