HGSE in the Media

November 2005

Generation Gap
Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson spoke on the "generational shift" occurring in the teaching profession at the conference of the American Association for Employment in Education in November. (Teacher Magazine, 11/23/05. Free registration required.)

How to Help Them Succeed
Lecturer Michael Nakkula comments on children's apparent lack of ambition in school. (Time, 11/14/05. Paid registration required.)

Hearing a Tale, While Wagging the Tail
Shattuck Professor Catherine Snow weighs in on the practice of "canine listeners" acting as reading aides to young students in Maryland. (Boston Globe, 11/28/05. Paid registration required.)

N.H. Mulls Raising Age for School Exit
Professor Gary Orfield comments on the New Hampshire governor's plan to curb his state's dropout rate by raising the mandatory age to stay in high school. (Boston Globe, 11/21/05. Paid registration required.)

Payzant a Class Act to Follow
Lecturer Paul Reville comments on the success of Thomas Payzant, Ed.D.'68, as the superintendent on Boston Public Schools. (Boston Herald, 11/20/05. Paid registration required.)

Gimme Data
Lecturer Paul Reville speaks about the current emphasis on testing data in education. (Boston Globe, 11/20/05. Paid registration required.)

Studying the Achievement Gap: Voices of the Future
Assistant Professor John Diamond discusses the race achievement gap on WBUR. (Morning Edition, 11/17/05.)

Hard Lesson for Minorities Seeking Top School Job
Keppel Professor Robert Peterkin discusses the lack of minority educators in chief administrative jobs and the goals of the Urban Superintendents Program. (Austin-American Statesman, 11/13/05)

Some Educators Skeptical of Alternative Certificatication
Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson speaks about the report by HGSE's Project on the Next Generation of Teachers on fast-track alternative certification. (The News-Press [Fort Myers, Florida], 11/7/05. Paid registration required.)

Despite Allure, Using Digital Games For Learning Seen as No Easy Task
Wirth Professor Christopher Dede comments on a recent "summit for educational games" and the progress that is being made in that area. (Education Week, 11/2/05. Free registration required.)

Dreams Fading for Integration
Professor Gary Orfield discusses the trend toward magnet schools, neighborhood schools, and parental choice as alternatives to forced integration in city schools. (Omaha World-Herald, 11/1/05. Free registration required.)