Harvard Educational Review

Harvard Educational Review
Title	Harvard Educational Review
Discipline	Education
Abbreviation	HARV. EDUC. REV.
Publisher	Harvard Graduate School of Education
Country	United States
History	1930–present
Frequency	Quarterly

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Harvard Educational Review Harvard Educational Review is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal founded in 1930 and associated with the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The journal publishes scholarly articles, essays, interviews, and reviews that engage debates across pedagogy, curriculum, policy, and practice. Contributors have included scholars, activists, and public intellectuals who intersect with institutions such as Teachers College, Columbia University, University of Chicago, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, and Columbia University.

History

The journal was established in 1930 by students and faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education during an era shaped by events such as the Great Depression, the aftermath of the 1929 Wall Street Crash, and reform movements connected to the Progressive Era. Early editorial boards included figures linked to John Dewey, Ella Flagg Young, and institutions like Chicago Teachers College and Smith College. Through the mid-20th century the Review published work responding to the New Deal, the GI Bill, and debates influenced by scholars from Columbia University Teachers College and the University of Michigan. In the postwar decades the journal featured work connected to civil rights developments including the Brown v. Board of Education decision and dialogues involving scholars from Howard University, Fisk University, and Spelman College. Later issues engaged with policy shifts tied to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and critiques advanced by authors affiliated with Stanford University and University of California, Los Angeles.

The Review defines its mission to present rigorous scholarship and reflective prose addressing teaching and learning, policy, and social justice, drawing contributors from universities such as Yale University, Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, and Brown University. Its scope encompasses historical analyses related to institutions like Horace Mann Teacher Training School, philosophical inquiries in the lineage of William James and John Dewey, and empirical studies emanating from centers such as the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded initiatives. The Review often foregrounds voices connected to community organizations like Teach For America, advocacy groups linked to NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and international partnerships with universities such as University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University of Toronto, and University College London.

The journal is student-run with faculty oversight at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and has editorial boards that have included graduate students and faculty with appointments at institutions like Harvard University, Yale Law School, Columbia Law School, and research centers such as the American Educational Research Association. Publication practices follow double-blind peer review processes common to journals published by university presses and divisions within institutions like the Johns Hopkins University Press and Oxford University Press. Special issues have been guest-edited with contributors from think tanks such as the Brookings Institution, policy institutes like the American Enterprise Institute, and foundations including the Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The Review issues quarterly volumes and occasional thematic symposia aligned with conferences at venues like the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and events hosted by the National Academy of Education.

Over decades the Review has published influential essays and empirical studies by scholars associated with Paulo Freire, bell hooks, Jonathan Kozol, Diane Ravitch, Herbert Gintis, Jean Anyon, Lisa Delpit, and Howard Gardner. Articles have addressed landmark topics such as desegregation debates following Brown v. Board of Education, curricular critiques related to the Nation at Risk report, and analyses of accountability regimes connected to the No Child Left Behind Act. The Review has featured interdisciplinary work drawing on methods from social scientists at Princeton University, historians from Johns Hopkins University, and philosophers of education at University of Chicago. Notable forums have included dialogues with policy figures connected to the U.S. Department of Education, scholars from UNESCO, and activists linked to the Black Lives Matter movement.

The Review has been cited across scholarly literature and public discourse, influencing debates at institutions such as state education agencies and national conversations appearing in outlets like The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and policy briefs from the Brookings Institution. Its essays have spurred curricular reforms at universities including Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, Teachers College, Columbia University, and teacher-preparation changes referenced by accreditation bodies like the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. Critics and supporters alike reference pieces published in the Review when addressing issues tied to landmark court cases such as San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez and policy shifts like the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act.

The journal is indexed in bibliographic databases and indexes used by researchers at libraries such as the Harvard Library, Library of Congress, and university systems at University of Michigan and University of Wisconsin–Madison. It is accessible via academic repositories maintained by institutions like JSTOR, Project MUSE, and library catalogs of the British Library and Bibliothèque nationale de France. Universities and public libraries subscribing through platforms connected to EBSCO and ProQuest provide back issues; many articles are discoverable through academic search services used at Google Scholar and institutional portals at MIT and Stanford University.

Category:Academic journals