Below, you will find appearances by members of the HGSE community, as well as HGSE research projects and initiatives, in the national press — both traditional and online.

While many online periodicals keep their stories freely available indefinitely, stories on other sites expire after a specified period of time, after which they can be retrieved by locating the story through the website’s archives, and sometimes paying a fee to do so. Where that is the periodical’s policy, we have provided a link to the periodical’s main page and the citation for the article so that interested readers may find the original article.

For 92nd St. Y, a Break From Wall St. Worry
New York Times, November 29, 2011
“‘With all the money managers in New York City, I’m not sure it’s necessary to select people who are also trustees of the school,’ said Richard Chait, a research professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.”

Study Links Academic Setbacks to Middle School Transition
Education Week, November 28, 2011
“‘I don’t see eliminating the transition at the high school level as important or beneficial as eliminating the transition at the middle school level,’ said Martin R. West, an assistant education professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.”

The 2-Year Window
Mother Jones, November 18, 2011
“‘The concept of disrupting brain circuitry is much more compelling than the concept that poverty is bad for your health,’ says Professor Jack Shonkoff, a Harvard pediatrician and chair of the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. ‘It gives us a basis for developing new ideas, for going into policy areas, given what we know, and saying here are some new strategies worth trying.’”

Some Career Pathways Require a Four-Year Degree, Many Don’t
US News and World Report, November 17, 2011
“Generally speaking, more education is better than less. The lifetime earning gap between those with a college degree and those with only a high school diploma is estimated to be close to a million dollars. Earnings aside, there is powerful evidence that those with more education do better on a variety of other measures that we associate with the opportunity to lead a happier, healthier, more fulfilled life,” writes Professor Robert Schwartz.

Harvard Professor Chris Dede Encourages Teachers to Embrace Mobile Learning Devices to Engage More Students
3BL Media, November 17
“‘Teaching is like an orchestra,’ [Professor Chris] Dede said. ‘There are many different instruments, and to reach everyone you need to put a symphony of different kinds of pedagogy together. Learning technologies provide a set of instruments teachers can use to achieve that range of instructional strategies.’”

Henson Calls for Teaching through TV
Harvard Crimson, November 16, 2011
“Lisa M. Henson ’82-’83, the chief executive officer of the Jim Henson Company and eldest daughter of the famous entertainment company’s namesake, spoke at the Harvard Graduate School of Education Tuesday night to advocate for the increased use of multimedia educational tools in preschools.”

The End of Nature v. Nurture?
New Republic, November 15, 2011
“[Professor] Jack Shonkoff, a Harvard prediatrician and director of the National Council on the Developing Child at Harvard University, uses another term. He describes these physiological changes as part of a ‘subconscious biological memory’ and says knowledge of them represents a major breakthrough: ‘Now we have a scientific understanding of the biology of adversity – how these bad experiences get into your body, under your skin, and into your brain.’”

‘The Office’ Actor Rainn Wilson Promotes Freedom of Education in Iran
Harvard Crimson, November 15, 2011
“[Rainn] Wilson was one of three panelists for  an event hosted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education that promoted the campaign Education Under Fire and included a screening of the documentary also entitled Education Under Fire.”

Harvard Profs: Social-Protest Movement Needs Clear Demands
The Jerusalem Post, November 11, 2011
“‘I don’t think a movement can survive very long without some sort of leadership, [without leadership] it won’t have a visible set of demands that the press can focus on…also a government has to negotiate with someone, and that’s what they would need leadership for,’ said [Visiting] Professor Helen Haste.”

Exchange of Ideas Fuels Education Symposium
News Press, November 10, 2011
“In addition to teachers, four other groups are key in educating children, said [Senior Lecturer] Ronald Ferguson, faculty director of the Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard University. They are parents, peers, employers in the community and the community at large.”

A Gift that Spans Schools
Harvard Gazette, November 30, 2011
“Dean Kathleen McCartney has announced that [Professor] Bridget Terry Long, an economist whose research focuses on issues of access and choice in higher education and the outcomes of college students, will be the inaugural Xander Professor of Education.”

Expanding Education Gap Linked to Income Inequality
Harvard Crimson, November 9, 2011
“‘If a child is growing up poor, chances that his children will not grow up poor is a great deal better if you live in one of these other countries,’ said [Professor Richard] Murnane. Most Americans are not aware of this ‘striking and disturbing pattern,’ he said.”

The Rise and Fall of the University Emperor
The Washington Post, October 31, 2011
“As the story goes, when James Conant of Harvard went to visit Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the White House, the wags in Cambridge said ‘the president is in Washington, visiting Mr. Roosevelt,’” writes Professor Howard Gardner.