Yearly Archives: 2009

Instructional Leadership Student: Therese Arsenault

By Jill Anderson 10/28/2009 03:11 pm | 2 Comments

Therese Arsenault considers education her second career. Even though while raising her two sons, she volunteered in classrooms discovering her passion for observing and listening to children. For the past 10 years, Arsenault has taught elementary-aged children science. Read More…

Headlines

Instructional Leadership Student: Michael Holt

By admin 10/28/2009 01:54 pm | 2 Comments

Michael Holt was drawn to the field of education not only because the significant appeal of “service” work, but also because it is a “field of ideas and exploration.” Read More…

Headlines

Instructional Leadership Student: Haslinda Zamani

By Jill Anderson 10/28/2009 01:45 pm | 1 Comment

Haslinda Zamani says she always new she wanted to teach. Although initially she attended law school, it only took a few weeks before she realized that working with young people and teaching English was actually the right path for her. Read More…

Headlines

Instructional Leadership Student: Kathryn Ribay

By Jill Anderson 10/28/2009 01:37 pm | Add a Comment

Kathryn Ribay always recognized the importance of education. Growing up in a family of educators, she had a passion for learning combined with a love of chemistry. Since participating in Teach for America, Ribay hasn’t looked back from a career in the classroom. Read More…

Headlines

Spence Discusses Ed.L.D. at HAA Meeting

By Mary Tamer 10/27/2009 04:05 pm | 5 Comments

In a passionate speech before 400 gathered Harvard alumni, Professor Harry Spence talked at length about the school’s new Doctor of Education Leadership Program, calling it “a groundbreaking move” that represents a quantum change in the training of future school and institutional leaders. Read More…

Headlines

Merseth Honored by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers

By Jill Anderson 10/23/2009 04:15 pm | 6 Comments

Senior Lecturer Katherine Merseth’s recent book, Inside Urban Charter Schools: Promising Practices and Strategies in Five High-Performing Schools (published by the Harvard Education Press), cowritten with HGSE doctoral students Kristy Cooper, John Roberts, Mara Casey Tieken, Jon Valant, and Chris Wynne was honored this week for Excellence in Advancing Knowledge from the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA). Read More…

Headlines

Dean Theodore Sizer, 1932-2009

By admin 10/22/2009 05:26 pm | 9 Comments

Former Harvard Graduate School of Education Dean Theodore Sizer will be remembered as many things during his remarkable 50-year career in education, among them – teacher, education reformer, leader, and mentor. Sizer, 77, died yesterday at his Harvard, Mass. home. Read More…

Headlines

Screenshot from The Impact of Early Adversity on Children

The Impact of Early Adversity on Children’s Development

By Newseditor 10/21/2009 04:39 pm | Add a Comment

This video from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University outlines basic concepts from the research on the biology of stress which show that major adversity can weaken developing brain architecture and permanently set the body’s stress response system on high alert Read More…

Headlines

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

By Jill Anderson 10/20/2009 01:20 pm | 1 Comment

Harvard Graduate School of Education, with support from the Office for the Arts at Harvard, will present a Silk Road Project residency with acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble musicians. Read More…

Headlines

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

By Jill Anderson 10/14/2009 01:29 pm | 2 Comments

Professor Chris Dede and Lecturer David Rose, Ed.D.’76, have been tapped to help draft the new National Educational Technology Plan under the U.S. Department of Education. Read More…

Headlines

Previous Next