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Graduate School of Education News April 2007
Features Gypsy to Rock Star
When Claudia Carroll, Ed.M.'02, walked into a small public elementary school in
Yongding Village, Taiwan, to teach art and English, she was treated better than
a VIP: she was treated like a bona fide rock star.
Emma Willard: As Important as Thomas Jefferson?
In her class, The History of Women's Education in the United States, Lecturer
Sally Schwager, Ed.M.'76, C.A.S.'78, Ed.D.'82, shines a light on unheralded
women in education.
McCartney Discusses NICHD Early Child Care Study on NPR
Dean Kathleen McCartney participated in a panel discussion on NPR to discuss
the most recent findings of the he National Institute of Child Health and Human
Developments Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
Report Concludes U.S. Needs to Provide More Support for International Studies
Professor Fernando Reimers was one of 13 experts on a panel to conduct research
on how much change has occurred in foreign area expertise and foreign language
in U.S. schools over the past 50 years.
Usable Knowledge: Early Childhood Education and Beyond
Lecturer Jacqueline Zeller highlights the importance of teacher-student
relationships for building students sense of security and the foundations for
their learning success in school.
The Mathematics of Language
Doctoral student Maria Martiniello says that for English-language learners
success on the math section of a standardized test may have little to do with
numbers and more to do with words.
Usable Knowledge Popping the Question: How Can Schools Engage Families in
Education?
HGSE Lecturer Karen Mapp discusses how to enhance family engagement by linking
it to learning in school.
Visible Rights: Photography for and by Youth
Associate Professor Wendy Luttrell recently traveled to Sao Paulo, Brazil,
where she was co-organizer of Visible Rights: Photography for and by Youth, a
conference designed to identify best practices among leading practitioners,
artists, and scholars who use photography to promote children's agencies and
civic participation.
Usable Knowledge: The Heart of Data Wise
HGSE Professors Richard Murnane and Kathryn Boudett, and doctoral student
Elizabeth City describe insights drawn from continuing research about how to
best teach educators to use the Data Wise improvement process to turn schools
into learning organizations.
Usable Knowledge: A Practical Reader in Universal Design for Learning
A review of the book by Lecturer David Rose and Anne Meyer in which they argue
that by utilizing the principles of UDL, we can begin to address a
long-standing educational challenge: expanding learning opportunities for all
learners.
Singer Prize to Acknowledge Teacher Impact on Students
As part of a new award given by the deans office, the Singer Prize for
Excellence in Secondary Teaching will recognize the extraordinary work of four
teachers in the world.
Potential to Change the World
Sonya Anderson, Ed.D.'05, is education program director for the Oprah Winfrey
Foundations, and the main educational decisionmaker behind the development of
the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy, a school dedicated to educating South
African girls which opened early this year.
To view a more complete list of feature stories, please visit the HGSE News
home page.
EVENTS Askwith Education Forums April 3: The Education of Ms. Groves:
Experiences of a First-Year Teacher
This discussion will focus on the challenges new teachers face and the current
research on how best to recruit, train, support, and retain a strong teaching
force.
April 17: Can a Military Model for Adolescent Education Help Close
Achievement Gaps?
Hugh Price, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former president/CEO
of the National Urban League, believes that the military has insights of great
importance for helping low achieving and disengaged adolescents to succeed
academically and in life more generally.
April 25 : Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family-School
Partnerships
The presenters at this forum will discuss how to form family-school
partnerships and how to make them work, from insuring that PTA groups are
constructive and inclusive to navigating the complex issues surrounding
diversity in the classroom.
Other HGSE Events April 12: HGSE Reception at the American Educational
Research Association Annual Meeting
If you are planning to attend the AERA annual meeting in Chicago, please be
sure to join us for the HGSE reception. Mingle and meet HGSE faculty, alumni,
and friends.
May 3: Burton and Inglis Lecture - Five Minds for the Future
Professor Howard Gardner will speak about his new book, Five Minds for the
Future. He will explain why, in the future, it will be important to develop
five kinds of minds, both in school and in other educational environments: the
disciplined mind, the synthesizing mind, the creating mind, the respectful
mind, and the ethical mind.
Please check the HGSE Events Calendar frequently for the latest information
on upcoming campus events.
HGSE In The Media The following is a list of recent media appearances by
HGSE faculty members. Please note: websites are increasingly requiring
registration and, in some cases, charging fees for viewing content. Current
availability is noted.
Tough Report Card on Day Care
"There were four main findings that we reported. The first finding is actually
good news and that is that children who attended high quality childcare
programs were more likely to score higher on vocabulary tests in grade 5."
Dean Kathleen McCartney (On Point, NPR, 3/27/07)
Women Trailblazers Set an Example
"[Drew Faust has] a sharp analytic mind, a broad universitywide perspective,
outstanding people skills and a deft administrative style that enables her to
get things done." Professor Judith Singer (Star Gazette, 3/26/07)
Putting Assessments to the Test
"A test itself is not valid or invalid. The conclusion you base on the result
is valid or invalid." Professor Daniel Koretz (The Washington Post, 3/26/07)
The Achievement Gap, a Look Into Causes
"It's not sustainable for society to educate some people and not others."
Assistant Professor John Diamond (Harvard Gazette, 3/22/07)
New Center Asks: Does Merit Pay Work?
"The only caution I would have is that when you look at the evidence on the
stability of these rankings of teacher effectiveness as measured by student
gains, you see nontrivial differences across subject areas or from year to
year." Professor Richard Murnane (Education Week, 3/19/07. Free registration
required.)
Patricks Education Task
"In picking Paul Reville, the director of the Rennie Center on Education Policy
and Research, to head that group, and Bob Antonucci, president of Fitchburg
State College, to chair the higher-education task force, Patrick has tapped
respected educators." (The Boston Globe, 3/19/07)
Foreign Aid
"[There is] no evidence of increased postsecondary enrollment among eligible
students in spite of the stated goal to increase access to higher education."
Associate Professor Bridget Terry Long (American Enterprise Institute for
Public Policy Research, 3/16/07)
Easing Rules Over Schools Gains Favor
"Its pretty clear to everybody that simply granting autonomy isnt going to be
enough. What will make or break this experiment is the support, guidance,
direction, additional capacity-building the state is able to give these
schools." Lecturer Paul Reville (Education Week, 3/16/07. Free registration
required.)
A Vacation from Education?
"The conversation should focus on what is [homeworks] purpose, what are the
indicators that identify effective and ineffective homework practices and how
does homework contribute to or detract from students' achievement." Senior
Lecturer Thomas Payzant (The Harvard Independent, 3/15/07)
The Getting-Into-Preschool Puzzle
"If you can cull evidence from a test, a play session, a home visit, letters of
recommendation (yes, the mind boggles), and they point to a consistent pattern,
then you know a lot. If, on the other hand, they are wildly inconsistent, you
should either watch out or select more data." Professor Howard Gardner
(Slate.com, 3/15/07)
Campus Insider: Poltical Picks
"It will be a partnership with the campuses.... We will be asking campus boards
to look at needs, assess their current strengths, look at the mix, and identify
any gaps in skills or experience or expertise." Senior Lecturer Judith
McLaughlin (The Boston Globe, 3/11/07)
No Parent Left Behind
"The nation's education law has raised awareness about the importance of
involving families in the education of their children... People are more aware
of the positive link of homeschool partnerships and academic outcomes."
Lecturer Karen Mapp (Southeast Missourian, 3/10/07)
Bush Claims About NCLB Questioned
"Theres not any evidence that shows anything has changed." Professor Daniel
Koretz (Education Week, 3/9/07. Free registration required.)
HGSE Sponsors Alumni of Color Conference
"An academic conference for students of color in graduate education is unique
in the United States, said Richard Reddick, a fifth-year doctoral student at
HGSE who is one of 39 founders of the AOCC. 'We couldnt find anything to
copy,' he said of inventing the format a few years ago. 'So we made our own.'"
(Harvard Gazette, 3/8/07)
What Made Execs Do What They Did?
"A study we published in 2004 found that, although young professionals declared
an understanding of, and desire to do, good work, they felt that they had to
succeed by whatever means [they needed]." Professor Howard Gardner (Atlantic
Journal Constitution, 3/7/07)
Young Scholars Show Findings at HGSE Student Research Conference
"[HGSE's annual Student Research Conference] in its 12th year, and the only
one of its kind in the country provides a way for first-time education
researchers to mingle with their peers, practice presentation skills, and get a
sense of emerging scholarship." (Harvard Gazette, 3/1/07)
Community Schools and Community-Building
"The school becomes a place to build relationships and get to know each others
children. It becomes a place where parents can discuss common issues they face
raising their children or trying to get GEDs for themselves." Associate
Professor Mark Warren (PTA, 3/07)
Please visit our news archive at
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/media/index.html for a more complete
listing of appearances of HGSE faculty in the press.
Harvard Education Publishing Group The Harvard Education Press is pleased to
announce the release of A Decade of Urban School Reform: Persistence and
Progress in the Boston Public Schools, edited by Professor S. Paul Reville with
Celine Coggins. In the last decade, the Boston Public Schools has undergone
critical reforms that have been of intense interest to school leaders and
policymakers throughout the country. Under the leadership of superintendent
Thomas Payzant, the Boston schools implemented extensive reform strategies that
yielded notable results. Fittingly, at the end of Payzants superintendency in
September 2006, the Boston Public Schools received the Broad Prize for Urban
Education for being the most improved urban school district in the country. A
Decade of Urban School Reform looks at this critical era in the Boston schools
and distills valuable insights and lessons for school leaders and reformers
everywhere. The result is a timely, in-depth contribution to
the small group of indispensable writings on urban school reform.
Harvard Family Research Project Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) is
pleased to announce the newest issue of The Evaluation Exchange on evaluating
advocacy and policy change.
Advocacy that influences or informs public policy has the potential to
achieve large-scale results for individuals, families, and communities.
Consequently, there is much interest in understanding how to make advocacy and
policy change efforts more effective. While previously relegated as "too hard
to measure," advocacy evaluation has become a burgeoning field. This 32-page
issue of The Evaluation Exchange helps to build this new field by defining the
developments that are shaping it and showing how enterprising evaluators,
nonprofits, and funders are tackling the advocacy evaluation challenge.
HFRP's bibliography of family involvement research, published in 2006, is now
available online. HFRP has also updated its bibliography of 2005 publications.
These two years enjoyed a significant and exciting increase in scholarly output
in family involvement. All eight annual family involvment bibliographies on
HFRP's website include journal articles, dissertations and theses, books and
book chapters, reports, research briefs, and papers.
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© 2007 President and Fellows of Harvard College
Umesh Sharma
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Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
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