Our First 60 Years

Background

Walk the timeline of PZ since our founding, page through our impact report, and more.

The fourth floor of Longfellow Hall is the current home of Project Zero, the oldest research center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and one of the most impactful in the field of education. Visitors entering our lobby are greeted with eye-catching exhibits of past publications and displays of our current research projects. Works of art and student work line the hallways. Quotes from former and current researchers dot the spaces between doorways. Since 1967, the work of PZ's researchers has illuminated the nature of a variety of human potentials, such as creativity, intelligence, thinking, and learning. Take a look back at the origins of this thriving research center that continues to shape policy, theory, and pedagogical practice around the world.

PZ Through the Years

 
Book cover for Project Zero and Its Impact

There are numerous education research entities around the world, but none, to our knowledge, has systematically assessed its long-term effects on education practice. Project Zero and its Impact is based on in-depth interviews with over 200 educators—from every continent except Antarctica—many of whom report having been deeply changed in their teaching philosophy and practice by their encounters with PZ. 

 

Dive into the report today to explore the conditions needed for whole school change, and to bookmark a rich resource that can enable communities of educators around the world to share their practices with one another.