News & EventsMerseth Named to Math Educators Hall of FameProfessor Kay Merseth was recently inducted into the Massachusetts Hall of Fame for Mathematics Educators by the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in Massachusetts (ATMIM). She was inducted in July along with three other math educators. Study Shows TEP Grads Stay in Teaching LongerAccording to a new study conducted by HGSE advanced doctoral student Morgaen Donaldson, Ed.M.’97, Teacher Education Program (TEP) alums stay in the classroom significantly longer than the average American teacher. Noyce Scholarships provide incentive for public school internshipsAmong the topics in the national conversation on education during the past few years have been teacher retention (particularly for high-needs schools) and the lack of math and science educators in primary and secondary settings. Stuart Albright, TAC '02, named 2006 Teacher of the Year for the Durham, NC Public SchoolsStu Albright has been teaching English at Jordan High School in Durham, NC, since his graduation from TAC in 2002. Albright says "I couldn't imagine doing anything else in the world... There are days when I look around the classroom and I think, I can't believe they're paying me to do this." HGSE Students Repair and Rebuild New Orleans Schools
TEP students organized a volunteer
trip to New Orleans to help reopen several schools that had been closed
by Hurricane Katrina. Noyce Scholarship Program for TEP Math and Science Candidates The National Science Foundation has awarded a 3-year grant to TEP for
scholarships for math and science candidates who will commit to teaching
for two years in the Boston Public Schools. Math Matters: Closing the Gap on Mathematical Quandaries Katherine K. Merseth, Director of the Teacher Education Program, leads
HGSE discussion of how to teach and assess mathematics. Blessed Returns: A Student's Summer in One of America's Poorest Cities Stuart Albright, a TAC 2002 alumnus, has just published a book about his work in a Camden, NJ, youth facility during the summer of 1999. Training and Support for Middle School Math Teachers Massachusetts Department of Education awards grant to Harvard Graduate
School of Education for professional development for middle school math
teachers. Educational Enrichment Partnership Harvard supports Cambridge learning with $500,000 in grants. Writer Visits Summer Academy Novelist Junot Diaz discusses world literature with students of the
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