Education Now | Learning and Living in Polarized Times

As the nation has become more polarized politically, how are we talking with young people — at home, at school, on college campuses — about the values of democracy, about bridging our differences, and about finding common ground? How are we working to help young people make connections with and care for others who think very differently than they do? How can we learn to engage in the kind of “hard” caring that is central to a healthy society? Join us as we develop a new form of dialogue for our homes, schools, and communities — one that acknowledges divides while finding productive ways to cross them.

Speakers include:
• Tania Israel, Professor of Counseling Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB); author of Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide

• Richard Weissbourd, Faculty Director, Human Development and Psychology Master's Program and Director, Making Caring Common Project, HGSE

Host: Uche Amaechi, Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

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Education Now is an HGSE webinar series that responds to the dramatic changes in the field of education in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Our episodes provide insights and strategies to shape equitable new approaches to challenges across the education landscape.

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