Monthly Archives: March 2010
Gardner Receives Common Sense Media Award
By Jill Anderson 03/31/2010 04:01 pm | Add a CommentProfessor Howard Gardner was honored last month with a 2010 Common Sense Media Award praising him as an outstanding leader in education and digital ethics. Read More…
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Snow Named Outstanding Educator by Urban College of Boston
By admin 03/29/2010 02:06 pm | 1 CommentProfessor Catherine Snow has been named Outstanding Educator by the Urban College of Boston, an independent, coeducational two-year institution that provides post-secondary education and professional mobility to the urban community. Read More…
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Global Education and Social Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with Prof. Fernando Reimers
By admin 03/24/2010 11:21 am | Add a CommentProfessor Fernando Reimers discusses the upcoming Global Education Think Tank. Read More…
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Stories from Appian Way: Ken Offricht
By Matt Weber 03/24/2010 09:39 am | Add a CommentA lighthearted look at master’s candidate (and resident humorist) Ken Offricht. Read More…
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TFA’s Kopp Speaks on the Importance of System-Level Leadership
By Jazmin Brooks 03/19/2010 03:24 pm | Add a CommentSpeaking at Harvard, TFA founder Wendy Kopp discusses the importance of recruiting top talent to education. Read More…
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The Judicialization of American Education
By Jill Anderson 03/17/2010 09:32 am | 3 CommentsAssistant Professor Martin West‘s current book, From Schoolhouse to Courthouse: The Judiciary’s Role in American Education, coedited with Joshua Dunn, associate professor at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs, explores the trend of increased judicial involvement in America’s schools. … Read More…
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Stories from Appian Way: Learning through Libraries
By Matt Weber 03/15/2010 10:05 am | Add a CommentIn this video, we are introduced to several students who traveled to El Salvador in January to help create libraries and spread literacy. Read More…
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Video: Whither the Future of Higher Education
By admin 03/11/2010 11:25 am | 2 CommentsIn this Askwith Forum from March 11, William J. Pepicello, president of the University of Phoenix, and Christopher B. Nelson, president of St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland, discuss their contrasting conceptions of higher education. Read More…
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First Collegiate Sarah Jane Brain Club Launches at Harvard
By admin 03/10/2010 02:42 pm | 2 CommentsHarvard University students will launch the first collegiate Sarah Jane Brain (SJB) Club, which will explore issues surrounding pediatric traumatic brain injury, at the Harvard Graduate School of Education tomorrow. Read More…
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Atlanta’s Ben Franklin Academy Gets Students Back on Track
By admin 03/09/2010 12:01 pm | 1 CommentMore than four years ago, Ben Franklin Academy accepted the challenge by an Atlanta foundation to partner with Decatur High School (DHS), a public secondary school with approximately 770 students in downtown Decatur, Ga., to decrease its dropout rate and increase its diploma rate. Together, City Schools of Decatur and Ben Franklin Academy created the “Back on Track” program. Read More…
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