HGSE in the Media

April 2005

Harvard, Boston Educators Team Up on Test-Data Book
An article detailing how faculty members and students from HGSE have teamed up with educators from the Boston school system to write a book on how to use data to improve instruction. (Education Week, 4/27/05. Free registration required.)

Study Faults State Efforts to Fix Ailing Schools
Paul Reville, lecturer of education and executive director at the Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy at MassINC, discusses his new research on how to aid failing schools. (Boston Globe, 4/22/05)

A D.C. Teacher's Day in the Rose Garden
Jason Kamras, Ed.M.'00, was named the National Teacher of the Year by President George W. Bush in a ceremony at the White House. (Washington Post, 4/21/05)

'Fast Track' Teacher-Certification Efforts Are Examined
Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson and her student research team, the Project on Next Generation of Teachers, are interviewed on alternative teacher certification methods at the AERA annual meeting in Montreal. (Education Week, 4/20/05)

Grad Schools Rank First
Three graduate schools at Harvard, including HGSE, receive top spots on U.S. News and World Report's annual list of "America's Best Graduate Schools." (Harvard Crimson, 4/18/05)

A Commitment to Equity: What Matters About the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965
Warren Professor and Dean Ellen Condliffe Lagemann comments on the 40 years since the passage of ESEA. (Education Week, 4/13/05)

Colorado Case Reopens Debate about Tenure
Richard Chait, professor of education, discusses the history of the tenure process. (Christian Science Monitor, 4/11/05)

Harvard, Sesame St. Team up in Course
Lecturer Joe Blatt and Sesame Workshop Vice President Susan Royer answer questions about HGSE's new course "Informal Learning for Children," being taught in collaboration with the Sesame Workshop. (Boston Globe, 4/10/05)

Why Nonprofits Have a Board Problem
Professor Richard Chait discusses why nonprofit boards are failing, and how they can be transformed into powerful forces of leadership. (HBS Working Knowledge, 4/4/05)