HGSE in the Media

June 2007

United States Faces Teaching Shortage
"It’s not that you don't have some terrifically talented people going into teaching. You do. The issue is that you don’t have enough." – Professor Richard Murnane (United Press International, 6/24/07)

Job Skills of the Future in Researchers' Crystal Ball
"We’ve been teaching these skills for 10 to 15 years. What have we learned?" – Professor Richard Murnane (Education Week, 6/20/07. Free registration required.)

Proven Leader for City Schools
"Peers describe her [new Boston Public Schools Superintenedent Carol Johnson] as ‘engaging, thoughtful, and unruffled.'" – Lecturer Paul Reville (Boston Globe, 6/18/07)

Alonso Found his Calling After Switching from Law
"[Andres Alonso, Ed.M.'99, Ed.D.'06] is the type of educator all of our inner cities need. I am excited about him bringing his intellect and his commitment to Baltimore." – Professor Robert Peterkin (The Baltimore Sun, 6/14/07)

Wanted: A President with a Complex Mind
"We seem to have entered an extended national shopping period for our next president. The debates have already begun, arraying the options in neat displays. The analysts suggest the qualities we might think to look for as we peruse the campaign shelves: Does he have enough foreign policy experience? Can she be strong enough? Will he be a true champion of conservative causes, or is he just pretending? And so on." – Professor Robert Kegan (USA Today, 5/6/07.)

Florida Scoring Glitch Sparks Broad Debate
"It’s getting more and more common—the pressure’s ratcheting up nationwide. The problem is that if something goes wrong, it makes it that much worse." – Professor Daniel Koretz (Education Week, 6/20/07. Free registration required.)

Patrick Names Three to Panel on Education
"In [Professor] Tom Payzant is one of the nation's most highly recognized K-12 leaders. In Jackie Jenkins-Scott, you have an outstanding and unconventional higher education leader who has strong community-based connections. In Joe Tucci, you have a corporate leader who has taken a leadership role in education and representing the business community's interest in a very strong education sector." – Lecturer Paul Reville (Boston Globe, 6/11/07)

Living Online: Alternate Reality Games Skew to Younger Generation
"There are any number of simulations running in which people are learning. Once you’ve done something, it gives you an idea of what it’s really like. You can read about something, but when you’ve seen it, it takes on another level. When you’ve participated in it, it sticks more." – Professor Christopher Dede (The Monitor, 6/7/07)

Are Indiana Schools Passing or Failing? It Depends on Who You Ask
"States use a number of ‘cheap tricks’ to create the illusion that students are doing better than they really are." – Professor Daniel Koretz (The Indianapolis Star, 6/7/07)

Mexican Digital Wave
"Enciclomedia brings together an amazing number of resources and integrates them meaningfully. All of a sudden you have everything together and it is phenomenal the difference that makes." – Lecturer Ilona Holland (Guardian Unlimited, 6/5/07)

Education Researchers and Policy Makers Not in Sync, Scholars Say
"We need to accept our roles as professional schools, where success should [have] equal impact on policy and practice." – Dean Kathleen McCartney (The Chronicle of Higher Education, 6/1/07. Paid registration required.)

Judge Develops Groundbreaking Experiment for Children
"When the environment is not safe and protective it activates physiological systems that do things like make your heart rate go up, make your blood pressure go up, make your stress hormones go up." – Professor Jack Shonkoff (Good Morning America, abcnews.com, 5/30/07)