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HEP News:

• The Harvard Education Letter was a finalist for Three Distinguished Achievement Awards from the Association of Educational Publishers. The articles "What (So-Called) Low-Performing Schools Can Teach (So-Called) High-Performing Schools" by Richard F. Elmore and "The Classroom of Popular Culture" by James Paul Gee were both finalists in the Editorial category for Periodicals. The Harvard Education Letter was also a finalist for the Best Overall Newsletter. Winners were announced on June 9, 2006 at a special ceremony in Washington, D.C.

• Mark R. Warren's Communities and Schools: A New View of Urban Education Reform from the Summer 2005 issue of the Harvard Educational Review was a finalist for the Distinguished Achievement Award for Best Learned Article from the Association of Educational Publishers. Click here to read an excerpt of the article.

• Click here to read the April 21, 2006 Science Magazine review of Michael Feuer's book, Moderating the Debate: Rationality and the Promise of American Education.

• Click here for more news from HEPG.

Fall 2006

From the Harvard Education Press:

Educational Entrepreneurship: Realities, Challenges, Possibilities
By Frederick M. Hess
Available NOW
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The Case for District-Based Reform: Leading, Building, and Sustaining School Improvement
By Jonathan A. Supovitz
Available NOW
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A Practical Reader in Universal Design for Learning
Edited by David H. Rose and Anne Meyer
Available in October

Understanding Youth: Adolescent Development for Educators
By Michael J. Nakkula and Eric Toshalis
Available in November

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Spring 2006

From the Harvard Education Press:

Moderating the Debate: Rationality and the Promise of American Education
By Michael J. Feuer
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Collective Bargaining in Education: Negotiating Change in Today's Schools
Edited by Jane Hannaway and Andrew J. Rotherham
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Click here to read the introduction to Collective Bargaining in Education: Negotiating Change in Today's Schools, edited by Jane Hannaway and Andrew J. Rotherham. This timely and comprehensive volume will spur and strengthen public debate over the role of teachers unions in education reform. Click here to learn more about the book.

International Education for the Millennium: Toward Access, Equity, and Quality
Edited by Benjamin Piper, Sarah-Dryden-Peterson, and Young-Suk Kim
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Online Professional Development for Teachers: Emerging Models and Methods
Edited by Chris Dede
Available NOW
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Fall 2005

From the Harvard Education Press:

Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning
Edited by Kathryn Parker Boudett, Elizabeth City, and Richard Murnane
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In the wake of the accountability movement, school administrators are inundated with data about their students. How can they use this information to support student achievement? Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning, released November 28th by Harvard Education Press, presents a clear and carefully tested blueprint for school leaders. Click here to learn more about the book.

New Directions in Special Education: Eliminating Ableism in Policy and Practice
By Thomas Hehir
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We are pleased to announce the release of New Directions in Special Education. With this groundbreaking book, leading scholar and disability advocate Thomas Hehir opens a new round of debate on the future of special education. Thomas Hehir is a professor of practice and director of the School Leadership Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He served as director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs from 1993 to 1999. Click here to learn more about the book.

With the Best of Intentions: How Philanthropy Is Reshaping K-12 Education
Edited by Frederick M. Hess
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The Universally Designed Classroom: Accessible Curriculum and Digital Technologies
Edited by David H. Rose, Anne Meyer, and Chuck Hitchcock
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Higher Education and the Color Line
Edited by Gary Orfield, Patricia Marin, and Catherine L. Horn
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Other recent publications:

Adolescents at School:
Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education
Edited by Michael Sadowski
Click here to read an excerpt from Pedro Noguera's chapter, "'Joaquin's Dilemma': Understanding the Link between Racial Identity and School-Related Behaviors"

Better Teaching and Learning in the Digital Classroom
Edited by David T. Gordon
Click here to read an excerpt from the David T. Gordon's chapter, "Linking Teachers with Technology for Professional Development and Support."

Cultural Studies and Education: Perspectives on Theory, Methodology, and Practice
Rubén A Gaztambide-Fernández, Heather Harding, and Tere Sordé-Martí
HER Reprint Series No. 38

Double the Numbers: Increasing Postsecondary Credentials for Underrepresented Youth
Edited by Richard Kazis, Joel Vargas, and Nancy Hoffman

Dropouts in America: Confronting the Graduate Rate Crisis
Edited by Gary Orfield

Education Past and Present: Reflections on Research, Policy, and Practice
Edited by Megin Charner-Laird, Morgaen L. Donaldson, and Soo Hong
Click here to read the full-text of Gary Orfield's "Introduction"

Education Policy and Practice: Bridging the Divide
Edited by Suzanne Plaut and Nancy S. Sharkey
HER Reprint Series No. 37

Facing Racism in Education, Third edition
Edited by Sonya L. Anderson, Polly F. Attwood, and Lionel C. Howard
HER Reprint Series No. 39

Legacies of Brown: Multiracial Equity in American Education
Edited by Dorinda J. Carter, Stella M. Flores, and Richard J. Reddick
HER Reprint Series No. 40

A Nation Reformed?
American Education Twenty Years after A Nation At Risk
Edited by David T. Gordon
Foreword by Patricia Albjerg Graham
Click here to read an excerpt from Pam Grossman's chapter, "Teaching: From A Nation at Risk to a Profession at Risk?"

Popular Culture and Education
The Fall 2003 Special Issue of the Harvard Educational Review

A Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom? Appraising Old Answers and New Ideas
Edited by Frederick M. Hess, Andrew J. Rotherham, and Kate Walsh

Race and Higher Education:
Rethinking Pedagogy in Diverse College Classrooms
Edited by Annie Howell and Frank Tuitt
HER Reprint Series No. 36
Click here to read the full-text of "Diversity and Higher Education: Theory and Impact on Educational Outcomes" by Patricia Gurin, Eric L. Dey, Sylvia Hurtado, Gerald Gurin
Click here to read the full-text of "Realizing a More Inclusive Pedagogy" by Frank Tuitt

Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting Qualified Teachers
Edited by Caroline Chauncey

School Reform from the Inside Out: Policy Practice and Performance
by Richard F. Elmore

School Reform in Chicago: Lessons in Policy and Practice
Edited by Alexander Russo

Special Education for a New Century
Edited by Lauren I. Katzman, Allison Gruner Gandhi, Wendy S. Harbour, and J.D. LaRock
HER Reprint Series No. 41

Spotlight on High-Stakes Testing
From the Editors of the Harvard Education Letter

Teaching Immigrant and Second-Language Students
Edited by Michael Sadowski

Urban School Reform: Lessons from San Diego
Edited by Frederick M. Hess

Woman's "True" Profession: Voices from the History of Teaching
Second Edition
By Nancy Hoffman

Click here to view all our Titles in Print or here to view a topical index of some of the titles.

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More on HEPG:

• Click here to read a the full interview with U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings that appears in the Harvard Educational Review Winter 2005 issue. HER Editors J. D. LaRock and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar conducted the interview in Spellings’s office at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C.
• Harvard Education Letter Wins Association for Educational Publishers and National Press Club Honors.
• The debate about SAT bias continues in the Spring issue of Harvard Educational Review. Click here to read the full-text of the article that sparked the debate: Roy O. Freedle's "Correcting the SAT's Ethnic and Social-Class Bias: A Method for Reestimating SAT Scores."
• Read recent reviews of Adolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education, edited by Michael Sadowski.
• Harvard Education Letter Wins National Press Club Award takes first prize in newsletter category again.
• Harvard Education Letter Faculty Editor Richard F. Elmore Wins "Best Editorial" from the Association of Education Publishers
• The U.S. Supreme Court has recently ruled on race-conscious admissions policies at U.S. colleges and universities. Diversity Challenged: Evidence on the Impact of Affirmative Action, published with The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, examines the legal arguments and educational benefits of diversity in higher education. Click here for more information from The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.
• Defining the Field of Afterschool Education
• The Future of Our Public Schools Guiding school leaders through the changing education landscape
• Harvard Education Letter Wins National Press Club Award
• Focus on student disabilities adds to educational deficits according to an article in the Harvard Educational Review. Read the full-text of Thomas Hehir's article.