Monthly Archives: November 2007

Seidel Speaks at Arts Symposium

By Jill Anderson 11/29/2007 09:49 am | Add a Comment

Lecturer Steve Seidel recently spoke about the importance of arts education with public and private educators, as well as policymakers, at the Art, Adolescents, and the Transformation of Society symposium in Washington, D.C. The symposium, sponsored by the Walnut Hill … Read More…

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Panel Discusses Code-Switching at Askwith Forum

By Jill Anderson 11/28/2007 09:53 am | Add a Comment

There are a growing number of grammar problems in American classrooms that affect not only a student’s ability in math and English but also may contribute to the achievement gap according to the authors of Code-Switching: Teaching Standard English in … Read More…

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Encouraging Girls in Math and Science: Questions with Assistant Professor Jon Star

By Jill Anderson 11/21/2007 09:56 am | Add a Comment

The new practice guide by the National Center for Education Research, Encouraging Girls in Math and Science, offers five recommendations for educators in order to strengthen girls’ beliefs about their abilities in math and science, spark and maintain greater interest … Read More…

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Kristen Bub: Good Behavior, Good Grades?

By Jill Anderson 11/14/2007 10:00 am | Add a Comment

A child’s social and behavioral development and academic achievement go hand-in-hand, according to advanced doctoral student Kristen Bub. “A child can’t learn from peers if those peers don’t like the child. Furthermore, if a teacher doesn’t like a child, then … Read More…

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Legacy of Education Reformer Albert Shanker Discussed at Forum

By Amanda Dagg 11/13/2007 10:06 am | Add a Comment

In March 1980, union organizer and education reformer Albert Shanker spoke at Harvard for the first time, in the same Longfellow Hall room in which he would later teach his course on teacher policy. Twenty-seven years later, at the Askwith … Read More…

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Local HGSE Alums Share MCAS Successes

By Jill Anderson 11/01/2007 10:13 am | Add a Comment

Two years ago, when Drew Echelson, Ed.M.’05, became principal of the Tucker School — a racially diverse elementary school in Milton, Mass. — one of his main goals was to improve student’s Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) scores. In 2006, … Read More…

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