HGSE in the Media

March 2005

Harvard Study: Half of Blacks, Latinos Quit High School Early
Gary Orfield, professor of education and social policy and director of the Civil Rights Project, releases new research on high school drop-out rates. (Associated Press, 3/24/05)

Educators Discuss the ESEA, and its Incarnations
Warren Professor and Dean Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Shattuck Professor Catherine Snow, lecturer Bob Schwartz, and doctoral student Dorinda Carter discuss 40 years of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and its roots within HGSE. (Harvard Gazette, 3/17/05)

Misunderstood Concepts
Assistant Professor of Education Mica Pollock discusses her "colormute" theory on race dialogue. (Chronicle of Higher Education, 3/11/05)

A Multiple-Scandal Test for Big University
Lecturer Judith McLaughlin comments on the role of university presidents. (Christian Science Monitor, 3/11/05)

How do the New Teachers Measure Up
Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson and doctoral student Morgaen Donaldson speak about the Next Generation of Teachers research project and the struggle to attract talented new teachers. (Christian Science Monitor, 3/8/05)

Is Testing Rational?
Michael Feuer, executive director of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education at the National Research Council of the National Academies, held his second of three lectures on the "The Science of Rationality and the Rationality of Science," exploring the rigor of education research. (Harvard Gazette, 3/3/05)

Grover Promotes Harvard Course
Lecturer Joseph Blatt talks about the new course he designed in collaboration with the Sesame Workshop on informal learning for children. (Education Week, 3/2/05)