News & Events

Potential to Change the World

Sonya Anderson, Ed.D. '05, will be the first person to tell you that the excitement that comes with her job isn't limited to working with Oprah Winfrey. In fact, the part she relishes most is the potential that her work has to change young girls' lives.

Three Cities, Three Days: Faculty Members Spread the Word on Literacy in Chile

Lecturer Barbara Alexander Pan and Professor Catherine Snow visited Chile recently as part of the International Congress on Education, a language and reading comprehension conference.

Education, Health, and Leadership in South Africa

Advanced doctoral student Al Witten, Ed.M.'02, Ed.M.'03, has always dreamed bigger than himself. Six years ago -- after working for 24 years in South Africa as both a teacher and a principal -- Witten left his country to further his own education at HGSE.

The Leaps of Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton

From nomadic warrior and cow herder to elected member of Parliament, Ed School alum Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton, Ed.M.'03, may just be the man that Kenyans want to put their money on.

Facing the Lion

Don't Know Much about Geography

As the world becomes more interconnected, many American students aren't becoming the global citizens they need to become. Many can't even find Iraq on a map.

Around the World (In Three Projects)

From the Mexican educational system to immigrant babies to online learning in China, a look at three current research projects that bring the Ed School to the world and back.

A New Generation of Global Education Leaders

Graduates of HGSE's International Education Program expand educational opportunities around the world.

There's a photograph of 20 graduates from the first class of the International Education Policy Program on the wall of Ford Foundation Professor Fernando Reimers' office on the fourth floor of Gutman Library. He can easily point to each graduate by name and say what they do today. There's Kenneth-an education specialist at UNICEF in Jamaica, who will soon return to HGSE as a doctoral student. read more

Fall 2008 IEP Seminars

As an integral part of the program, IEP students engage in professional and scholarly dialogue through weekly scheduled seminars. Discussions from classes and seminars form the basis of social events, as students in the program partake in faculty-hosted brunches and a cohort retreat. The following seminars all occur on Monday afternoons between 2:00 – 4:00.

September 22 - Paulina Pose-Gonzalez,  Director Mason Program, Kennedy School  of Government
October 6- Leanna Marr, Program Officer, USAID
October 20- Charito Kruvant, Director, Creative Associates
November 3 - Peter Bell, Senior Research Fellow, Hauser Center for Non-Profit Organizations
November 17- Charles McCormack, President, Save the Children
December 1 - John Wilson, Director, National Education Association