HGSE in the Media

January 2005

The Latest on Education: Middle Man
An opinion piece focusing on The Red Pencil, the most recent book by former HGSE Dean and Visiting Professor of Education Theodore Sizer. (New York Post, 1/23/05)

Texas Takes Aim at Tainted Testing Program
Professor of Education Daniel Koretz discusses the role of testing in accountability and how one state's crisis reflects on the U.S. educational testing system. (Education Week, 1/19/05)

The Case for Longer School Days
Paul Reville, lecturer of education at HGSE and executive director of MassINC's Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, comments on longer school days in Massachusetts and its impact on school reform. (Boston Globe, 1/19/05)

Seeing High School to the End
A review of Dropouts in America: Confronting the Graduation Rate Crisis, a book edited by HGSE Professor of Education and Social Policy Gary Orfield, director of the Civil Rights Project at Harvard. (New York Times, 1/16/05)

College Degree Still Pays, but It's Leveling Off
Thompson Professor Richard Murnane comments on the advances made in high school education for an article on the link between education and earning wages. (New York Times, 1/13/05)

When Tests' Cheaters Are the Teachers
Professor of Education Daniel Koretz discusses the role of testing in accountability in light of a cheating scandal in Texas. (Christian Science Monitor, 1/11/05)

Embracing Confusion: What Leaders Do When They Don't Know What to Do
Former HGSE Dean and Howe Professor Jerome Murphy discusses leading change. (Phi Delta Kappan, 1/13/05)

Changing Minds
A review of Changing Minds, the latest book by Hobbs Professor Howard Gardner. (School Administrator, 1/1/05)