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.

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National Assessment of Educational Progress Tests Show Students Struggle To Explain Answers
Huffington Post, June 27, 2012
“‘That tells us that our science teaching isn’t getting us as far as we need to go,’ said Chris Dede, professor from Harvard Graduate School of Education.”

Conn. Joining Teacher Trend
The Wall Street Journal, June 26
“The opinions of students, regularly used at institutions of higher education, have been shown to correlate with overall student performance at the middle-school level, said Thomas Kane, a professor of education and economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education who has studied the issue.”

Students Leaving School for Summer, Teachers Leaving for Good
Huffington Post, June 26, 2012
“But as [Professor] Susan Moore Johnson at the Harvard Graduate School of Education states, it’s also true that until a few decades ago, women and men of color were often closed out of other careers.”

Virginia Echoes Harvard as Faculty Rises Up to Rehire President
Bloomberg, June 25, 2012
“The core issue at Virginia may have been the speed and direction of change, as business-focused trustees have a different sense of urgency than academics do, said Richard Chait, a research professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education who studies college governance.”

Customization Is the Future of Teaching, Harvard Researcher Says
The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 25, 2012
“It doesn’t have to be that way, says Chris Dede, a professor of learning technologies at Harvard University. He outlines a vision of how technology can help personalize learning in a new book that he co-edited, called Digital Teaching Platforms: Customizing Classroom Learning for Each Student.”

Should Student Test Scores Be Used to Evaluate Teachers?
The Wall Street Journal, June 24, 2012
“Thomas Kane, a professor of education and economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the faculty director for the Center for Education Policy Research, argues in favor of using test scores in evaluating teachers. Linda Darling-Hammond, the Charles E. Ducommun professor of education and faculty co-director of the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, Stanford University, argues against.”

Changes Needed for Successful Family Engagement
Education Week, June 23, 2012
“The answer to that question turns out to be a key to effective parent and family engagement, says Karen L. Mapp, a lecturer on education at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and presenter in Education Week’s recent webinar ‘Engaging Parents in Schools and Student Learning,’ of which an archive copy is available.”

Researcher Calls for Better College-Readiness Counselor Training
Education Week, June 21, 2012
“Professional College Knowledge: Re-envisioning How We Prepare Our College Readiness Workforce by Mandy Savitz-Romer, a faculty member and director of the Prevention Science and Practice Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, was released today by the National Association for College Admission Counseling, the Arlington, Va.-based organization of college-admissions professionals.”

U.S. Students Know What, But Not Why
Science Insider, June 19, 2012
“The computer simulations offer NAEP a much better way to measure skills used by real scientists than do multiple-choice questions, says Chris Dede, a professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education. ‘Scientists don’t see the right answer. They see confusing situations and use methods like inquiry to get meaning from complexity. Science is a domain where paper and pencil is a poor match.’”

Tests Show Students Struggle to Explain Answers
Education Week, June 19, 2012
“‘That tells us that our science teaching isn’t getting us as far as we need to go,’” said Chris Dede, professor from Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Report: Asian Immigrants to US Surpass Hispanics
Voices of America, June 19, 2012
Interview with Associate Professor Vivian Louie about the Pew Research Center, a U.S.-based fact-finding organization, study stating that Asian Americans are the “highest-income, best-educated and fastest growing racial group in the United States.”

States Form Coalition to Boost Career Training
Associated Press, June 19, 2012
“[Professor] Robert Schwartz, co-author of the report and a leader of the state network, said the coalition comes at a time when more families are questioning the value of investing tens of thousands of dollars in higher education that burdens students with debt and doesn’t always lead to a lucrative career.”

American Lessons: When Social Inequality is Educational Inequality
Helsinki University Bulletin, June 15, 2012
“According to [Dean Kathleen] McCartney, American public schools have been suffering from low test scores, high dropout rates and problems related to prejudice. Studies have shown that it hits the poorest the hardest. The biggest challenge for schools: inconsistent curricula and permanently changing, inexperienced staff.”

Club 2012: Black Parents Who Made Sure their Sons Succeeded in School
The Washington Post, June 14, 2012
“‘You have to go out of your way to inoculate your kids against buying into those stereotypes,’ said Ronald F. Ferguson, director of the achievement gap initiative at Harvard University, who is raising three black boys.”

Experts Call for Teaching Educators Brain Science
Education Week, June 4, 2012
“‘This is really the other 50 percent of education,’ said Vanessa Rodriguez, a Harvard doctoral student and researcher. Harvard’s Mind, Brain, and Education program is developing a model of the ‘teaching brain’ by scanning 10 to 15 veteran teachers of kindergarten through high school.”

Peterson, Howell and West: Teachers Unions Have a Popularity Problem
The Wall Street Journal, June 4, 2012
“On behalf of Harvard’s Program on Education Policy and Governance and the journal Education Next, we have asked the following question since 2009: ‘Some people say that teacher unions are a stumbling block to school reform. Others say that unions fight for better schools and better teachers. What do you think? Do you think teacher unions have a generally positive effect on schools, or do you think they have a generally negative effect?’” writes Assistant Professor Martin West.

How The Exits We Make Set Us Free
WBUR Radio Boston, June 4, 2012
“Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is a MacArthur prize-winning sociologist and the Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education at Harvard University. Over the course of her career, she has studied the culture of families, communities and schools.”

Moderate Growth Projected for Mass. Economy
Boston Globe, May 31, 2012
“‘How do we create these seamless systems that kids can enter?’ [Professor Robert] Schwartz asked. ‘The challenge is creating these pathways.’”