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New Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard University Study Reveals Keys to Exemplary High Schools

By admin 07/21/2010 11:41 am | 2 Comments

An AGI report presents key reforms, principles, and practices at 15 diverse public high schools in six states that improved over the past decade and achieved outstanding gains on state accountability exams. Read More…

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5 Reasons to Know… Raygine DiAquoi, Doctoral student

By Lory Hough 09/25/2009 04:10 pm | 15 Comments

She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and attended public schools until the sixth grade when her parents, wanting her to have every opportunity, sent her to the Hewitt School, a private school for girls on the Upper East Side. Read More…

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Ferguson Appointed Senior Lecturer at Ed School

By News editor 06/12/2009 09:18 am | 1 Comment

Ronald Ferguson, an expert in education and economic development, has been appointed senior lecturer on education and public policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education effective July 1, 2009. Read More…

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Achievement Gap: Challenging the Notion of “Oppositional Culture”

By Ruth Walker 05/06/2009 11:54 am | Add a Comment

Assistant Professor John Diamond – a principal contributor to the Harvard Achievement Gap Initiative – is a sociologist of education who focuses on how race, ethnicity, and social class intersect with school leadership, practices, and policies to shape the educational opportunities and outcomes of children. Read More…

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Achievement Gap the Focus at Askwith Education Forum

By Jill Anderson 03/16/2009 02:57 pm | 4 Comments

Attendees of the March 10 Askwith Education Forum took home one message from the panelists: Yes, we can close the achievement gap. Read More…

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A New Era of Civil Rights

By Ruth Walker 05/29/2008 02:25 pm | Add a Comment

In a recent article on issues of race and equal opportunity in contemporary American education, HGSE associate professor Mica Pollock refuses to refer to the current period as the “post civil rights era.” She prefers to call this “the new civil rights era.” Read More…

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Closing the Gap: the Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard

By Ruth Walker 01/03/2007 04:18 pm | Add a Comment

“If you had to pick the single most pressing problem in education, this would be it,” says HGSE Dean Kathleen McCartney. She’s referring to what’s known as the achievement gap in the United States – the persistent disparity in educational, … Read More…

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Achievement Gap Examined at Second Annual Conference

By Jill Anderson 06/27/2006 09:56 am | Add a Comment

Members of the education community gathered at Harvard on June 19 and 20 for the second annual Achievement Gap Initiative conference, “Defining the Achievement Gap Challenge.” Over two provocative days, funders, activists, practitioners, public school officials, policy makers, and media … Read More…

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