2000 HGSE in the Media Archives

While many online periodicals keep their stories freely available indefinitely, stories on other sites (e.g., the Boston Globe, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times) expire after a specified period of time, after which they can be retrieved by locating the story through the website's archives, and sometimes paying a fee to do so. Where that is the periodical's policy, we have provided a link to the periodical's main page and the citation for the article so that interested readers may find the original article.

The Testing Obsession: In the Quest to Improve Public Schools, We've Made Test Performance More Important than Education, an opinion piece by Hobbs Professor Howard Gardner critiquing the current frenzy for educational testing, Los Angeles Times, 12/31/2000

The Interview: Gil Conchas, an interview with Assistant Professor Gil Conchas, about his research on minority youth and its connections to his own background and family, Boston Globe, 12/31/2000

The Storyteller, a feature article about Professor Richard Light and his forthcoming book, Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds, Harvard Magazine, January-February 2001

Venture Philanthropy, a segment about about the new breed social activists known as venture philanthropists, with comments from the founder of Citizen Schools, Ned Rimer, Ed.M. '98, Online NewsHour, 12/28/2000

The Homework Burden, a segment about the debate over homework, with comments by Associate Professor Janine Bempechat, Online NewsHour, 12/19/2000

State's New School Ratings Raise Concerns, an article about MCAS and Massachusetts' accountability plans, with comments by Paul Reville, lecturer on education and executive director of the Pew Forum on Standards-Based Reform, Boston Globe, 12/14/2000

Schools Grapple With Reality Of Ambitious Law, an article about the successes and failures of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, with comments by lecturer Thomas Hehir, Education Week, 12/6/2000

Job-Sharing Rises as Professors Seek Flexible Schedules, an article about job-sharing in higher education featuring co-academic deans Judy Singer and John Willett, Chronicle of Higher Education, 12/8/2000

The Real Problem with Elections, an opinion piece by former Harvard president and University Professor Derek Bok about the problem of low voting rates in the U.S., Boston Globe, 12/3/2000

Don't Forget Girls in the Effort to Close the Digital Divide, an opinion piece on the gender divide in learning and technology, by David T. Gordon, editor of the Harvard Education Letter, Womensmedia.com, 12/2000

Harvard Project Aims To Strengthen Teacher-Parent Bonds, an article about the Harvard Family Research Project's new Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE), Education Week, 11/29/2000

Schools of Education Tracking Down 'Big Money', an article about the challenges and strategies of education school fundraising, with comments by Dean Jerome T. Murphy, Dean Joel Monell, and Dean Sandy Sedacca, Education Week, 11/22/2000

Family Law Collides With Immigration and Welfare Rules, an article about immigration law and practice, with comments by Professor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, co-director of the Harvard Immigration Project, on the importance of kinship ties in U.S. immigration law, New York Times, 11/20/2000

A Route Between Poles Apart on MCAS, a commentary by Dean Jerome T. Murphy about a call for an end to polarized debate on the MCAS test, Boston Globe, 11/19/2000

Researchers Stay After School, an article about the Harvard Family Research Project's findings about the role of before- and after-school hours in the nurturing of children, Harvard University Gazette, 11/16/2000

Substitute Teachers in High Demand in Nation's School Districts, an article about the nationwide teacher shortage, with comments by Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 11/12/2000

Brown U. Breaks Ground in Picking Black as Chief, an article about Ruth Simmons, the new president of Brown University, with comments from lecturer Judith McLaughlin about the appointment of the first African-American woman president of an Ivy League school, New York Times, 11/9/2000

Challenging Homework Stumps Parents, Too, an article about the challenges of homework, with comments by former HGSE dean Theodore R. Sizer, New York Times, 11/7/2000

Re-Examining the Mozart Effect, an interview with Lois Hetland, research associate and director of Project Zero's Reviewing Education in the Arts Project, and Ellen Winner, Senior Research Associate at Harvard Project Zero, on the relationship between the arts and academic performance, Merrow Report, 11/1/2000

Transgendered Playwright Assails 'Institutions of Oppression', an article about the ambiguities of gender as expressed by transgendered playwright and performance artist Kate Bornstein, at the Askwith Education Forum, Harvard University Gazette, 10/26/2000

Concentrating on Gender, an article about HGSE's new Gender Studies Program, Harvard University Gazette, 10/26/2000

Ravitch Slams School Reform: Ed School Forum Shows the Failures of Progressive Education, an article about Diane Ravitch's lecture at the Askwith Education Forum, in which she questioned the success of progressive education, Harvard University Gazette, 10/19/2000

Finding Ways to Make Sense More Common, an article about teaching common sense in the schools, with comments from Professor David Perkins about nurturing "intelligence in the wild" in students, Washington Post, 10/17/2000

Education for the Soul, an article about parents looking to schools to help their kids cope with stress, with comments by Associate Professor Janine Bempechat, San Francisco Chronicle, 10/13/2000

Intern Learning from Caradonio: Harvard Program Prepares Promising Urban Leaders, a profile of HGSE student Traci E. Teasley, a superintendent intern in the Worcester public schools, and the Urban Superintendents Program, Worcester Telegram-Gazette, 10/10/2000

Independence, Ability to Inspire Needed at Helm, an article about what is required of principals in today's schools, with comments by Milli Pierce, director of the Principals' Center about the shrinking authority of school principals, Washington Post, 10/3/2000

The Toughest Cases Find a Home Away: 'Therapeutic' Boarding Schools are on the Rise, an article about the three dozen therapeutic boarding schools that have opened nationwide in the last decade, with comments by Kargman Assistant Professor Michael Nakkula about the part a lack of adult supervision can play in adolescent behavior problems, U.S. News and World Report, 10/2/2000

Learning 101, an article about how learning is changing, how you can promote learning, and how you can become a better learner, with comments by Fisher Professor Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Fast Company, 10/1/2000

Homework Wars Provoke Debate: Experts Face Off Over Importance of After-school Assignments, an article about the "Homework Wars" debate at the Askwith Education Forum, with assistant professor Janine Bempechat and author and educational researcher Etta Kralovec, Harvard University Gazette, 9/28/2000

Fight Over Huck Finn Continues: Ed School Professor Wages Battle for Twain Classic, a story about Assistant Professor Jocelyn Chadwick's fight to keep Huckleberry Finn on high-school reading lists across the country, Harvard University Gazette, 9/28/2000

The Importance of Doing Homework, an interview with Associate Professor of Education Janine Bempechat, in which she defends the importance of homework, The Connection, 9/21/2000

Educators Give Bush, Gore Plans an Incomplete, an article about the increasing challenge of equipping students for post-graduation success, with comments by Paul Reville, lecturer on education and executive director of the Pew Forum on Standards-Based Reform, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 9/15/2000

Letter to the Editor re: "Why the Best Don't Teach", a letter from Kay Merseth, Lecturer on Education, Director of the School Leadership Program, and Director of the Harvard Children's Initiative, in response to the recent op-ed entitled "Why the Best Don't Teach," New York Times, 9/12/2000

Elementary School Students Need More Male Teachers, an article about the effect of male role models on young girls, with comments by Bigelow Professor Kurt Fischer, USA Today, 9/11/2000

An Elementary Lesson, an opinion piece from the Harvard Family Research Project's Heather B. Weiss and M. Elena Lopez on the importance of schools making minority families and communities full partners in the learning process, Boston Sunday Globe, 9/10/2000

Internet at School is Changing Work of Students--and Teachers, an article about the advantages of interactive media for certain kinds of learners, with comments by Wirth Professor Chris Dede, Washington Post, 9/5/2000

U.S. Teachers Start New School Year in Hot Seat, a story about teachers under fire from critics, with comments by Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson speaks about the demoralizing effect of low teacher salaries, CNN.com, 9/5/2000

Youth in Action: The Next Generation of Employees Often Needs Help in Developing Job Skills, a story about the importance of education for the next generation of workers, with comments by Thompson Professor Dick Murnane, CNN: The Financial Network/CNNfn.cnn.com, 9/5/2000

Howard Gardner: Truth, Beauty and Goodness, an interview with Professor Howard Gardner on the pursuit of truth, beauty, and goodness in education, Merrow Report, 8/23/2000

Teacher Stress, a story about teacher stress caused by the gap between expectations and resources, with comments by Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson, WBUR-FM, 8/22/2000

GSE Program Stresses Teamwork for Educators, a story about the Programs in Professional Education's Harvard Institute for School Leadership, Harvard University Gazette, 8/21/2000

Elementary Kids More Divided, a story about the ill-effects on school diversity when desegregation orders are dropped, with comments by Professor Gary Orfield, Detroit Free Press, 8/14/2000

Time for Learning, a story about plans to extend the school day and year in charter schools in Buffalo, NY, with comments by Paul Reville, lecturer on education and executive director of the Pew Forum on Standards-Based Reform, Buffalo News, 8/11/2000

Survey: Many Students Accepting of Diversity, a feature story about Professor Gary Orfield and the Civil Rights Project's new study on the effects of school diversity, Louisville Courier-Journal, 8/8/2000

It's Lonely at the Top of the Ivory Tower, a feature story about the Harvard Seminar for New Presidents, one of HGSE's Programs in Professional Education, U.S. News and World Report, 8/7/2000

A Chance to Catch Up on Reading Skills, an article about summer school as a quick-fix for poor reading skills, with comments by Assistant Professor of Education Lowry Hemphill, Washington Post, 8/6/2000

Debating the Mozart Theory, an article featuring the work of Lois Hetland, research associate and director of Project Zero's Reviewing Education in the Arts Project, analyzing the evidence that studying music produces positive effects on spatial reasoning ability, New York Times (Education Life supplement), 8/6/2000

Making Family and Community Connections, an interview with Heather Weiss, founder and director of the Harvard Family Research Project, about the merits of strong school-family partnerships, WNET/Disney Learning Partnership, 8/1/2000

Making Sense of a Stubborn Education Gap, an article about how the economic prosperity of the last four years has failed to raise the incomes of American adults who have not gone beyond high school, with comments by Thompson Professor Dick Murnane, New York Times, 7/23/2000

The Poetry of Divorce, a radio broadcast about the poetry of divorce featuring lecturer Meg Campbell, Director of the Harvard/Outward Bound Project in Experience Based Education, The Connection, 7/19/2000

State Faces Shortage Of College Professors, an article about an anticipated hiring boom among college faculty in California, with comments by Professor Richard Chait, San Francisco Chronicle, 7/3/2000

Teachers to Tackle Economics and Definitions--Their Own, an article about the declining memberships in the AFT and the National Education Association, with comments by Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson, the Inquirer, 7/3/2000

Teachers to Propose a 5th year of High School , an article about the American Federation of Teachers plans to propose that schools add an optional fifth year to high school, with comments by Paul Reville, lecturer on education and executive director of the Pew Forum on Standards-Based Reform, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 7/3/2000

Board Gives IOU to Kids, an article about a policy adopted by the Columbus Board of Education promising the most resources for the neediest students, with comments by Professor Gary Orfield, Columbus Dispatch, 6/26/2000

1 in 3 Misses Graduation, an article about the increasing numbers of high-school students in Oregon who drop out, flunk out, fall behind or leave for second-chance alternative schools, with comments by Thompson Professor Dick Murnane about the long-term prospects for kids who leave high school, Oregonian, 6/25/2000

Women in Charge, Judith Block McLaughlin, educational chair of the Harvard Seminar for New Presidents, comments on the hiring prospects for women as university provosts and presidents, Chronicle of Higher Education, 6/16/2000

Transforming Boyz II Men, a profile of Kevin Fuller, Ed.M. '00, as he shepherds 23 young men through the rites of passage to manhood at Brighton High School, Harvard University Gazette, 6/15/2000

Teaching's Next Generation, an article about attracting a new cohort of teachers from the next generation by Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson, Education Week, 6/7/2000

Generation Gap, an article about the research of Professor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco and Carola Suárez-Orozco, co-directors of the Harvard Immigration Project, Education Week, 6/7/2000

Finding Middle Ground on MCAS, an editorial by Paul Reville, lecturer on education and vice chair of Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (with John C. Rennie), which calls for mid-course corrections on MCAS, Boston Globe, 6/1/2000

Education School's Gardner Receives Ledlie Prize, an announcement from President Rudenstine that Hobbs Professor Howard Gardner is the 1999-2000 recipient of the George Ledlie Prize for his dedication to educational reform, Harvard University Gazette, 6/1/2000

Class Act: The Drama of Good Teaching, an article about the complex phenomenon of teacher quality, with comments by Dean and Harold Howe II Professor Jerome T. Murphy, Washington Monthly, 5/2000

A Lifetime of Lessons, an interview with Professor Connie Juel, the director of the Jeanne Chall Reading Lab, Los Angeles Times,5/21/2000

Superintendents' Program Celebrates 10th Anniversary, an article about the Urban Superintendents Program and its 10 years of sharing the deep challenges of improving some of America's most troubled schools, Education Week, 5/17/2000

The Burden of Faulty Attitudes, an article in which Assistant Professor Janine Bempechat discusses self-esteem, achievement, and getting our kids back on track, Education Week, 5/10/2000

The Increasing Role of the GED in American Education, a commentary about Thompson Professor Richard Murnane's new research on the impact of the GED on the economic outcomes of high school dropouts, Education Week, 5/3/2000

How We Learn, Bigelow Professor Kurt Fischer explains what happens in the brain when we learn, The Infinite Mind, 4/26/2000

Literacy Lab Named for Jeanne Chall, an announcement from Dean Murphy that the literacy laboratory will be named in honor of Dr. Chall, Harvard University Gazette, 4/13/2000

Teachers Unions: Do They Help or Hurt Education Reform?, a transcript of a Brookings Institution event in which Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson and doctoral student Susan Kardos discuss research about teacher contracts and teachers unions, brookings.edu, 4/11/2000

Shifting Ground: Busing through the Eyes of a Southie Schoolboy, an excerpt from the visit to the Askwith Education Forum of Michael MacDonald, author of All Souls: A Family Story from Southie, Harvard University Gazette, 3/9/2000

Immersed in Words: Connie Juel Plans to Take Harvard into Schools, a feature on Professor Connie Juel, director of the Jeanne Chall Reading Lab, Harvard University Gazette, 3/9/2000

Metaphors that Open Doors, a feature on Helen Immordino-Yang, HGSE doctoral student in the Mind, Brain, and Education program, Harvard University Gazette, 3/9/2000

Looking Inside of Learning, a feature on Michael Connell, HGSE doctoral student in the Mind, Brain, and Education program, Harvard University Gazette, 3/9/2000

Dropping Dyslexia's Baggage, a feature on Juliana Paré-Blagoev, HGSE doctoral student in the Mind, Brain, and Education program, Harvard University Gazette, 3/9/2000

Portrait of an Artist's Mind, a feature on Kim Sheridan, HGSE doctoral student in the Mind, Brain, and Education program, Harvard University Gazette, 3/9/2000