HGSE in the Media

October 2005

Thriving In The Zone
HGSE Alum Geoffrey Canada, Ed.M.'75, is named one of "America's 25 Best Leaders." (U.S. News and World Report, 10/31/05)

Charter Schools Nurture Growth
Professor Gary Orfield comments on the challenges of being a predominantly minority school in an urban area. (The News Journal [Wilmington, Delaware], 10/28/05. Paid registration required.)

Bringing Out Best in Brains
Bigelow Professor Kurt Fischer comments on Schools Attuned, a new program promoting brain-based education. (Kansas City Star, 10/21/05. Free registration required.)

Education Professor Looks to Diagnose Problems in Schools
Anrig Professor Richard Elmore discusses his new professional development program in the Cambridge Public Schools. (Cambridge Chronicle, 10/20/05)

In California, a Fierce Battle Is Joined Over Teachers
Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson weighs in on the debate over Proposition 74, a ballot measure in California that would extend the time that public school teachers wait to gain tenure. (New York Times, 10/20/05. Free registration required.)

America's Pupils Progress in Math, Falter in Reading
Shattuck Professor Catherine Snow comments on the failure of No Child Left Behind to increase national reading scores. (Christian Science Monitor, 10/20/05)

Risky Business: Unity Place is One of the Costly Bubbles that Burst When Foundations Linked to UNC Chased High-Risk Dreams
Professor Julie Reuben comments on the trend of business ventures proliferating at schools of higher education across the country. (Winston-Salem [North Carolina] Journal, 10/8/05)