HGSE in the Media

October 2008

Status of Women in Academe Assessed
"In the final panel of the day, Judith Singer, James Bryant Conant Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and senior vice provost for faculty development and diversity, pointed to the broadening influence of women University-wide. A fundamental shift has occurred in academic leadership she observed, not only with the appointment of Drew Faust as Harvard president but also with the increased number of women deans. There are also, she noted, currently five women vice presidents at the University." (Harvard Gazette, 10/30/08)

Brain Research May Produce Results in the Classroom
"One of the major problems we face is that there are a whole lot of things that claim to be 'brain-based education' that are nonsense." - Professor Kurt Fischer (The Washington Post, 10/28/08)

Harvard Researcher visits Mount A
"One of the biggest problems we have is the disconnect between services in the K-12 system and then post-secondary." - Associate Professor Nonie Lesaux (Times Transcript, 10/17/08)

Chicago Annenberg Challenge in Spotlight
"I thought a young man of that extraordinary personal background ... would be much more inspirational for a group of Chicago public school kids than a middle-aged white woman like me." - Professor Patricia Albjerg Graham (Education Week, 10/9/08. Registration required.)

Preparing Students for the Flat World
"How do we prepare children to invent a future that enables them to meet their needs, develop, be happy, and continue deepening the work-in-progress that is our democracy?" - Professor Fernando Reimers (Education Week, 10/8/08. Registration required.)

A ‘Penalty’ for Starting at a Community College?
"The study, by [Professor] Bridget Terry Long of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education and Michal Kurlaender, an education professor at the University of California at Davis, quantifies the penalty at 14.5 percent, which they say is a conservative estimate." (InsideHigherEd.com, 10/1/08)

Testing Expert Sees ‘Illusions of Progress’ Under NCLB
"'We know that we are creating, in many cases, with our test-based accountability system, illusions of progress,' [Professor Daniel] Koretz told a roomful of policymakers and educators at a Sept. 22 forum hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think tank." (Education Week, 10/1/08. Registration required.)

Finding the Language to Teach Science
"Teaching or talking about something that's interesting or important to these students, as opposed to presenting things as disembodied skills, is absolutely the way to go." - Professor Catherine Snow (Education Week, 10/1/08. Registration required.)

Education Matters
"The most pressing issue is whether policymakers and practitioners are going to use the results of experimental studies funded by the Department of Education (for example, on the efficacy of Reading First) to improve current policies and practices." - Assistant Professor James Kim (Harvard Citizen, 10/1/08)