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Harvard EdCast: Giving a Year
By Matt Weber 04/25/2012 08:00 am | Add a CommentAudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Michael Brown, cofounder and CEO of City Year, reflects on how his program is strengthening human capital through a year of national service in the education sector. Read More…
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Harvard EdCast: A Steward of the Profession
By Matt Weber 04/18/2012 09:39 am | Add a CommentAudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association discusses the perception of unions, his personal legacy, and how to make the teaching profession more of a dream job for young Americans. Read More…
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Harvard EdCast: Building Movements
By Matt Weber 04/11/2012 11:15 am | Add a CommentAudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, John H. Jackson, Ed.M.’98, Ed.D.’01, president and CEO of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, reflects on how we can close the opportunity gap in public schools across the country. Read More…
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Harvard EdCast: A Lifelong Student Athlete
By Matt Weber 04/04/2012 09:29 am | Add a CommentAudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Domonique Foxworth, NFL cornerback and president of the NFL Players’ Association, shares his personal story of being a lifelong student athlete. Read More…
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Harvard EdCast: Autism and Education
By Matt Weber 04/01/2012 10:06 pm | Add a CommentAudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
HGSE faculty member Joanna Christodoulou, Ed.M.’06, Ed.D.’10, a researcher in neuroscience and education, shares insights into autism on this year’s World Autism Awareness Day. Read More…
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Harvard EdCast: Community Organizing 101
By Matt Weber 03/28/2012 11:29 am | Add a CommentAudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Alberto Retana, executive vice president of Community Coalition, an organization that works to help transform the social and economic conditions in South Los Angeles, discusses community organizing in the context of this year’s Community Organizing and School Reform Conference. Read More…
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Harvard EdCast: Becoming a Good Citizen
By Matt Weber 03/21/2012 04:42 pm | 1 CommentAudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Eric Schwarz, Ed.M.’97, cofounder and CEO of Citizen Schools, discusses the importance of extended learning time and his vision for the service based education organization. Read More…
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Harvard EdCast: The Great Teacher Checklist
By Matt Weber 03/07/2012 01:33 pm | 3 CommentsAudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Professor Thomas Kane discusses findings from the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Project, a project designed to give teachers the feedback they need to thrive in the classroom. Read More…
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Harvard EdCast: Oprah, Gaga, and Harvard
By Matt Weber 03/01/2012 09:57 am | 2 CommentsAudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Oprah Winfrey, media icon and philanthropist, reflects on helping Lady Gaga launch the Born This Way Foundation, discusses her school in South Africa, and discovers a gift under her chair. Read More…
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Harvard EdCast: The Bully Pulpit
By Matt Weber 02/22/2012 02:27 pm | Add a CommentAudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Lee Hirsch, director of the documentary “Bully,” shares stories of the film and explains why this subject is so personally important to him. (Photo: Michael Dwyer/The Weinstein Company) Read More…
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