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On a Quest Against Illiteracy

From Colombia to the South Bronx, Victoria Henry Cervantes is giving young people access to the written word

More than 400 attend TC’s virtual gathering in response to systemic racism

Detra Price-Dennis has provided hope and counsel to K-12 teachers during a daunting time

Responding to brutal murders and “centuries of unhealed wounds,” TC voices sound a call for action

In charting his education career, Eddie Ortiz has channeled a courageous teacher who risked all

Zad El-Makkaoui decided at 17 to be an organizational psychologist. TC gave her the tools for the field’s toughest challenges

Faculty and students at two TC research labs have teamed up with a local business to make and distribute shields and other gear to provide personal protection for doctors who intubate COVID patients

A TC survey finds that frontline expertise is the bottom line for the public

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Wall Street Journal

Kids at Home Could Put the Economy in Detention

Sarah Cohodes comments on the economic impact of continued remote learning on working parents.
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Teaching Isn’t About Managing Behavior

In this column, Chris Emdin reflects on embracing 'reality pedagogy’ — curriculum that reflects student experiences and ongoing cultural conversations.
WISH TV

Scientists push for research to understand public perception of COVID-19

TC's John Allegrante and his former student Mary Gillis (Ed.D ’18). discuss using behavioral research to help people reduce their risk of contracting COVID-19.
New York One

Education and the Economy

Sarah Cohodes outlines her recommendations for policy leaders addressing possible school re-openings in the northeastern United States this fall. (Appears at 8:30 in this video).

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What on Earth: Feeding the Soil to Save the Earth

A master class in nutritional ecology with TC’s Joan Gussow

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Srishti Sardana (M.A. ’16) in Clinical Psychology

Doctoral student Srishti Sardana (M.A. ’16) began helping others as a teen. TC has taught her to keep going

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Amra Sabic-El-Rayess: “How to Empower and ‘Un-other’ Yourself?”

Empowerment is not given or awarded, but rather discovered within yourself. Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess endured years of violence, bombing, and religious persecution during the ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Bosnia in the early 1990s.

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Where Does Artificial Intelligence Fit in the Classroom?

In his keynote address, Hod Lipson, the James and Sally Scapa Professor of Innovation at Columbia University, spoke about why the AI revolution has accelerated so powerfully and considered its ethical implications.

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EXerT Clinic

The ExerT Clinic at Teachers College offers individualized exercise testing and physical activity assessments and counseling services provided by highly trained, certified staff and Movement Science graduate students.

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