Features & Releases

November 2009

• Fischer Commentary Featured in American Psychologist 

October 2009

• Instructional Leadership Strand Prepares Teachers for Additional Roles  

• Spence Discusses Ed.L.D. at HAA Meeting 

• Merseth Honored by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers 

• Dean Theodore Sizer, 1932-2009 

• The Silk Road Project Focuses on Passion-Driven Education During Harvard Residency 

• From Appian Way to Hollywood 

• Dede and Rose to Help Draft U.S. National Educational Technology Plan 

• Workshop Teaches Students to Write Like an Educator 

• Within Reach: Mark Hecker, Ed.M.'09 

September 2009

• New Study Shows Simplifying Financial Aid Process Improves College Access for Low-Income Students 

• Quality of Early Child Care Plays Role in Later Reading, Math Achievement 

• Harvard University to Offer Groundbreaking Doctoral Program for Education Leaders 

August 2009

• "Obama Effect" Strongly Influences Public Attitudes on Controversial Education Topics According to Survey Coauthored by Martin West 

• The Future of Learning Explored at PPE Institute 

• Ed School Welcomes Students to Campus 

• Assistant Professor Tina Grotzer Receives CAREER award 

• Professor Paul Harris Wins Preyer Award 

• Educators Find Strength in Numbers at Project Zero Classroom 

• As Luck Would Have It 

• Reflections of a Retiring Former Misfit 

• Educators Focus on Charter Schools at PPE Institute 

July 2009

• Doctoral Students Receive Harvard Traveling Fellowship 

• Education for Global Citizenship: Doctoral Candidate Anna Rosefsky Saavedra, Ed.M.'06 

• Reducing Barriers to Innovation: Jennifer Groff, Ed.M.'09 

• Reimers Elected to Museum of Science Board of Overseers 

• Associate Professor Nonie Lesaux Named Recipient of Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers 

• No Gap in This Year 

June 2009

• New Project Zero Study Highlights Importance of Arts Educators  

• Professor Kane Comments on Mayor Menino's Charter School Initiative 

• Five Local Educators Awarded Conant Fellowships 

• Harvard Graduate School of Education Votes Open Access Policy 

• Ferguson Appointed Senior Lecturer at Ed School 

• On the Chopping Block, Again 

• Commencement Marshal Sarah Dryden-Peterson: The Culture of Community 

• Commencement Marshal Sarah Fiarman: The Principal of the Matter 

• Commencement Marshal Ben Piper: Turning Knowledge into Practice 

• HGSE Graduate Student Commencement Address 2009  

• 597 Graduates Receive Degrees at HGSE Commencement 

• Honors Awarded at 2009 Convocation Ceremony 

• HGSE Diploma Ceremony: Remarks of Dean Kathleen McCartney  

• Higgins Presented with Morningstar Award 

• Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Emily Almas, HE'09 

• Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Terri-Nicole Singleton, TIE'09 

• Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Ashton Wheeler Clemmmons, SLP'09 

May 2009

• Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Jerome "Jay" Green, HDP'09 

• Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Melissa Mayes, R&P'09 

• Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Angelica Brisk, AIE'09 

• Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Kathy Yang, L&T'09 

• Hill: Parents Need to Link Schoolwork to Future Goals 

• Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Joe Baker, EPM'09 

• Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Nancy Schoolcraft, MBE'09 

• Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Andrew Cabot, SS'09 

• PPE Attracts International Educators to Annual Institute 

• Schiefelbein to Receive 2009 Alumni Council Award 

• Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Mangala Nanda, IEP'09 

• Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Elisha Brookover, L&L'09 

• Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Suzannah Holsenbeck, TEP'09 

• HGSE Honors Master's Students with Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award 

• Student Receives Spencer Foundation Award 

• Partnering: Leadership Skills for a Networked World 

• Peer Assistance and Review Website Launched 

• Alumni to Volunteer During Harvard's First Global Day of Service 

• Dartmouth's Kim Speaks to Harvard Students 

• Long Receives Gates Foundation Grant 

April 2009

• His Holiness the Dalai Lama Visits Harvard 

• Paternalism: How Some Schools Beat the Achievement Gap 

• Doctoral Candidate Recognized for Influential Teaching 

• Identifying Autism Early: Doctoral Candidate Adrienne Tierney 

• Yoshikawa Awarded U.S. Department of Education Grant 

• AERA Honors HGSE Faculty Members at Annual Meeting 

• Harvard Graduate School of Education to Launch 'HGSE Live' on Twitter April 30 

• Hollywood Comes to the Askwith Education Forum 

• Alum Awarded Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship 

• Students Spend "Alternative Spring Break" in New Orleans 

• Fong Receives National Science Foundation Award 

• Willie Given AABHE Lifetime Achievement Award 

• Mark Moore Named Simon Professor of Education, Management, and Organizational Behavior 

March 2009

• Follow "Informing the Debate" Live on Twitter 

• Everyday Heroes: Julie Joyal Mowschenson, Ed.M.'08 

• Federal Stimulus: What Does it Mean for Education?  

• Fischer Receives Transforming Education through Neuroscience Award 

• Bridget Terry Long Named Professor of Education 

• Achievement Gap the Focus at Askwith Education Forum 

• The Parents We Mean to Be 

• Yo-Yo Ma Visits HGSE with Silk Road Project  

• Nancy Hill Named Professor of Education 

• Keeping Hope Alive at Askwith Education Forum 

• Minister of Kenyan Parliament to Speak at AOCC  

• Special Weather Statement 

February 2009

• Time to Make the Move: Rob Huntington, Ed.D.'97 

• Tishman Named Director of Project Zero 

• HGSE G.I.V.E.S. to Local Elementary School 

• Master's Student Named Citizen of the Year 

• Koretz Receives Book Award for Measuring Up 

• Snow and Koretz Appointed to Named Chairs 

• Independent Thinker 

• Regifting 

• On My Bookshelf 

• One on One with Perla Manapol 

January 2009

• Inside Urban Charter Schools 

• A to B: Why I Got into Education 

• It's Time to Teach Human Rights 

• In the Classroom 

• Student Impact 

• Book Smart 

• That's Leadership: Senior Lecturer Deborah Jewell-Sherman 

• Kane to Serve on Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Education Team 

• Trivia Wise 

• What's in a Name?: Kazuko Narui, Ed.M.'93 

• In His Element: Brock Putnam, Ed.M.'87 

• Bringing the Lessons Home: Joan Becker, Ed.M.'82, Ed.D.'02 

• Thanks for the Add. Now Help Me with My Homework 

• In the Middle 

• Time Hasn't Been on Their Side 

• Everyday Heroes: Julie Krieger, Ed.M.'08 

• Boon, Not Boondock  

• Dede's Research Featured in Science Magazine 

• New Study of Boston Charter and Pilot Schools Finds Charter Schools Have Positive Effects on Student Achievement 

December 2008

• Education 2008: Year in Review 

• Ed School Faculty Share Ideas with New Members of Congress 

• Expanded Learning Model Discussed at Askwith Education Forum 

• Chicago Public Schools CEO and HGSE Visiting Committee Member Arne Duncan Nominated as U.S. Secretary of Education 

• Pollock's Everyday Antiracism Wins Gustavus Myers Award 

• Askwith Education Forum Assesses Early Childhood Assessment 

• NEA Director Stresses Importance of 21st Century Skills at IEP Seminar 

• HGSE Faculty Members Participate in Panel on Educational Inequality  

November 2008

• Experts Analyze NCLB at Askwith Education Forum 

• Seidel Honored with Crystal Quill Award 

• Evolving Gender Roles Explored at Anne Roe Lecture 

• The Matter of Civic and Moral Education 

• Gardner to Focus on "The True, the Beautiful, and the Good" in MoMA Lecture Series 

• The Effect of Mindfulness 

• Rosalind Chait Barnett to Receive Anne Roe Award 

• Schools, Families, and Community Partnerships 

October 2008

• Literacy Achievement Gap Addressed at the Fourth Annual Chall Lecture 

• HGSE Students Begin Networking Early 

• Education '08 

• Covering Immigration: Challenges for the Next Administration 

• Harvard Alums Support Local Educators through WIDE World 

• HIHE focuses on Higher Education Leaders 

• Spellings Discusses American Education at Institute of Politics Forum 

• Long Responds to Spellings' FAFSA Plan 

• Miles Named Sr. Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations 

• Everyday Heroes: Aaron Dworkin, Ed.M.'04 

September 2008

• Doctoral Candidates Report on Alternative Certification Programs 

• Journal of Clyde Cole, principal OF Academy for Business and Community Development, Brooklyn, N.Y. 

• Journal of Carol Muse, principal of John F. Kennedy Elementary School in Santa Ana, Calif. 

• Urban School Leaders Come Together at PPE Institute 

• Master's Students Embark on HGSE Journey  

• Ed School Welcomes Doctoral Students to Campus  

• Yoshikawa Named Visiting Scholar at Russell Sage Foundation 

August 2008

• Raise Your Hand Texas Sends Enthusiastic Educators to PPE 

• Everyday Heroes: Eric Marcos, Ed.M.'03  

• One Text Message at a Time: Jacob Korenblum, Ed.M.'06 

• The Global Achievement Gap 

• Remembering Kalpna Mistry, Ed.M.'07  

• Willie Presents at the 99th NAACP Conference 

• ExEl Team Guides Chief State School Officers at Annual Summer Meeting 

• Mississippi Educators Find Tools to Build Confidence at HISL 

July 2008

• An Exchange of Ideas at PPE's MBE Institute 

• A Secure Perspective: Fiamma Rupp-Gembs, Ed.M.'08  

• Long Honored with NASFAA Quill Award 

• A Long-Term Plan: Massachusetts' Education Action Agenda 

• Everyday Antiracism: A Q&A with Mica Pollock 

• Reimers Speaks at NEA Global Education Summit 

June 2008

• HFRP Director Testifies Before House Committee on Education and Labor 

• Doctoral Student Named NAEd Fellow 

• The Learning Brain: Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Ed.M.'98, Ed.D.'05 

• Professor Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Named AAPSS Fellow 

• Harvard Education Letter Wins Top Honors for Second Consecutive Year 

• Charter School Students DREAM of Harvard 

• Five Teachers Receive Conant Fellowship 

• Pan Receives Morningstar Award 

• Speakers Inspire at the HGSE Convocation Ceremony 

• HGSE Diploma Ceremony: Remarks of Dean Kathleen McCartney  

• 607 HGSE Students Receive Degrees at Commencement 2008  

• Commencement Marshal Richard Reddick: The Role of Mentors  

• Commencement Marshal Morgaen Donaldson: Teacher Retention in America  

• Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Chris Spence, TIE'08 

• Commencement Marshal Kristen Bub: Good Behavior, Good Grades? 

• HGSE Graduate Student Commencement Address 2008  

• HGSE Names Richmond Superintendent Deborah Jewell-Sherman Senior Lecturer  

• Doctoral Students Present Research to Area High School 

• Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Mariana Zamboni, R&P'08 

May 2008

• Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Emmett Cartwright, TEP'08 

• Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Arzu Mistry, AIE'08