Tag: Gerald Lesser

  • Nation & World

    From Mass. Ave. to ‘Sesame Street’

    An interview with Joe Blatt, senior lecturer at the Graduate School of Education, on the long and lasting partnership between Harvard and Sesame Street, the acclaimed children’s television program, on the eve of its 50th anniversary.

    13 minutes
    Blatt with his muppet
  • Nation & World

    Education scholar Gerald Lesser, 84

    Gerald Lesser, Charles Bigelow Professor of Education and Developmental Psychology Emeritus at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), died on Sept. 23 at the age of 84.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Forty years young

    In an interview, HGSE Lecturer Joe Blatt, Ed.M. ’77, director of the Technology, Innovation, and Education program, shares his thoughts on the amazing success of “Sesame Street” and its impact on education — and on the Ed School.

    1 minute