Ed. Magazine Ed Extra: Skipper's Three-Hour Tour Posted May 17, 2011 By Matt Weber For the nearly 800 students at TechBoston Academy, it was the opportunity of a lifetime: President Barack Obama chose to visit their school as part of his recent trip to the Bay State. Headmaster Mary Skipper, Ed.M.’06, gave Obama a three-hour tour, with several Ed School student interns in tow. While visiting classrooms, the president shook hands and asked students what they hoped to study in college. Later, during a speech in the auditorium, Obama touted the school’s turnaround academic success and highly praised Skipper, whom he said was doing “unbelievable work.” Ed. Magazine The magazine of the Harvard Graduate School of Education Explore All Articles Related Articles News Lost in Translation New comparative study from Ph.D. candidate Maya Alkateb-Chami finds strong correlation between low literacy outcomes for children and schools teaching in different language from home News The Rapid Rise of Private Tutoring In his research, doctoral candidate Edward Kim examines the rarely studied phenomenon of private tutoring and how it can contribute to issues of inequality in education. News Crack the Code for Girls Current student empowers girls in low and middle-income countries through digital literacy