HGSE in the Media

August 2006

School Is Out
An interview with Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson on teacher turnover and its impact on schools. (Boston Globe Magazine, 8/27/06)

Suburban Schools Also Home to Test Gap
Professor Gary Orfield comments on the responsibility of suburban schools to address the racial achievement gap. (The Columbus Dispatch, 8/20/06)

Push Comes to Shove for Dropouts
Professor Gary Orfield discusses on the "pushout" problem in U.S. schools. (Denver Post, 8/19/06)

Tips from ‘How to Survive Getting Into College'
Rachel Korn, Ed.M.'00, appears on NBC's Today to discuss the findings of her recent book, How to Survive Getting Into College. (MSNBC.com, 8/15/06)

U.S. Proposal Offers Students Wider Way of Racial Identity
Professor Gary Orfield comments on the U.S. Department of Education's proposal that would allow students to identify themselves to schools as being of more than one race. (New York Times, 8/9/06. Paid registration required.)

Educating to Narrow the Engineer Gap
Fisher Professor Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot writes about the Exploratorium in San Francisco. (San Francisco Chronicle, 8/2/06)

Teachers Become Technology Students
Lecturer Stone Wiske comments on assisting teachers in integrating technology into their classrooms. (Hattiesburg American [Mississippi], 8/1/06)