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Tag: Public Schools
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Nation & World
A rising tide
Early results from new reforms instituted at the Lawrence Public School system show promise.
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Nation & World
Bypassing the Bible
Ellery Schempp, one of the last living symbols of a series of Supreme Court cases that banned mandatory displays of faith in public schools, brought the contentious battle over religious expression to life for a Harvard Divinity School audience.
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Nation & World
School vouchers’ greatest impact
A new study on the impact of school vouchers on college enrollments shows that the percentage of African-American students who enrolled part time or full time in college by 2011 was 24 percent higher for those who had won a school voucher lottery and used their voucher to attend a private school.
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Nation & World
Tough talk on education
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie discussed his tough-minded approach to education reform during a talk at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Nation & World
Teachers as part of the solution
President of the American Federation of Teachers outlined her “theory of action” for how to improve the nation’s public school system.
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Nation & World
A new program to shake up education
The first class of students in Harvard’s newest doctoral program gets ready to help transform public schools in America.
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Nation & World
Five from Harvard win DCPS case competition
The District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) has announced that a team of five Harvard graduate students were named the 2010 winners of The Urban Education Redesign Challenge, for their public engagement and mobilization strategy for DCPS.
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Nation & World
Teach For America’s Kopp describes what works, what will work
The woman who created a national teaching movement out of her college thesis was on campus last week to advocate for broader support for public education. Wendy Kopp, founder and CEO of Teach For America (TFA) addressed a standing-room-only crowd at the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s (HGSE) Askwith Forum at Longfellow Hall on Nov.…
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Nation & World
Turning Crimson to gold
The Crimson Summer Academy provides yearlong mentoring to economically disadvantaged high school students in Boston and Cambridge.