Run for Laptops: Liz Byron, Ed.M.’08

05/20/2013 03:20 pm EST | Add a Comment

This spring Liz Byron, Ed.M.'08, ran 155 miles across the Sahara Desert to benefit the Gardner Pilot Academy in Boston, the school at which she teaches.... Read More...

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Opening Up: Joshua Beauregard

By Jill Anderson 04/18/2013 09:00 am EST | 2 Comments

Simultaneously opening a school and finishing doctoral studies isn’t an easy task. But this fall doctoral candidate Joshua Beauregard, Ed.M.’12, will do just that.... Read More...

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Art of Teaching: Heather Fountain, Ed.M.’97

By Rachael Apfel 03/19/2013 03:39 pm EST | Add a Comment

Heather Fountain has turned her childhood ambition into a acclaimed career, teaching art education courses to graduate and undergraduate students — as well as to special education and elementary education students — at Kutztown University o... Read More...

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Noteable: Kwan Hansongkitpong

By Marin Jorgensen 01/22/2013 02:00 pm EST | Add a Comment

Kwan Hansongkitpong, Ed.M.'10, is clinical director of the Little Sprouts Children's Centre, president of Autism Awareness Thailand, and director of the Rainbow Room Foundation, a special needs awareness group. (From "Ed.'' magazine.)... Read More...

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Refugee Camp Ed

By Matt Weber 01/22/2013 11:19 am EST | Add a Comment

Vidur Chopra, Ed.D. candidate at the Ed School, shares his observations on how education occurs in refugee camps from his experience living in an Ethiopian refugee camp.... Read More...

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No Room for Excuses: Ashton Wheeler Clemmons

By Jill Anderson 01/08/2013 12:10 pm EST | 1 Comment

Under the leadership of principal Ashton Wheeler Clemmons, Ed.M.'09, turnaround school Oak Hill Elementary in North Carolina has shown such large improvements that it recently was named North Carolina Title One School of the Year.... Read More...

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Technology Education and Literacy in Schools

By Rachael Apfel 12/18/2012 12:42 pm EST | 1 Comment

After identifying a need in high schools for well qualified computer science teachers, Kevin Wang, Ed.M.'06, founded TEALS, a grassroots, employee-driven program that recruits, mentors, and places high-tech professionals into high school classes as p... Read More...

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Literacy and the Deaf: Ed.D. Candidate Jessica Scott

By Jill Anderson 12/14/2012 11:25 am EST | 8 Comments

Doctoral candidate Jessica Scott, Ed.M.’08, focuses her research on ways that deaf students can increase their English and literacy skills.... Read More...

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Scaling Up: Ed.L.D. Candidate Kelly Kovacic

By Rachael Apfel 12/04/2012 09:50 am EST | 1 Comment

Ed.L.D. candidate Kelly Kovacic makes it her goal as an educator to create equitable learning conditions that successfully support a culture of academic risk taking, intellectual curiosity, and development of both scholars and citizens.... Read More...

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Agent of Change: Leah Gaskin Fitchue, Ed.D.’74

By Jill Anderson 11/20/2012 12:15 pm EST | Add a Comment

Leah Gaskin Fitchue, Ed.D.’74, recently returned to HGSE to participate in PPE’s Harvard Seminar for Experienced College Presidents – an opportunity, she says, to continue her own education about change.... Read More...

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