HGSE in the Media

December 2005

Harvard School Donates to Local Day Care
Dean of Administration Bob Fogel and Senior Finance Officer Juan Carlos Hincapie visited Cambridge's Our Place Day Care Center to deliver a donation from HGSE in time for the holidays. (Cambridge Chronicle, 12/29/05)

No Child Left Behind is Put to the Test
Professor Gary Orfield comments on the state of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2005. (USA Today, 12/28/05)

Where's a Tutor When You Need One? Check Upstairs
Senior Lecturer Katherine Merseth comments on the success of Match Corps, a yearlong tutoring program provided for students at the Media and Technology Charter High School in Boston. (New York Times, 12/21/05. Paid registration required.)

Public Education Goes to School
An interview about the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), HGSE's collaboration with Harvard Business School, which aims to bring management skills to nine school districts across the country. (HBS Working Knowledge, 12/19/05 )

Kids Help Choose Superintendent
HGSE master's candidate Natasha J. London-Thompson, a student in the Education Policy and Management Program, speaks about the program she launched which gave students an opportunity to help select their new superintendent of schools. (Harvard Crimson, 12/16/05)

Panel Examines Teacher Training
An article examining the goals of the Committee on Teacher Preparation Programs in the United States, with comment from cochair of the committee, Warren Professor Ellen Condliffe Lagemann. (Education Week, 12/14/05. Free registration required.)

Early Education and the Achivement Gap
On WBUR, Lesser Professor and Dean Kathleen McCartney discusses the call for universal preschool education for children as young as three. (Here & Now, 12/8/05)

Keeping the Faith on Social Issues
Associate Professor Mark Warren comments on the role of faith organizations, such as Action in Montgomery (AIM), in effecting social change. (Washington Post, 12/8/05)

Apartheid Education
A commentary by author Jonathan Kozol arguing against the resegregation of schools, citing evidence from Professor Gary Orfield and the Harvard Civil Rights Project. (AlterNet, 12/8/05)

When 19 Heads Are Better Than One
Thompson Professor and Academic Dean Richard Murnane, Adjunct Lecturer Kathryn Boudett, and doctoral student Elizabeth City write about the study that led to their new book, Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning. (Education Week, 12/7/05. Free subscription required.)