Monthly Archives: June 2009

New Project Zero Study Highlights Importance of Arts Educators

By admin 06/30/2009 12:20 pm | 7 Comments

Understanding the challenge of creating and sustaining high quality formal arts learning experiences for K-12 youth, inside and outside of school is the focus of a new report from Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Read More…

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Professor Kane Comments on Mayor Menino’s Charter School Initiative

By News editor 06/19/2009 09:47 am | 2 Comments

Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Thomas Kane reacts to Mayor Menino’s recent proposal to create several city-run charter schools. Read More…

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Five Local Educators Awarded Conant Fellowships

By News editor 06/17/2009 10:49 am | Add a Comment

On Tuesday, June 16, the Harvard Graduate School of Education presented five outstanding educators from the Boston and Cambridge public school systems with James Bryant Conant Fellowships. Read More…

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Harvard Graduate School of Education Votes Open Access Policy

By News editor 06/16/2009 12:31 pm | 9 Comments

The faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education voted overwhelmingly at its last faculty meeting to allow the university to make all faculty members’ scholarly articles publicly available online. Read More…

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Ferguson Appointed Senior Lecturer at Ed School

By News editor 06/12/2009 09:18 am | 1 Comment

Ronald Ferguson, an expert in education and economic development, has been appointed senior lecturer on education and public policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education effective July 1, 2009. Read More…

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Commencement Marshal Sarah Dryden-Peterson: The Culture of Community

By Jill Anderson 06/08/2009 10:48 am | 3 Comments

Commencement will seem like a reunion to Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Ed.D.’09, who spent the past year living and working Botswana. Read More…

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Commencement Marshal Sarah Fiarman: The Principal of the Matter

By Jill Anderson 06/08/2009 10:43 am | 1 Comment

For Sarah Fiarman, Ed.M.’05, Ed.D.’09, it’s hard to believe that commencement day is even here since her work has already begun. Read More…

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Commencement Marshal Ben Piper: Turning Knowledge into Practice

By Jill Anderson 06/08/2009 10:36 am | Add a Comment

As lead marshal in the June 4 commencement, Ben Piper feels truly honored and sees his selection as an announcement of his colleagues’ support and care for the poor and disadvantaged living in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read More…

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HGSE Graduate Student Commencement Address 2009

By Mark Hecker, Ed.M.'09 06/04/2009 04:36 pm | 5 Comments

School Leadership Program graduate Mark Hecker, Ed.M.’09, delivered the student speaker address at the June 3 convocation ceremony. Read More…

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597 Graduates Receive Degrees at HGSE Commencement

By Jill Anderson 06/04/2009 03:51 pm | 1 Comment

Family, friends, and students gathered under the white tent in Radcliffe Yard today to celebrate what for the graduates was undoubtedly a meaningful moment in their lives. After today, the students awarded degrees at HGSE Commencement will go on to even more meaningful work in their education careers. Read More…

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