Tag Archives: Education Policy and Management

Importance of Culture: James Kelly, EPM’13

By Marin Jorgensen 05/24/2013 11:57 am | Add a Comment

A first-generation college student and public school graduate, James Kelly is passionate about improving schools and committed to making sure that all students have access to a quality education. Read More…

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Statistically Speaking: Carol Yu, EPM’12

By newseditor 05/08/2012 12:24 pm | 1 Comment

What surprised Carol Yu most about her year at the Ed School? Her new found love of statistics. This somewhat unconventional love — along with her many other admirable qualities — did not go unnoticed by her peers. Read More…

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Fuel to the Fire: Kaitlin LeMoine

By newseditor 01/18/2012 12:57 pm | Add a Comment

When 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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All in the Family

By Jill Anderson 09/06/2011 01:16 pm | Add a Comment

When incoming Education Policy and Management master’s student Elissa Klein sets foot on Appian Way this fall, she will already know the classes to register for and professors not to miss. That’s because she’s getting advice from a recent graduate in the know: her dad. Read More…

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Testing, Testing: Doctoral Marshal John Papay

By Jill Anderson 06/03/2011 03:30 pm | Add a Comment

A former high school history teacher, John Papay, Ed.M.’05, Ed.D.’11, focused his doctoral research on studying the effects of education policy on students and teachers. Read More…

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Mildred Boveda, EPM’11: Navigating Social Change

By newseditor 05/25/2011 10:40 am | 7 Comments

As a special education teacher in Miami-Dade County, Mildred Boveda witnessed firsthand the impact that public education has on the lives of students. Read More…

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A to B: Why Erica Mosca Cares

By Erica Mosca, Ed.M.'11 05/13/2011 04:49 pm | 6 Comments

At 16, the most important event in my life occurred: My family moved out of a lower-income southern California neighborhood to a middle-class community. I went from earning a GPA ranking me sixth out of more than 300 students to earning the first C on a report card in my life. Read More…

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Study Break: Ryan Shepard, Ed.M.’11

By newseditor 05/13/2011 04:30 pm | 15 Comments

Kids need to be given chances. Student Government Association president Ryan Shepard knows this. Read More…

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Autumn McDonald, Ed.M.’07, is thinking about the world and her place in it.

By Marin Jorgensen 09/10/2010 01:55 pm | 1 Comment

When asked what the appeal is of working in the nonprofit sector, Autumn McDonald, Ed.M.’07, answers simply, “The people.” Read More…

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Measuring Effective Teaching in Urban Schools

By Amy Magin Wong 06/16/2010 09:54 am | 1 Comment

Defining what “effective teaching” is can be an elusive goal, as standards differ from state to state. Yet there are those urban school districts that do stand out, showing marked progress in student achievement. Lecturer Janice Jackson wondered if these districts owed their success to having a clear sense of effective teaching, and if so, what does it look like, and how did they implement these practices? Read More…

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