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Jackie Schechter '15 (right) started Project Lede in high school, but with the help of classmate Hannah Borowsky ‘15 (left), brought the program to Massachusetts and partnered with the Jackson/Mann K-8 School in Allston.

‘Lede’ing by example

Harvard seniors direct after-school journalism program to teach Allston middle schoolers the art of reporting news

Campus|

DateDecember 11, 2014June 13, 2018

Nearly 400 local students recently attended the 11th annual celebration of Reflection in Action: Building Healthy Communities. The program works to expand middle school students’ knowledge of health and public health issues, recognize their growing roles as leaders in the community, and use the arts to express messages about health.

Middle schoolers embrace health

Harvard program draws 400 students from Boston, Cambridge

Campus|

DateJune 18, 2014May 31, 2019

As part of an unusual study, Philip Sadler, the Frances W. Wright Senior Lecturer in the Department of Astronomy, and colleagues tested 181 middle school physical science teachers and nearly 10,000 of their students, and showed that while most of the teachers were well-versed in their subject, those better able to predict their students’ wrong answers on standardized tests helped students learn the most.

Understanding student weaknesses

Best science teachers can predict their pupils’ misconceptions, study says

Science|

DateApril 30, 2013