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Harvard EdCast: Straight-Talking Education
By Matt Weber 01/30/2013 12:46 pm | Add a CommentRick Hess, education writer and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, reflects on his personal story of learning and his role in the education reform movement. Read More…
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Watch the Futures of School Reform Askwith Forum Live
By newseditor 01/28/2013 02:18 pm | 2 CommentsA panel of leading thinkers and actors in the education sector will share five visions of the educational future. Live streaming of this event will begin on Tuesday, January 29, at 5 p.m. Read More…
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Askwith Forum: The Futures of School Reform
By newseditor 01/28/2013 10:41 am | Add a CommentA panel of leading thinkers and actors in education shared five visions of the educational future at the Askwith Forum on Tuesday, January 29. Read More…
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Spring 2013 Askwith Forums Announced
By newseditor 01/23/2013 11:59 am | Add a CommentThe Harvard Graduate School of Education is pleased to announce its spring 2013 Askwith Forums, a series of public lectures dedicated to discussing challenges facing education, sharing new knowledge, and generating spirited conversation. Read More…
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Futures of School Reform
By Lory Hough 01/22/2013 04:15 pm | 1 CommentThe Futures of School Reform working group, started by Assistant Professor Jal Mehta and Professor Robert Schwartz, was started for educators to talk comprehensively about what was wrong in the world of education and what could be done. Read More…
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HEPG Publishes “The Futures of School Reform”
By newseditor 09/17/2012 10:29 am | Add a CommentIn “The Futures of School Reform,” leading scholars, policymakers, and practitioners seek to challenge familiar assumptions and to generate new thinking in a variety of ways, including looking at other sectors, other nations, and emerging new technologies. Read More…
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Time Hasn’t Been on Their Side
By Lory Hough 01/20/2009 12:40 pm | 14 CommentsAs public schools struggle to meet standards and produce 21st century learners, and as many working parents continue to juggle complex afterschool care, more schools and districts are asking if six hours is enough. Goodbye, 2 p.m. school bell. Hello, longer day. Read More…
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Q&A on Common Sense School Reform
By newseditor 08/01/2004 04:07 pm | Add a CommentAn Interview with Frederick M. Hess, Ed.M.’90 Frederick M. “Rick” Hess, Ed.M.’90, is director of education and policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., and author of Common Sense School Reform. In this interview, Hess responds to some questions … Read More…
ED. MagazineReforming Reform
By Frederick M. Hess 08/01/2004 03:46 pm | Add a CommentSchool reform is the province of utopians, apologists, and well-intentioned practitioners who inhabit a cloistered world where conviction long ago displaced competence. For too long we have permitted these advocates to trample common sense beneath grandiose schemes. Aspirations of social … Read More…
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