"It’s a national issue and it affects us all."

Tracey Benson, Ed.L.D. '16, shares his thoughts in a 2015 Askwith Forum at the Harvard Graduate School of Education held in the wake of the protests from Ferguson, Missouri. Watch the entire program at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVgTSoBETPM -- Harvard Graduate School of Education Website: http://www.gse.harvard.edu Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harvardeducation/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HarvardEducation/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hgse Since its founding in 1920, the Harvard Graduate School of Education has been training leaders to transform education in the United States and around the globe. Today, our faculty, students, and alumni are studying and solving the most critical challenges facing education: student assessment, the achievement gap, urban education, and teacher shortages, to name just a few. Our work is shaping how people teach, learn, and lead in schools and colleges as well as in after-school programs, high-tech companies, and international organizations. The HGSE community is pushing the frontiers of education, and the effects of our entrepreneurship are improving the world.