YES Stories

  • Tony Ruan ('25)

    Growing up in Phoenix, AZ, Tony Ruan was a proud public school student. In his freshman year, the Red for Ed teacher strike came to fruition.

  • Yale Education Studies Introduces Partner Teachers Program

    Piloted in 2022-2023, the Partner Teachers Program allows Yale undergraduates to learn from New Haven Public Schools teachers.

  • Christian Robles ('23) Featured in the Wall Street Journal

    Education Studies alum Christian Robles (YC ‘23) was recently featured in The Wall Street Journal.

  • Nicole Alleyne ('24)

    During her gap year, Nicole worked as a field instructor for Campfire Wilani, an outdoors school in Oregon.

  • Jennifer Tegegne ('23)

    Youth organizing is at the heart of Jenny’s capstone: “The Chicago Youth Movements Oral History Project: Documenting Abolitionist Youth Resistance.” 

  • Saket Malhotra ('23)

    Saket Malhotra wrote his Education Studies capstone on anti-racist science education. 

  • Akio Ho ('23)

    Akio’s research helps us to better understand the experiences of young people who learned remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Dr. Mira Debs’s Research Featured in The 74

    Research from Dr. Debs’s “Happiness Oriented Parents: An Alternative Perspective on Privilege and Choosing Schools” was recently featured in The 74.

  • Joy Yun ('24)

    Joy didn’t have the opportunity to learn about the historical, cultural, and political contexts of education until coming to Yale.

  • EDST Future Teachers

    Through peer to peer support, the EDST Future Teachers group provides Yale students who are interested in becoming classroom teachers.