HGSE in the Media

June 2006

Experts: Student Success Rooted in Quality Teachers
Lecturer Paul Reville comments on the effect that quality teachers have on students' classroom success. (The Examiner, 6/27/06)

Lessons Lurk in Role-playing Game
Wirth Professor Chris Dede comments on how role playing games in schools could help to close the achievement gap. (Boston Globe, 6/25/06. Paid registration required.)

Challenging the Status Quo
Keppel Professor Robert Peterkin discusses the Broad Superintendents Academy. (Education Week, 6/21/06. Free registration required.)

Let's Get Back to the Blackboard
Lecturer Paul Reville writes about school reform in the Boston Public Schools and what still needs to be done. (Boston Globe, 6/20/06. Paid registration required.)

Cost of College Piling Debt on Mass. Families
Associate Professor Bridget Terry Long comments on the increasing debt of families with students in college. (Boston Globe, 6/16/06. Paid registration required.)

Harvard Study Critical of Scores
Professor Gary Orfield comments on the results of the Harvard Civil Rights Project study on No Child Left Behind. (Cherry Hill Courier Post [New Jersey], 6/14/06)

Brainstorming Works Best if People Scramble For Ideas on Their Own
Professor David Perkins comments on the drawbacks of group brainstorming sessions. (The Wall Street Journal, 6/13/06. Paid registration required.)

A Dose Of Genius
Hobbs Professor Howard Gardner weighs in on the idea of intelligence-enhancing pills. (Washington Post, 6/11/06)

An African-centered Success Story
Professor Gary Orfield comments on the practice of African-centered education. (Christian Science Monitor, 6/8/06)

Time on His Side
Thompson Professor Richard Murnane comments on new faculty member Thomas Payzant's successes in the Boston Public Schools. (Education Week, 6/7/06. Free registration required.)

The Common Language of the Mind, Brain, and Education
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development interviews recent MBE grad Christina Hinton, Ed.M.'06. (OECD.org, 6/06)

Supreme Court to Hear Schools Race Case
Professor Gary Orfield discusses the agreement of The Supreme Court to decide whether public schools can consider skin color in student assignments. (CBS News, 6/5/06)