HGSE in the Media

March 2006

Want Them to Learn? Add a Keyboard and Special Effects
Wirth Professor Christopher Dede comments on educational computer gaming at the Florida Educational Technology Conference in Orlando. (Tampa Tribune, 3/25/06)

Class and American Families
Eliot Professor, Emeritus, Charles V. Willie speaks about class and childhood in America on On Point with Tom Ashbrook. (NPR, 3/23/06)

Economic Trends Fuel Push to Retool Schooling
Thompson Professor and Academic Dean Richard Murnane, comments on the economic divide in the nation's labor force. (Education Week, 3/22/06. Free regisration required.)

Path to Classroom Not Linked to Teachers' Success
Professor Thomas Kane discusses the study "What Does Certification Tell Us about Teacher Effectiveness: Evidence From New York City." (Education Week, 3/22/06. Free registration required.)

Project to Vet Think Tanks' Work With Eye Out for Ideological Bias
Warren Professor Ellen Condliffe Lagemann comments on the findings of The Think Tank Review Project. (Education Week, 3/22/06. Free registration required.)

Plight Deepens for Black Men, Studies Warn
Professor Gary Orfield discusses possible reasons as to why poorly educated black men are becoming disconnected from mainstream society. (New York Times, 3/20/06. Paid registration required.)

Middle Class Losing Faith in Schools, City
Professor Gary Orfield comments on the dangers of middle-class defection from public schools in Portland, Oregon. (The Oregonian, 3/5/06)

Evolving Ideas
A panel discussed developing topics in the teaching of evolution at an Askwith Education Forum held in February. (Harvard Gazette, 3/2/06)

Educating Leaders for Tomorrow's Schools
Howe Professor Jerome Murphy guest edits this issue featuring a special section on educating leaders for tomorrow's schools, including articles
by faculty members Murphy, Richard Elmore, Barry Jentz, and Lee Teitel. (Phi Delta Kappan, March 2006)