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McCartney, Schwartz Elected to NAEd

By Jill Anderson 02/22/2013 04:03 pm | Add a Comment

Dean Kathleen McCartney and Professor Robert Schwartz have been elected to the National Academy of Education for their valuable contributions to educational research and policy development. Read More…

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Watch the Futures of School Reform Askwith Forum Live

By newseditor 01/28/2013 02:18 pm | 2 Comments

A 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 Comment

A 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 Comment

The 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 Comment

The 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 Comment

In “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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Pathways to Prosperity Network Launches

By newseditor 06/19/2012 10:09 am | 2 Comments

The Pathways to Prosperity Network is a collaboration between the Pathways to Prosperity Project at HGSE, Jobs for the Future (JFF), and six states focused on ensuring that many more young people complete high school, attain a postsecondary credential with currency in the labor market, and launch into a career while leaving open the prospect of further education. Read More…

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Group Explores the Futures of School Reform

By Jill Anderson 04/01/2011 11:42 am | 2 Comments

For the next seven weeks, the Futures of School Reform — a group organized at HGSE and consisting of leading academics, policymakers, practitioners, and business leaders — are sharing their ideas for restructuring education in commentaries published by Education Week. Read More…

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Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century

By newseditor 02/11/2011 10:26 am | 3 Comments

On Wednesday, February 2nd, the American Youth Policy Forum hosted a special event for the release of the Harvard Graduate School of Education report Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century. Read More…

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Report Calls for National Effort to Get Millions Of Young Americans onto a Realistic Path to Employability

By newseditor 02/01/2011 04:33 pm | 46 Comments

Today, the Pathways to Prosperity Project, which is based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is releasing a major new report that examines the reasons for our failure to prepare so many young adults, and advances an exciting vision for how the United States might regain the leadership in educational attainment it held for over a century. Read More…

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