Monthly Archives: March 2010

Gardner Receives Common Sense Media Award

By Jill Anderson 03/31/2010 04:01 pm | Add a Comment

Professor 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 Comment

Professor 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 Comment

Professor 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 Comment

A 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 Comment

Speaking at Harvard, TFA founder Wendy Kopp discusses the importance of recruiting top talent to education. Read More…

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Stories from Appian Way: Learning through Libraries

By Matt Weber 03/15/2010 10:05 am | Add a Comment

In 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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First Collegiate Sarah Jane Brain Club Launches at Harvard

By admin 03/10/2010 02:42 pm | 2 Comments

Harvard 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 Comment

More 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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Askwith Forum Focuses on Education for Sustainability in a Global Context

By Jill Anderson 03/08/2010 03:26 pm | Add a Comment

Today we live in an increasingly global world requiring educators not only to teach children about math and science, but also how to be citizens of the world, according to Peter Senge, Society for Organizational Learning (SoL) research member and MIT senior lecturer. Read More…

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