Ed.L.D. Candidate Dorian Burton recognizes that in order for kids who grow up poor and without the appropriate guidance to reach their potentials and not get lost in the system, there needs to be real equity in the classroom.
Civil Rights activist, author, and political adviser James Meredith will receive the Harvard Graduate School of Education Medal for Education Impact, the highest honor given by the school, and speak at the Convocation ceremony on May 29. (Photo: AP Images.)
John Merrow, Ed.D.'73, education correspondent for "PBS NewsHour" and president of Learning Matters, reflects on why this is both the best of times and the worst of times in education journalism.
On January 3, 2013, President Drew Faust announced that a search for a new dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education will begin. Dean Kathleen McCartney will conclude her tenure in the spring.