Education Policy & Management

Director's Message

Welcome to the Education Policy and Management Program (EPM)! Our program strives to provide our students with rich opportunities to explore the complex, exhilarating, challenging, and sometimes troubling world of education policy and management. I would like to take this opportunity to tell you what is special about this program and the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE).

As a proud graduate of this institution and a member of the HGSE community, I can speak to this faculty's commitment to integrate policy, research, and practice into their teaching. Walk into the office of any number of our EPM faculty and you might find them in conversation with someone from the US Department of Education as they prepare testimony for the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind. Perhaps they are working with a school district or state education office on developing policy for engaging families in their children's education. Since our faculty is actively engaged in the world of educational policy, we are able to connect students to people and organizations currently making a difference in our sector. Given the many resources of Harvard University, Cambridge, and the Greater Boston community, we can engage our students in local, state, and national work in educational policy and management. Our emphasis on the nexus of research, policy, and practice provides our EPM students with a rich and multi-dimensional learning experience.

In addition to our top-notch faculty, our students—with their diverse and varied backgrounds—are second to none. From the former classroom teacher who wants to explore policy as a way to improve the experiences of his/her students, to the former business executive looking make a difference by starting an educational not-for-profit venture, our students come to HGSE with a dedication to and a passion for learning.

These are exciting times in the world of educational policy and management. I invite you to join our EPM community of scholars. Please address your inquiries about our program to our coordinator, Deirdre Duckett, at 617-384-7781 (p), or ducketde@gse.harvard.edu.

Sincerely,

Karen L. Mapp, Ed.D
EPM Program Director
Lecturer on Education