HGSE in the Media

February 2006

Wanted: Harvard Prez. Political Skills Required
Professor Richard Chait discusses the difficulties in taking on the job of university president. (Business Week, 2/23/06)

To: Professor@University.edu Subject: Why It's All About Me
Wirth Chris Dede comments on how e-mail has changed the student/professor relationship. (New York Times, 2/21/06. Paid registration required.)

When Trustees Blunder
Professor Richard Chait writes about the ineffective governance that plagues some universities and colleges. (The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2/17/06. Free registration required.)

Study Says Ed Policy Favors Whites
Professor Gary Orfield discusses the study by the Harvard University Civil Rights Project indicating that the No Child Left Behind Act favors less poor, mostly white school districts. (Harvard Crimson, 2/16/06)

Getting Good Grades is as Easy as S-M-P
Professor Daniel Koretz comments on the trend in elementary schools toward standards-based grading systems. (Boston Globe, 2/16/06. Paid registration required.)

Fast-Track Certification: Can We Prepare Teachers Both Quickly and Well?
Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson and Sarah Birkeland, Ed.D.'05, address the problems and promise of fast-track alternative certification programs. (Education Week, 2/15/06. Free registration required.)

Little Haiti School Tries to Ease Parents' Concerns
Professor Gary Orfield comments on the integration of children from working-class families with those of middle-class and higher incomes in a public elementary school in Florida. (Miami Herald, 2/1/06)

New Group of Researchers Focuses on Scientific Study
Warren Professor Ellen Condliffe Lagemann comments on the recent formation of a professional society that will focus solely on advancing scientifically rigorous studies in education. (Education Week, 2/1/06. Free registration required.)