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TEP Alum Teaching in Haiti Shares Her Experiences During and After Earthquake

Betsy Bowman, TAC '02, was spending a sabbatical year teaching in Haiti when the devastating earthquake of January 2010 struck. Read an interview conducted with her soon afterwards.

TEP Director Katherine Merseth releases new book, Inside Urban Charter Schools

A Q&A with Senior Lecturer Katherine Merseth on her new book, Inside Urban Charter Schools, as well as what it takes for these schools to achieve success.

SAT Bronx: Do You Know What Bronx Kids Know?

By students from Bronx Leadership Academy 2, BLA2 teachers Shannon O’Grady and Kristin Ferrales, and Kathleen Cushman

Kristin Ferrales, TAC ’04, has co-authored a book in which “fourteen Bronx public high school students turn the tables on high-stakes testers…, uncovering the strengths and skills that urban youth call on every day.”

Merseth Named to Math Educators Hall of Fame

Professor 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 Longer

According 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 internships

Among 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 Schools

Stu 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.
Harvard Graduate School of Education
March 23, 2006

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.
Harvard Graduate School of Education
October 19, 2005

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.
Harvard Graduate School of Education
November 22, 2005

Blessed Returns: A Student's Summer in One of America's Poorest Cities

Blessed Returns by Stuart Albright Stuart Albright at signing

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.
Harvard Graduate School of Education
February 10, 2004