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Alumni News and Notes
One on One: William Fitzsimmons
By Lory Hough | 3 CommentsAs dean of admissions at the college, William Fitzsimmons, Ed.M.'69, Ed.D.'71, makes Harvard possible for other young people, including thousands from working-class backgrounds similar to his.... Read More...
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Dare to Dream: William Trueheart
By Jill Anderson | Add a CommentSoon after William Trueheart, Ed.D.'79, finished his undergraduate degree, he had dreams of being a businessman. But when he met a high school teacher who asked him to mentor some low-income students of color in Connecticut, his future aspirations ch... Read More...
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The Serial Entrepreneur: Ana Gabriela Pessoa
By Marin Jorgensen | 1 CommentAna Gabriela Pessoa, Ed.M.'07, has no patience for the status quo. Since long before graduating from the International Education Policy Program at the Ed School, she has searched for a way to bring high-quality, affordable education to the greatest n... Read More...
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Fuel to the Fire: Kaitlin LeMoine
By newseditor | Add a CommentWhen she walked into the Ed School's 2010 Fall Internship Expo, Kaitlin LeMoine, Ed.M.'11, found inspiration in the form of Families United in Educational Leadership (FUEL), a Boston-area nonprofit.... Read More...
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One on One: Irasema Salcido
By Marin Jorgensen | Add a CommentWhen the U.S. Department of Education opened the competition in 2010 for the first round of Promise Neighborhood Grants, it didn't take long for Irasema Salcido, Ed.M.'89, to decide to apply. (From "Ed." magazine.)... Read More...
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Quality Control: Devon Tutak
By Marin Jorgensen | Add a CommentDevon Tutak, Ed.M.'04, knows kids watch too much TV. Still, she thinks we need to stretch beyond the debate of how much, and begin concentrating more on what.... Read More...
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Into Africa: Phillip Haynes
By Marin Jorgensen | Add a CommentPhillip Haynes, Ed.M.'99, had no direct connection to Africa. But, in 2009, he was persuaded by Mark Maynard from the How Far Foundation to go on a mission trip to Rwanda, where, unexpectedly, he discovered the next step in his career.... Read More...
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If You Build It: Rena Upitis
By Jill Anderson | 2 CommentsAuthor of the 2010 book, "Raising a School: Foundations of School Architecture," Rena Upitis, Ed.D.'85, explores school architecture and how the physical environment can either enable or constrain learning.... Read More...
One on One: Jen Holleran
By Marin Jorgensen | Add a CommentLast fall Jen Holleran, Ed.M.'95, was tapped by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to head Startup: Education, a nonprofit established to aid the public schools of Newark, N.J., a system in dire need of reform.... Read More...
Surprise, Surprise: Ben Marcovitz
By Mateo Corby | Add a CommentWhen Ben Marcovitz, Ed.M.’06, was invited as a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show last September, he thought it was to discuss the accomplishments of the New Orleans Charter Science and Math Academy. And then Oprah gave him the surprise of his life... Read More...
