Monthly Archives: January 2007

Adventures in Vocabulary

By newseditor 01/31/2007 03:36 pm | Add a Comment

Fifth-grader Becky Botsford is a unique superhero. Not only does she possess colossal strength to fight crime, but she also has an equally colossal vocabulary. As part of PBS’s new animated show WordGirl, slated to air this year, Becky–otherwise known … Read More…

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Aiding Academic Achievement

By newseditor 01/25/2007 03:43 pm | Add a Comment

Doctoral candidate Diane Smith, Ed.M.’00, Ed.M.’04, doesn’t see special education students as incapable, but rather very much capable of academic success. In the past 12 years, Smith has dedicated her career and education — earning two HGSE master’s degrees from … Read More…

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Top Academic Workplaces

By newseditor 01/23/2007 03:47 pm | Add a Comment

While the majority of junior faculty at America’s colleges and universities are satisfied at work, some institutions are doing extraordinarily well in this area. A survey, administered by the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) in 2005, determined … Read More…

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Educating Through Photography

By newseditor 01/18/2007 04:04 pm | Add a Comment

Each woman’s story is different: Caroline didn’t want to tell her husband she was HIV positive. Pumla has three children who are HIV negative. Nolukholo hasn’t disclosed her HIV positive status to her family. An exhibit of photographs, taken by … Read More…

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Research Schools Will Directly Link Research and Practice

By newseditor 01/18/2007 04:02 pm | Add a Comment

As part of a new faculty research effort called Research Schools, Professor Kurt Fischer hopes to bridge the gap between research and practice, and build a new foundation for promoting strong, useful educational research. Through Research Schools, Fischer wants to … Read More…

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HGSE Raises Money for Local Day Care

By newseditor 01/17/2007 04:15 pm | Add a Comment

HGSE faculty and staff raised more than $2,500 for the Our Place Day Care Center in Cambridge at their annual holiday party in December. On Tuesday, Jan. 9, Senior Finance Officer Juan Carlos Hincapie and Events Manager Shawn Tuttle personally … Read More…

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Leading Urban Districts

By newseditor 01/11/2007 04:25 pm | Add a Comment

Seventeen years ago, the Urban Superintendents Program(USP) was created at HGSE, in part, as a reinvestment in school leadership preparation and practice. Today this rigorous course of study, designed for professionals who have worked innovatively and effectively in metropolitan school … Read More…

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Closing the Gap: the Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard

By Ruth Walker 01/03/2007 04:18 pm | Add a Comment

“If you had to pick the single most pressing problem in education, this would be it,” says HGSE Dean Kathleen McCartney. She’s referring to what’s known as the achievement gap in the United States – the persistent disparity in educational, … Read More…

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