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			<title>Everyday Heroes: Eric Marcos, Ed.M.'03</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Eric Marcos’' website is a little like him: fun, engaging, and all about the kids. Mathtrain.com is a splashy assortment of bright, kid-friendly colors, pictures, links, and, above all, &quot;mathcasts&quot; – instructional math videos made for students, by students.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Raise Your Hand Texas Sends Enthusiastic Educators to PPE</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This summer, Raise Your Hand Texas (RYHT) — an education coalition composed of business and community leaders, parents, and tax payers dedicated to strengthening and improving Texas public schools — sent 125 educators from throughout the state to four leadership institutes at the Programs in Professional Education.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>The Global Achievement Gap</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In his new book, Tony Wagner, codirector of the Change Leadership Group, examines the U.S. education system in the 21st century, considers why American students are falling behind their international peers, and proposes methods to begin to correct the downward slide.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>One Text Message at a Time: Jacob Korenblum, Ed.M.'06</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Due to continued political unrest and religious turmoil, the Palestinian-controlled territories are in the news regularly. But amid the chaos of the region, one HGSE alumnus, Jacob Korenblum, Ed.M.'06, is creating positive change for the people of the West Bank.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Remembering Kalpna Mistry, Ed.M.'07</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>ExEl Team Guides Chief State School Officers at Annual Summer Meeting</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[When the Council of Chief State School Officers held its recent annual summer meeting, it turned to help from a team from the Harvard Executive Leadership Program for Educators (ExEl), an initiative aimed at helping urban and underperforming school systems.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Willie Presents at the 99th NAACP Conference</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Professor Charles Willie spoke to the education workshop at the recent convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Usable Knowledge: Destination College</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In this Q&amp;A, Assistant Professor Vivian Louie examines the unique challenges of Chinese-American students' educational journeys, and ways that schools can help them make college a reachable destination.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Mississippi Educators Find Tools to Build Confidence at HISL</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>When Teachers and Students Connect</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lecturer Jacqueline Zeller speaks to Ed. magazine about how positive relationships with their teachers can help students feel safe enough to open up about personal concerns that might interfere with learning.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>An Exchange of Ideas at PPE’s MBE Institute</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mind, Brain, and Education, or the intersection of learning and the brain, is a new but growing field of study for educators and researchers. After an absence from the PPE schedule, the MBE institute returned this year when Fischer and codirector Todd Rose, Ed.D.'07, resurrected the program due to an overwhelming demand.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>A Secure Perspective</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fiamma Rupp-Gembs, Ed.M.'08, is founder and director of Secure Perspectives, a development organization committed to improving health, education, and infrastructure in the Western Highlands of Guatemala.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>A Long-Term Plan: Massachusetts' Education Action Agenda</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Secretary of Education and HGSE Senior Lecturer Paul Reville discusses the recently unveiled Education Action Agenda and its potential impact on Massachusetts' students and schools.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Long Honored with NASFAA Quill Award</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Associate Professor Bridget Terry Long recently received the Robert P. Huff Golden Quill Award from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA).
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Everyday Antiracism: A Q&amp;A with Mica Pollock</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In her new book, &quot;Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real about Race in School,&quot; Associate Professor Mica Pollock compiles essays written by scholars who have studied teachers struggling with race issues and about the various racial dilemmas facing the American teacher.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Reimers Speaks at NEA Global Education Summit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Professor Fernando Reimers gave the keynote address at the National Education Association's (NEA) Global Education Summit, Broadening Global Horizons During Times of Narrowing Curriculum, in Washington, D.C.
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			<pubDate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>HFRP Director Testifies Before House Committee on Education and Labor</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Heather Weiss, founder and director of Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, was one of five witnesses to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor at the June 11 hearing on House Resolution 243, Education Begins at Home Act (EBAH).
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Doctoral Student Named NAEd Fellow</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[HGSE doctoral student Amy Crosson was recently named a 2008 Adolescent Literacy Predoctoral Fellow for The National Academy of Education (NAEd), an organization dedicated to the highest quality education research and its use in policy formulation and practice.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>The Learning Brain</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In her research, Mary Helen Imordino-Yang, Ed.M.'98, Ed.D.'05, combines neuropsychological and human developmental methods to draw conclusions about emotional and social functioning in educational environments.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Charter School Students DREAM of Harvard</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[On June 5, 70 seventh graders from Harlem's Democracy Prep Charter School spent the day at Harvard taking in the sites and sounds of Commencement on a trip organized by their principal, Seth Andrews, Ed.M.'02.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Harvard Education Letter Wins Top Honors for Second Consecutive Year</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Harvard Education Letter was recently named Best Overall Newsletter in the adult learning category by the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) for the second consecutive year.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Professor Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Named AAPSS Fellow</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) named Professor Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot the 2008 Margaret Mead Fellow at recent a ceremony at the University of Pennsylvania.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Five Teachers Receive Conant Fellowship</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[On Monday, June 9, the Harvard Graduate School of Education presented five outstanding educators from the Boston and Cambridge public school systems with James Bryant Conant Fellowships. Each of the recipients will receive one year of study at the Ed School.
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>HGSE Celebrates Commencement 2008</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>HGSE Names Richmond Superintendent Deborah Jewell-Sherman Senior Lecturer</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dean Kathleen McCartney has announced that Richmond (Va.) City Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Jewell-Sherman, Ed.M.'92, Ed.D.'95, will join the Ed School as a senior lecturer on education.
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			<pubDate>Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Usable Knowledge: From Quantities to Quality</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[HGSE Associate Professor Heather Hill and her colleagues have developed a teacher assessment tool aimed at measuring teacher knowledge and skills.
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			<pubDate>Mon, 2 Jun 2008 11:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Doctoral Students Present Research to Area High School</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Before an audience of fellow students, faculty members, and Malden High School educators, first-year doctoral students presented research results as part of the seminar, Integrating Perspectives on Education.
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			<pubDate>Mon, 2 Jun 2008 11:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>HGSE Doctoral Student Wins PITF Award</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[HGSE doctoral candidate Tom Tomberlin, Ed.M.'06, received one of three Presidential Instructional Technology Fellows Program (PITF) awards given by Harvard University.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 13:59:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Study Finds Teach For America Teachers Stay in the Classroom Past Initial Commitment</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/05/21_project.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Project on the Next Generation of Teachers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education released today new research showing that Teach for America (TFA) corps members teach in their low-income placement schools considerably longer than the TFA two-year obligation.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 12:54:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (HGSE News)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/05/21_project.php</guid>
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			<title>HGSE Honors Master's Students with Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/05/series/index.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the days leading up to Commencement 2008, each honoree did us the honor of answering our questions about their time at HGSE, their future plans, and what has and will continue to inspire them in education.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (HGSE News)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/05/series/index.html</guid>
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			<title>Gardner Named Leading Business Thinker and Public Intellectual</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/05/13_gardner.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On May 5, The Wall Street Journal named Professor Howard Gardner one of the top five influential business thinkers. Gardner also placed in the May/June issues of Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines as one of the world's top 100 leading public intellectuals.
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 17:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (HGSE News)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/05/13_gardner.php</guid>
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			<title>Alumni Council to Honor Harlem Children's Zone President</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/05/6_canada.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Geoffrey Canada, Ed.M.'75, was announced as the recipient of the 2008 Alumni Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 7 May 2008 11:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (HGSE News)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/05/6_canada.php</guid>
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			<title>HGSE Holds Competition for Educational Entrepreneurs</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/05/6_bridge.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On April 25, 10 groups of students, all finalists in the Ed School's second annual BRIDGE Educational Enterprise Idea Competition, gathered in a conference room with a panel of judges and pitched their ideas.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 17:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (HGSE News)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/05/6_bridge.php</guid>
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			<title>Arts Education Discussed at Askwith Education Forum</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/05/6_arts.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Jessica Hoffman Davis, a leading advocate in the field of arts education and former director of HGSE's Arts in Education (AIE) Program, discussed the implications of this phenomenon in the recent Askwith Education Forum, Why Our Schools Need the Arts.
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/generic/hgse_bookbag.jpg" />
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 17:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (HGSE News)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/05/6_arts.php</guid>
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			<title>Ed Letter Finalist for AEP Awards</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/30_edletter.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Harvard Education Letter has been named a finalist for several awards from the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP), a nonprofit professional organization for educational publishers and content developers.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (HGSE News)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/30_edletter.php</guid>
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			<title>Microsoft's Wood Speaks to IEP Students</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/28_wood.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Former Microsoft executive John Wood spoke to IEP students about leaving his job to start an educational nonprofit, Room to Read.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (HGSE News)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/28_wood.php</guid>
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			<title>From Lipstick to Learning: Research Goes to School</title>
			<link>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/decisions/DD308-408.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[To narrow the gap between research and practice in education, HGSE Professor Kurt Fischer is leading an effort to build schools that join the work of researchers and practitioners.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (HGSE News)</author>
			<guid>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/decisions/DD308-408.html</guid>
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			<title>Challenges in Rural Education Explored at Askwith Education Forum</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/23_ruraled.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[More than 21 percent of the nation's youth attend schools in rural areas, yet much of the research done in the field of education today focuses solely on urban school districts.  This discrepancy as well as other issues unique to rural schools, were addressed at the April 21 Askwith Education Forum, Rural Education: Regional Challenges, Promising Solutions.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (HGSE News)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/23_ruraled.php</guid>
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			<title>Harvard Awards the Second Singer Prize</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/18_singerprize.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This past Wednesday, the Harvard Graduate School of Education awarded four teachers with the second annual Singer Prize for Excellence in Secondary Teaching.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (HGSE News)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/18_singerprize.php</guid>
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			<title>Muralidharan Receives Spencer Foundation Award</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/18_muralidharan.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Postdoctoral student and HGSE Lecturer Karthik Muralidharan recently received the Spencer Foundation Exemplary Dissertation Award.
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2008/01_karthik.jpg" />
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (HGSE News)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/18_muralidharan.php</guid>
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			<title>Adolescence Literacy Focus of Askwith Education Forum</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/18_askwith.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, April 9, the forum, Adolescent Literacy: Translating Research into Effective Policy and Practice, brought together a panel to discuss the problems of adolescent readers and what can be done to improve adolescent literacy skills.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (HGSE News)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/18_askwith.php</guid>
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			<title>Beyond Good Intentions</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/16_hogan.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[IEP student Tori Hogan discusses her focus on international aid and the nonprofit she founded, Beyond Good Intentions, which explores different strategies being used in humanitarian aid today.
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2008/04_hogan.jpg" />
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (HGSE News)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/16_hogan.php</guid>
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			<title>Can Colleges and Universities Learn, Too?</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2008/winter/appian/light.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Professor Richard Light discusses his latest project, the Forum on Excellence and Innovation in Higher Education.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (HGSE News)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2008/winter/appian/light.html</guid>
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			<title>The Effect of Media Coverage On Education</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/09_media.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As part of last week's Askwith Education Forum, The Media: Driving Education Policy?, Dean Kathleen McCartney invited &quot;New York Times&quot; columnist Bob Herbert and &quot;Boston Globe&quot; columnist Derrick Jackson to discuss how the media's coverage impacts American education today.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (HGSE News)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/09_media.php</guid>
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			<title>Mehta Receives AERA Honor</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/08_mehta.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Lecturer Jal Mehta recently received the 2006-2007 Outstanding Dissertation in Politics of Education at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting in New York.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:06:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (HGSE News)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/08_mehta.php</guid>
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			<title>Conference Examines Leadership in Education</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/08_dlc.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[About 180 people gathered to examine the definition of leadership in education at the Dean's Leadership Conference on March 6-7.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:57:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (HGSE News)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/08_dlc.php</guid>
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			<title>Student Profile: Byron Sherman</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/02_sherman.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Byron Sherman, Ed.M.'08, never wanted to be a teacher. A native of Johannesburg, South Africa, Sherman was always more interested in writing plays than in &quot;babysitting adolescents.&quot;
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 2 Apr 2008 13:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/02_sherman.php</guid>
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			<title>HFRP Associate Director Tapped to Testify at House Hearing</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/01_little.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Priscilla Little, associate director of the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) at HGSE, was one of four witnesses invited to testify at the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education hearing, After School Programs: How the Bush Administration's Budget Impacts Children and Families, for the U. S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor on March 11.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 1 Apr 2008 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/04/01_little.html</guid>
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			<title>Mark Warren Q&amp;A:  Grassroots Community and Youth Organizing for Education</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/03/26_warren.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Associate Professor Mark Warren and Lecturer Karen Mapp introduced a new Special Interest Group (SIG) this week focused on grassroots organizing at the American Education Research Association (AERA) annual meeting in New York City.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/03/26_warren.html</guid>
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			<title>Paul Reville Named Massachusetts Secretary of Education</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/03/11_reville.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick named HGSE Lecturer Paul Reville the new secretary of education on March 11
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2008/02_reville.jpg" />
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/03/11_reville.html</guid>
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			<title>Beyond Better Wages, Benefits, and Conditions</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2008/winter/features/unions.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A look at how a handful of local teachers union presidents are revamping an old institution to keep a new generation of educators interested.
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2008/02_unioins.jpg" />
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2008/winter/features/unions.html</guid>
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			<title>HGSE Alum to Head Philadelphia Schools</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/02/27_ackerman.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Harvard Graduate School of Education graduate Arlene Ackerman, Ed.D '02, was named chief executive officer (CEO) of the Philadelphia School District last week by the Philadelphia School Reform Commission (SRC).
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/02/27_ackerman.html</guid>
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			<title>Alumni of Color Conference to Kick Off on Friday</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/02/20_acc.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The sixth annual Alumni of Color Conference, Raising Our Voices: (Re)Framing Conversations About Race and Education, on February 22 and 23 will challenge some of the main education frameworks, widespread rhetoric, and narratives used to think and talk about the education of people of color.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/02/20_acc.html</guid>
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			<title>HGSE Alum Recognized for Outstanding Dissertation</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/02/19_trevino.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[While working for the Mexican secretariat of public education in 1995, Ernesto Trevino, Ed.M.â€™01, Ed.D.â€™07, witnessed firsthand the devastating state of education for indigenous children in the Chiapas region of Mexico.
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2008/02_trevino.jpg" />
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/02/19_trevino.html</guid>
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			<title>Star Discusses Making Algebra Work in Recent Webcast</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/02/13_star.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Assistant Professor Jon Star was the featured speaker of the Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement's webcast, Making Algebra Work: Instructional Strategies That Deepen Student Understanding on February 19.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/02/13_star.html</guid>
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			<title>HGSE Grad to Lead Mass. Department of Education</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/02/12_chester.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Mitchell Chester, Ed.Dâ€™91, may be an â€śoutsiderâ€ť to Massachusetts education, but he is far from being a novice in education policy. With more than 20 years experience working in education policy, Chester was a natural choice to become the new Massachusetts Commissioner of Education.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/02/12_chester.html</guid>
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			<title>John Collins Honored by American Library Association</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/02/12_collins.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Gutman librarian John Collins was named last week the 2008 Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award recipient by the 
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association, which represents 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/02/12_collins.html</guid>
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			<title>Chilean early childhood program makes a difference</title>
			<link>http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/02.07/99-chile.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Late in January, a delegation from Chile visited Harvard to discuss Un Buen Comienzo (&quot;A Good Start&quot;), an early childhood education program undertaken in 2006 by the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), Harvard Medical School (HMS), and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS), with the Chilean Ministries of Education and Health and other local institutions that impart preschool education.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/02.07/99-chile.html</guid>
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			<title>BRIDGE Event Focuses on Tactics of the World's Best Performing Schools</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/02/6_bridge.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Over the past 20 years, many school systems around the globe have undergone some form of education reform and yet the trillions of dollars being spent in school systems, ongoing debates over the value of teacher pay incentives, and standardized test movements have yielded little effect in many countries.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/02/6_bridge.html</guid>
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			<title>Muralidharan Explores Teaching Incentives in India</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/01/28_muralidharan.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Postdoc Karthik Muralidharan is researching incentive programs to help resolve India's teacher absentee problem.
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Everyday Heroes: Frankie Cruz, Ed.M.'06</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/01/09_cruz.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As a boy growing up in the South Bronx, NY, Frankie Cruz, Ed.M.'06, was offered a scholarship to attend a tuition-based school, an opportunity that led him to become a first generation college graduate. His academic accomplishments were, in part, made possible by the encouragement he received while in school.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 9 Jan 2008 11:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/01/09_cruz.php</guid>
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			<title>Can We Talk?</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/fall/features/race.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When it comes to discussing race, it's clear that in classrooms around the country, including those at the Ed School, more work needs to be done.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 2 Jan 2008 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/fall/features/race.html</guid>
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			<title>From Neuroscience to Childhood Policy</title>
			<link>http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/12.13/33-children.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On Dec. 5 Professor Jack P. Shonkoff spoke to a packed Starr Auditorium at the Kennedy School, explaining how new findings in early childhood neurobiology can be brought to bear on policymakers to put programs into place that could eventually lower rates of many social ills nationwide.
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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>The Importance of Early Education</title>
			<link>http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/12.06/11-preschool.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On Nov. 29, David Kirp, author of &quot;The Sandbox Investment: The Preschool Movement and Kids-First Politics,&quot; was part of an Askwith Education Forum on early education with Dean Kathleen McCartney and Professor Jack Shonkoff.
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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/12.06/11-preschool.html</guid>
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			<title>Ron Brown: The Study of HBCUs</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/12/17_brown.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Doctoral student Ron Brown, Ed.M.'01, has rolled his long-held appreciation for education and his varied research interests into the study of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/12/17_brown.html</guid>
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			<title>The Evolution of Mind, Brain, and Education</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/12/7_mbe.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The students and faculty of HGSE's Mind, Brain, and Education Program work together to create and strengthen the nation's signature program in learning and the brain.
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2007/mbe_drawing.jpg" />
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			<pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/12/7_mbe.html</guid>
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			<title>Karen Wacks, Ed.M.'90: Music Therapy at Its Best</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/fall/news/wacks.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Karen Wacks, Ed.M.'90, and her Berklee School of Music students put their music therapy techniques to use as volunteers with Musicians for World Harmony in Kenya. (From Ed. magazine.)
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/fall/news/wacks.html</guid>
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			<title>Muppets are International Envoys of Understanding</title>
			<link>http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/11.29/07-muppets.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In an Askwith Forum on Nov. 14 at Longfellow Hall titled Muppet Diplomacy: How Sesame Street Is Changing Our World, Sesame Workshop CEO Gary Knell explained how the company has taken [its] original model to a global audience.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/11.29/07-muppets.html</guid>
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			<title>Seidel Speaks at Arts Symposium</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/11/29_seidel.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Lecturer Steve Seidel recently spoke about the importance of arts education with public and private educators, as well as policymakers, at the Art, Adolescents, and the Transformation of Society symposium in Washington, D.C.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/11/29_seidel.html</guid>
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			<title>Panel Discusses Code-Switching at Askwith Education Forum</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/11/28_code.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There are a growing number of grammar problems in American classrooms that affect not only a student's ability in math and English but also may contribute to the achievement gap according to the authors of &quot;Code-Switching: Teaching Standard English in Urban Classrooms.&quot;
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/11/28_code.html</guid>
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			<title>Encouraging Girls in Math and Science</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/11/21_star.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Assistant Professor Jon Star discusses a new practice guide by the National Center for Education Research and explores the complexities of math and science learning.
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2007/jon_star.jpg" />
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/11/21_star.html</guid>
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			<title>Kristen Bub: Good Behavior, Good Grades?</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/11/14_bub.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A child's social and behavioral development and academic achievement go hand-in-hand, according to advanced doctoral student Kristen Bub.
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2007/kristen_bub.jpg" />
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/11/14_bub.html</guid>
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			<title>Legacy of Education Reformer Albert Shanker Discussed at Forum</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/11/13_shanker.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In March 1980, union organizer and education reformer Albert Shanker spoke at Harvard for the first time. Twenty-seven years later, at the Askwith Education Forum on November 7, panelists gathered in the very same lecture hall to discuss Shanker's career and legacy in the field of education.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/11/13_shanker.html</guid>
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			<title>Form Fitting</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/fall/appian/long.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Associate Professor Bridget Terry Long is encouraging low-income students to apply to college by making the cumbersome federal financial aid form easier to fill out. (From Ed. magazine.)
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2007/bridget_long.jpg" />
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/fall/appian/long.html</guid>
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			<title>Local HGSE Alums Share MCAS Successes</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/11/1_mcas.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to many HGSE alums, the secrets of their schools' MCAS success include dedication to teacher instruction/professional development, interim assessment testing, and working within their communities.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/11/1_mcas.html</guid>
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			<title>The Centrality of Word Knowledge to Reading Skill Explored at Chall Lecture</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/10/31_chall.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Charles Perfetti, associate director of the learning research and development center at the University of Pittsburgh, shared his research at the third annual Jeanne Chall Lecture, &quot;Beyond Decoding: The Centrality of Word Knowledge to Reading Skill,&quot; on Thursday, October 25.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/10/31_chall.html</guid>
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			<title>HGSE Class Works with Japanese Students to Curb Stereotypes</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/10/23_japan.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Students in the Integrating Perspectives on Education class work with visitors from Japan's Keio University on a website that aims to enlighten American students about Japanese culture.
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2007/visiting_student.jpg" />
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/10/23_japan.html</guid>
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			<title>Sylvia Epps: Structure for Success</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/10/17_epps.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For her postdoctoral work, Epps has studied approximately 750 children, aged 6-18, whose parents participated in the New Hope Project, an antipoverty experiment in Milwaukee that tested the effects of work supports for low-income families.
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2007/sylvia_epps.jpg" />
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/10/17_epps.html</guid>
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			<title>How Sputnik Changed U.S. Education</title>
			<link>http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/10.11/07-sputnik.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[At an Askwith Education Forum on October 4, education experts said that the U.S. may be overdue for a science education overhaul like the one undertaken after the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite 50 years ago.
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2007/sputnik.jpg" />
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:20:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/10.11/07-sputnik.html</guid>
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			<title>Using Early Childhood Data to Help Boston Close the Gap</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/10/3_weiland.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Doctoral student Christina Weiland is focusing her energies on working with Boston Public Schools to research and improve their early childhood programs.
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2007/christina_weiland.jpg" />
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 3 Oct 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/10/3_weiland.html</guid>
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			<title>IEP Students Face History to Improve the Present and Future</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/10/3_iep.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As Adam Strom, director of research and evaluation at Facing History and Ourselves, told International Education Policy Program (IEP) students last week, the important aspect of teaching history to students is making a connection to their lives.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 3 Oct 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/10/3_iep.html</guid>
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			<title>Alum Awarded MacArthur Fellowship</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/09/28_bial.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Deborah Bial, Ed.M'97, Ed.D'04, was named a MacArthur Fellow this week awarding her a $500,000 grant over the next five years.
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2007/deborah_bial.jpg" />
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/09/28_bial.html</guid>
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			<title>Kozol Campaigns for Educational Reform</title>
			<link>http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/09.27/09-kozol.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In an appearance co-sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Askwith Education Forum, the Cambridge Forum and the Harvard Book Store, Jonathan Kozol discussed his new book &quot;Letters to a Young Teacher.&quot;
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/09.27/09-kozol.html</guid>
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			<title>Handhelds, Avatars, and Virtual Aliens</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/fall/features/handhelds.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Professor Chris Dede and his team are bringing GPS units and computer simulations into the classroom, but it's not all fun and games. (From Ed. magazine.)
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2007/chris_dede.jpg" />
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>letters@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/fall/features/handhelds.html</guid>
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			<title>Students Learn to Write Like an Educator</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/09/24_wle.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[After being in the working world for years -- or if English is a second language -- many incoming master's and doctoral students are daunted by the task of writing their first graduate paper at the Ed School.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/09/24_wle.html</guid>
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			<title>Louie Named Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/09/21_louie.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Assistant Professor Vivian Louie was recently appointed as a visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation. The foundation, based in New York City, is devoted to research in the social sciences and publishes books based on the work of its grantees and visiting scholars.
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2007/vivian_louie.jpg" />
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			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/09/21_louie.html</guid>
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			<title>Gardner Receives Honorary Doctorate from South Korean University</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/09/19_gardner.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Professor Howard Gardner was awarded an honorary Doctor of  Education degree from South Korea's Hanyang University this past July.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/09/19_gardner.html</guid>
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			<title>Light Named to Teagle Foundation Board of Directors</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/09/21_light.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Professor Richard Light was elected this week to the Teagle Foundation Board of Directors. The foundation is committed to providing intellectual and financial leadership in the effort to promote and strengthen liberal education.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/09/21_light.html</guid>
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			<title>HGSE Welcomes Incoming Master's Students</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/09/17_masters.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Harvard Graduate School of Education welcomed 541 master's students to campus last week to kick off the 2007-2008 school year.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/09/17_masters.html</guid>
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			<title>Dream Program Begins for New Crop of Doctoral Students</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/09/11_docstudents.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Forty-three new doctoral students arrived on the Harvard Graduate School of Education campus last week filled with excitement and anticipation over embarking on their extensive studies.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
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			<title>Welcome Speech to 2007's Incoming Class</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/09/11_bubspeech.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[During the Dean's Welcome at Orientation on Monday, Advanced Doctoral Student Kristen Bub addressed 541 masters and 43 doctoral students about what to expect as they begin their years at HGSE and shared advice considering what she has discovered along the way.
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Merseth Named to Math Educators Hall of Fame</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/09/11_merseth.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Professor Kay Merseth was recently inducted into the Massachusetts Hall of Fame for Mathematics Educators by the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in Massachusetts.
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Distributed Leadership</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/09/6_diamond.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Five questions with Assistant Professor John Diamond about his new book which explores how a distributed perspective is different from other frameworks for thinking about leadership in schools.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 6 Sep 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/09/6_diamond.html</guid>
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			<title>Up Front</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/spring/features/upfront.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Professor Tom Kane's research shows that students perform similarly regardless of the
initial certification status of the person standing in front of the chalkboard.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/spring/features/upfront.html</guid>
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			<title>Reville Named Chair of the State Board of Education</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/08/23_reville.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has named Harvard Graduate School of Education lecturer Paul Reville as chairman of the state Board of Education.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/08/23_reville.html</guid>
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			<title>Marit Dewhurst: Making MOMA's In the Making</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/08/22_dewhurst.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As an associate educator for high school programs for the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York, doctoral student Marit Dewhurst, Ed.M.'03, knows the importance of art, how it can impact high school students lives, and change the course of their futures.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/08/22_dewhurst.html</guid>
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			<title>AIE Program Reflects Diversity of an Evolving Field</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/08/15_aie.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The belief that the arts are an essential part of a well-rounded educational experience is key to the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Arts in Education (AIE) Program.
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2007/aie_classroom.jpg" />
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/08/15_aie.html</guid>
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			<title>Senior-Level Educators Find Answers at PPE Institute</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/08/15_iem.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With the help of the Institute of Educational Management, a two-week institute offered by the Programs in Professional Education, senior-level administrators can find answers to some of those nagging questions and learn how to make better decisions on the job.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Institute Urges Charter School Educators to Take Charge</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/08/15_charter.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Charter School educators should play a role in the design of their own futures, according to the recent Programs in Professional Education institute, Charter School: Charting a Course for the Coming Decade.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/08/15_charter.html</guid>
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			<title>Usable Knowledge: Five Minds for the Future</title>
			<link>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/TC106-607.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In his new book, Professor Howard Gardner describes five kinds of minds, or ways of thinking and acting. In text and video clips, he describes what it means for citizens and workers to exhibit these types of minds.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 8 Aug 2007 13:14:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/TC106-607.html</guid>
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			<title>Jeremiah Ford, C.A.S.'91: Hear and Now</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/spring/news/ford.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[At Boston's Horace Mann School for the Deaf, Principal Jeremiah Ford, C.A.S.'91, is clearly in his element as the self-described cheerleader for the school's 145 students and 100 teachers.
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2007/jerry_ford.jpg" />
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/spring/news/ford.html</guid>
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			<title>Reimers Named International Academy of Education Fellow</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/08/2_reimers.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Professor Fernando Reimers was recently named a fellow to the International Academy of Education. The Academy is nonprofit scientific association that supports the dissemination and implementation of educational research. Current fellows nominated and elected Reimers.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Early Intervention Key to Overcoming Issues in Special Education</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/08/2_ppe.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to educators at the Critical Issues in Urban Special Education institute, recent research shows that early intervention and high-quality preschool programs can improve special education students' outcomes later on.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Science Says</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/spring/features/science.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When it comes to growing young minds, science says what's happening in those early months and years of a baby's life is critically important and it's better to get it right the first time than to try to fix it later.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/spring/features/science.html</guid>
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			<title>What a Difference a Year Makes</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/07/19_preview.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[One year ago, a group of high school students sat at computers in the Gutman Library checking their e-mail, wondering what they were doing on a Harvard campus. Today, those same students find themselves sitting more poised and confident, and able to discuss the difference in annual earnings between a college graduate and a high school graduate. Some even plan to apply to Harvard this fall.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Usable Knowledge -- Social Perspective Taking: A Multidimensional Approach</title>
			<link>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/TC104-607.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Understanding the thoughts, feelings, and motivations of other people - social perspective taking - plays an important role in the classroom experience. It supports the development of social skills and academic learning.
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2007/hunter_gelbach.jpg" />
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Einstein May Never Have Used Flashcards, but He Probably Built Forts</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/spring/features/einstein.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With urban sprawl, the lure of technology, fear of violence, and the quest for better and brighter kids threatening free play, Elizabeth Goodenough, M.A.T.'71, is on a mission to prevent it from disappearing all together.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>letters@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
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			<title>Schwartz Named Bloomberg Professor</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/07/11_schwartz.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Academic Dean Robert Schwartz has been named the William Henry Bloomberg Professor. Schwartz, the first HGSE professor to receive the honor, will hold the chair for two years at which point it will continue its rotation through various Harvard schools.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Lesaux Named to Kargman Chair</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/07/11_lesaux.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On July 1, Dean Kathleen McCartney announced that Assistant Professor Nonie Lesaux has been named the Max and Marie Kargman Assistant Professor in Human Development and Urban Education Advancement.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>News Q&amp;A: Mica Pollock on the Supreme Court's Diversity Decision</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/28_pollock.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Associate Professor Mica Pollock, whose research -- including the award-winning book Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School -- focuses on the role of race in educational settings, discusses the Supreme Court's ruling against Seattle and Kentucky school-choice programs that considered race in the assignment of children to public schools.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/28_pollock.html</guid>
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			<title>Everyday Heroes: Camsie Matis, Ed.M.'05</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/28_matis.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Camsie Matis, Ed.M.'05, uses creativity and real world examples to bring algebra alive for her ninth-grade students at a New York City public high school.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>New Study Reveals Surprising Views of Local Teacher Union Leaders</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/28_unions.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A new study authored by Professor Susan Moore Johnson and a team of Ed School advanced doctoral students reveals that the leaders of the thousands of local teachers union affiliates who hold the greatest sway over the educational lives of public school teachers and students are focused on far more than the traditional union priorities of wages, hours, working conditions, and due process for their members.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Harvard Education Letter Awarded Top Honors in Publishing</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/26_edletter.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Harvard Education Letter was recently named Best Overall Newsletter in the adult learning category by the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP).  The award was presented at a special ceremony in Washington, D.C.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/26_edletter.html</guid>
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			<title>Students Blog about Education Policy and Reform</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/26_blog.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As part of Lecturer Jal Mehta's course, Schooling and Society, students blogged about educational issues and policies on a web page entitled &quot;The Future(s) of Education.&quot;
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/26_blog.html</guid>
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			<title>Schools May Play Role in Achievement Gap</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/25_agi.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[People often blame poverty, students, and parents' lack of interest for the achievement gap that exists between white and non-white students. Yet speakers at the third annual Achievement Gap Initiative Conference, &quot;Structures, Cultures, and Achievement Gaps: New Research with Implications for Public Engagement,&quot; argued that educators and school systems play a large role in the achievement gap issue as well.
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			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/25_agi.html</guid>
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			<title>Streamlining Education Governance</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/20_reville.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Five questions with Lecturer Paul Reville about education and policy, and his work on the Governor Patrick-appointed task force focused on providing the administration with feedback on potential policy initiatives.
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				<img src="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/images/2007/paul_reville.jpg" />
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/20_reville.html</guid>
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			<title>Tivnan Presented International Reading Association Research Award</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/14_tivnan.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Professor Terrance Tivnan was announced winner of the International Reading Association's 2007 Dina Feitelson Research Award in May.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/14_tivnan.html</guid>
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			<title>Open for Discussion: the Research of Angela Bermudez</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/14_bermudez.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Students' critical thinking may have a lot to do with their understanding of social and political conflict, according to the research of doctoral student Angela Bermudez.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
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			<title>HGSE Diploma Ceremony: Remarks of Dean Kathleen McCartney</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/7_mccartney_speech.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&quot;As Dean of the Faculty of Education, I have the honor of presenting to you these women and men who will be leaders in education practice, policy, and research. All of us here today applaud you, the class of 2007.&quot;
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			<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jun 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
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			<title>663 New Graduates Awarded HGSE Degrees</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/7_commencement.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A sea of crimson and black filled Radcliffe Yard today as 663 students received their degrees from the Ed School.  Of the 663 graduating students, 53 earned doctorates, 591 earned their master's degrees, and 19 received certificates in advanced studies of education.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jun 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/7_commencement.html</guid>
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			<title>HGSE Presents Honors at Convocation Ceremony</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/7_convocation.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Harvard Graduate School of Education students, alumni, faculty, and their families responded with standing ovations, cheers, and tears yesterday as they gathered in Radcliffe Yard for convocation.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jun 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/7_convocation.html</guid>
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			<title>Murnane Receives Morningstar Family Teaching Award</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/6_morningstar.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[At the HGSE Convocation on Wednesday, June 6, Murnane was recognized for his work by receiving the Morningstar Family Teaching Award, given annually to a faculty member for his generosity in providing time and support to students.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 6 Jun 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Eyenga Bokamba, Ed.M. '07, is Opening the Door</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/6_bokamba.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As this years selected student speaker, Bokamba will have the chance to tell an audience that includes not only her fellow HGSE students, but also their families and friends, and HGSE faculty members her thoughts.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 6 Jun 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Alumni Council Honors Two for Outstanding Contributions to Education</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/6_alumni.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Eleanor Linn, M.A.T. '72, and Nan Stein, Ed.D. '81, received the 2007 Alumni Council Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education on Wednesday, June 6.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 6 Jun 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Six Teachers Receive Conant Fellowships</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/4_conant.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, May 31, the Harvard Graduate School of Education presented six outstanding educators from the Boston and Cambridge public school systems with James Bryant Conant Fellowships. Each of the recipients will receive one year of study at the Ed School.
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			<pubDate>Mon, 4 Jun 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/06/4_conant.html</guid>
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			<title>Kim Counsels Virginia's Korean Community</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/05/31_kim.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Lecturer Josephine Kim spent approximately two weeks counseling and educating Korean Americans in Virginia following the April 16 shooting at Virginia Tech.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/05/31_kim.html</guid>
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			<title>Harvard Awards the First Singer Prize</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/05/31_singerprize.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In May, the Harvard Graduate School of Education awarded four teachers with the first-ever Singer Prize for Excellence in Secondary Teaching. The prize, funded by the Paul Singer Family Foundation, recognizes the extraordinary work of teachers in the world.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/05/31_singerprize.html</guid>
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			<title>Usable Knowledge: Online Professional Development for Teachers</title>
			<link>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/review/R103-507.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A review of &quot;Online Professional Development for Teachers,&quot; edited by Professor Chris Dede.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/review/R103-507.html</guid>
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			<title>Study Shows TEP Grads Stay in Teaching Longer</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/05/23_tep.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to a new study conducted by HGSE advanced doctoral student Morgaen Donaldson, Ed.M. '97, Teacher Education Program (TEP) alums stay in the classroom significantly longer than the average American teacher.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/05/23_tep.html</guid>
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			<title>Usable Knowledge-- The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable: How Different Stress Levels Impact the Developing Brain</title>
			<link>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/learning/LD102-507.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Research shows that excessive experience with toxic stress can disrupt the development of brain circuits related to stress response and to learning and memory. The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, headed by HGSE professor Jack Shonkoff, has reviewed what we know about the impact of stress on the developing brain.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/learning/LD102-507.html</guid>
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			<title>Putting the Ed in Ed Tech</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/05/16_dieterle.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For Ed Dieterle, a fifth-year HGSE doctoral student, technology in the classroom may be the secret ingredient that turns a bad student good.  And the River City Project is helping to prove this to be true.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/05/16_dieterle.html</guid>
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			<title>Everyday Heroes: Rob Stein, C.A.S. '93, Ed.D.'01</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/05/10_stein.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 1975, Rob Stein was in the first class of Denver public school 10th-graders to take part in court-ordered busing. Even then, he understood the problems that were to plague his school for the next 30 years.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/05/10_stein.html</guid>
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			<title>Usable Knowledge-- Making it Work: Low-wage Employment, Family Life, and Child Development</title>
			<link>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/decisions/DD101-507.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The research efforts of HGSE professor Hirokazu Yoshikawa and his colleagues reveal that some patterns of parental workforce engagement, job flexibility, and supports offered through New Hope raise childrens school performance and improve their behavior at school.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/decisions/DD101-507.html</guid>
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			<title>Project for Policy Innovation in Education Launches with Conference</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/05/03_ppie.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A new effort, Project for Policy Innovation in Education (PPIE), based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is bringing together university-based researchers with district and state educational leaders to pursue policy research that will have a real impact in their communities.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/05/03_ppie.html</guid>
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			<title>Holding Their Attention</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/05/03_harp.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[HARP is one of the first university projects to study whether augmented reality, a simulated real world environment through a handheld computer, can enhance students' learning.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/05/03_harp.html</guid>
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			<title>Marathon Man</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/05/03_marathon.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Master's candidate Bernie Muller fits in a lot of running in between his classes -- a lot of running. Muller recently completed the Boston Marathon, placing 47th with a finishing time of 2:29:10.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/05/03_marathon.html</guid>
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			<title>Beyond the Bake Sale</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/04/30_bakesale.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Schools struggling to improve student achievement must make better efforts to get parents involved, according to speakers at the Askwith Education Forum on Wednesday, April 25.
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/04/30_bakesale.html</guid>
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			<title>Doctoral Student Follows Fulbright to New Zealand</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/04/25_villegas.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Doctoral candidate Malia Villegas will embark on a Fulbright Scholarship where she will spend 10 months studying with the Maori, the Indigenous people of New Zealand, at the National Institute of Research Excellence for Maori Development and Advancement in Auckland.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/04/25_villegas.html</guid>
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			<title>Lesaux Named William T. Grant Scholar</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/04/25_lesaux.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Assistant Professor Nonie Lesaux was named a William T. Grant Scholar last week earning a $350,000 award to be given over five years in support of her research on English-language learners in urban public schools.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/04/25_lesaux.html</guid>
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			<title>Project Zero Ideas Impact Teachers in Classrooms Year-Round</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/04/19_pz.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When educators come to Project Zero's (PZ) Classroom, intensive weeklong summer programs for pre-K-12 educators, the goal is to take back what they learn to their schools and incorporate it into their classrooms. A recent exhibit by Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CLRS) teachers, who put their learning on display for other educators, shows that this goal is being realized.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/04/19_pz.html</guid>
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			<title>Dora Producer Discusses Challenges of Children's TV</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/04/18_gifford.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dora the Explorer could've been many different things from what you see on Nick Jr. today, according to the show's executive producer, Chris Gifford, who visited the Ed School last week to speak to Technology, Innovation, and Education (TIE) students about the challenges in creating the popular children's show.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/04/18_gifford.html</guid>
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			<title>Usable Knowledge-- Remediation at the College Level: Who Needs It, and Does It Help?</title>
			<link>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/leadership/LP101-407.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Many students enter college in the United States without the basic academic skills needed to be successful in their coursework. HGSE Associate Professor of Education and Economics Bridget Terry Long has analyzed this issue, which lies at the intersection of K-12 and higher education.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/leadership/LP101-407.html</guid>
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			<title>Research for Redevelopment</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/04/11_adukia.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For first-year doctoral student Anjali Adukia, spring break was no time to take a vacation. Instead of traveling to Puerto Rico or some other warm locale to relax, enjoy the sun, and forget about her lessons at the Ed School, Adukia volunteered to go to New Orleans and coordinate research for one of the neighborhoods most severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/04/11_adukia.html</guid>
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			<title>Around the World (in Three Projects)</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/winter/features/world.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Today, more and more research is being done that looks beyond the borders of the United States, despite the fact that there are plenty of hot-bed domestic issues like mandatory testing, inequities in school funding, and the achievement gap to keep every faculty member, research assistant, and Ph.D. student busy.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 5 Apr 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/winter/features/world.html</guid>
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			<title>The Education of Ms. Groves</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/04/5_groves.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For Monica Groves, her first year of teaching was not only tough, but was captured entirely on camera for everyone to see.  &quot;The Education of Ms. Groves,&quot; the Dateline NBC segment which chronicles Groves' first year of teaching, was screened at the Askwith Education Forum on Tuesday, April 3.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 5 Apr 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/04/5_groves.html</guid>
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			<title>Usable Knowledge-- Morphological Analysis: New Light on a Vital Reading Skill</title>
			<link>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/TC102-407.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In a recent study of a group of elementary school students, many of whom are English language learners, HGSE Assistant Professor Nonie Lesaux examined how some student readers use this insight to build a successful reading strategy.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 5 Apr 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/TC102-407.html</guid>
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			<title>Mind, Brain, and Education Journal Launched</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/04/2_mbe.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Mind, Brain, and Education, a new journal released this week, is the first focused exclusively on the emerging field relating biology and cognitive science with education.
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			<pubDate>Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>McLaughlin Named Chair of Public Education Nominating Council</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/04/2_mclaughlin.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Governor Deval Patrick recently named Lecturer Judith McLaughlin chair of the Public Education Nominating Council.
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			<pubDate>Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/04/2_mclaughlin.html</guid>
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			<title>McCartney Discusses NICHD Early Child Care Study on NPR</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/03/29_mccartney.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dean Kathleen McCartney participated in a panel discussion on NPR to discuss the most recent findings of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's (NICHD) Study of Early Childcare and Youth Development.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/03/29_mccartney.html</guid>
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			<title>Report Concludes U.S. Needs to Provide More Support for International Studies</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/03/29_reimers.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to a report released by the National Research Council this week, the 14 U.S. Department of Education programs designed to strengthen education in foreign languages and in international and area studies -- known collectively as Title VI and Fulbright-Hays -- have made some progress but lack the resources necessary to keep pace with their mission.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/03/29_reimers.html</guid>
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			<title>Claudia Carroll, Ed.M.'02: Gypsy to Rock Star</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/winter/news/carroll.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A 69-year-old teacher who recently lived in a senior citizens apartment complex in California isn't your typical VIP, but in August, when Claudia Carroll, Ed.M.'02, walked into a small public elementary school in Yongding Village, a rural area of Taiwan, to teach art and English, she was treated better than a very important person: she was treated like a bona fide rock star.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/winter/news/carroll.html</guid>
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			<title>Usable Knowledge: Early Childhood Education and Beyond</title>
			<link>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/TC101-207.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Jacqueline Zeller's research and clinical work as a faculty member in HGSE's Risk and Prevention and School Counseling program highlight the role of teacher-child relationships. In this article and accompanying interview, Zeller discusses the importance of teacher-student relationships for building students' sense of security and the foundations for their learning success in school.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/TC101-207.html</guid>
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			<title>Usable Knowledge-- Popping the Question: How Can Schools Engage Families in Education?</title>
			<link>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/community/CF5-3-207.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Family and community engagement does not have to be considered only an outcome of a whole-school action plan. Instead, it can be a strategy for achieving learning outcomes. HGSE Lecturer Karen Mapp discusses how to enhance family engagement by linking it to learning in school.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/community/CF5-3-207.html</guid>
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			<title>The Mathematics of Language</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/03/22_martiniello.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Doctoral student Maria Martiniello says that, for English-language learners, success on the math section of a standardized test may have little to do with numbers and more to do with words.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/03/22_martiniello.html</guid>
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			<title>Usable Knowledge: The Heart of Data Wise</title>
			<link>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/decisions/DD6-1-207.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In a yearlong HGSE course called Data Wise, principals and teachers from the Boston Public Schools are asked to explore an area of low student achievement in their data, dig into multiple data sources to illuminate a learner-centered problem of understanding underlying low test score performance, investigate the ways in which instructional practices might contribute to issues of understanding, and collaboratively come to a determination of better practice to improve student learning.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/decisions/DD6-1-207.html</guid>
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			<title>Visible Rights: Photography for and by Youth</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/03/15_luttrell.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Associate Professor Wendy Luttrell recently traveled to Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she was co-organizer of Visible Rights: Photography for and by Youth, a conference designed to identify best practices among leading practitioners, artists, and scholars who use photography to promote children's agencies and civic participation.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/03/15_luttrell.html</guid>
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			<title>Emma Willard: As Important as Thomas Jefferson?</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/winter/appian/classroom.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&quot;Can anyone guess when female teachers in Boston could be married and keep their jobs?&quot; Lecturer Sally Schwager, Ed.M.'76, C.A.S.'78, Ed.D.'82, says, walking to the blackboard. She waits for the students to throw out dates.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/winter/appian/classroom.html</guid>
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			<title>Usable Knowledge: A Practical Reader in Universal Design for Learning</title>
			<link>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/review.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[HGSE lecturer David Rose and Anne Meyer ask what if we knew that our current curriculum and assessment tools, rather than an individual learners specific disability, are impediments to learning?  How could we remove existing learning barriers that result in low achieving learners or dropouts?  How could we ensure educational opportunities for all learners?
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			<pubDate>Wed, 7 Mar 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/review.html</guid>
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			<title>Singer Prize to Acknowledge Teacher Impact on Students</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/03/7_singerprize.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As part of a new award given by the dean's office, the Singer Prize for Excellence in Secondary Teaching--funded by the Paul Singer Family Foundation--will recognize the extraordinary work of four teachers in the world.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 7 Mar 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/03/7_singerprize.html</guid>
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			<title>Potential to Change the World</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/02/28_anderson.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sonya Anderson, Ed.D.'05, will be the first person to tell you that the excitement that comes with her job isn't limited to working with Oprah Winfrey. In fact, the part she relishes most is the potential that her work has to change young girls' lives.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/02/28_anderson.html</guid>
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			<title>Getting Wise About Sick Students</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/winter/appian/jukes.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[He's worked in Gambia and Kenya, India and Tanzania. And no matter how unique each of these countries is, Assistant Professor Matthew Jukes says one thing remains constant: when kids are sick, they don't do well in school, either because they miss classes or because the long-term effect on their cognitive skills is devastating.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/winter/appian/jukes.html</guid>
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			<title>Usable Knowledge-- All For One: Tracking the Course of China's &quot;Perfect&quot; Generation</title>
			<link>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/community/CF101-107.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Raised and educated to lead a sweeping economic transition, the first generation born under Chinas one-child mandate has come of age. HGSE faculty member Vanessa Fong's longitudinal study is looking at the experiences of a cohort of Chinese only-children as they enter adulthood and confront the challenges that will shape their countrys future.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/community/CF101-107.html</guid>
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			<title>Usable Knowledge: Learning in a Virtual World</title>
			<link>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/learning/LD2-6-107.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Teams of students can use a videogame-like interface to learn in a Multi-User Virtual Environment (MUVE). In River City MUVE, students take on a virtual identity and go back in time to &quot;River City.&quot; By interacting with virtual citizens and interpreting evidence, students form hypotheses about an ecological problem in the City.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/learning/LD2-6-107.html</guid>
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			<title>Education, Health, and Leadership in South Africa</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/02/14_southafrica.php</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Advanced doctoral student Al Witten, Ed.M.'02, Ed.M.'03, has always dreamed bigger than himself. Six years ago -- after working for 24 years in South Africa as both a teacher and a principal -- Witten left his country to further his own education at HGSE.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/02/14_southafrica.php</guid>
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			<title>Reville Testifies Before U.S. Senate Committee</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/02/14_reville.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On February 8, Lecturer Paul Reville testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions at a hearing on No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) reauthorization and strategies that promote school improvement.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/02/14_reville.html</guid>
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			<title>The Leaps of Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/winter/features/lekuton.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[From nomadic warrior and cow herder to elected member of Parliament, Ed School alum Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton, Ed.M.'03, may just be the man that Kenyans want to put their money on.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/ed/2007/winter/features/lekuton.html</guid>
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			<title>Three Cities, Three Days: Faculty Members Spread the Word on Literacy in Chile</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/02/14_chile.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Lecturer Barbara Alexander Pan and Professor Catherine Snow visited three Chilean cities in three days recently as part of the International Congress on Education, a language and reading comprehension conference sponsored by Educar Magazine and the educational foundation Los Robles.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/02/14_chile.html</guid>
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			<title>Dean McCartney Comments on Faust Appointment</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/02/12_president.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Harvard Graduate School of Education Dean Kathleen McCartney released a statement about the appointment of Radcliffe Dean Drew Faust as the next president of Harvard University.
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/02/12_president.html</guid>
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			<title>Usable Knowledge: Are People More Than Just Their Brains?</title>
			<link>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/learning/learning005-107.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It might seem problematic to bring up the brain when discussing student learning-- who wants a learning child to be seen as only a bunch of brain cells? The answer to that question is &quot;no one,&quot; according to Antonio Damasio, Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Neurology at the University of Southern California, and HGSE professor Kurt Fischer.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 8 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/learning/learning005-107.html</guid>
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			<title>HGSE Expo Engages Students and Staff</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/02/7_expo.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Students and staff gathered at the Gutman Conference Center on Wednesday, January 31st to experience the first HGSE expo, &quot;Beyond the Classroom.&quot;
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			<pubDate>Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/02/7_expo.html</guid>
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			<title>Usable Knowledge: Learning to Stand in Someone Else's Shoes</title>
			<link>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/TC7-1-107.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Professor Robert Selman has worked over the years to connect social perspective taking with the development of basic literacy skills.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 1 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/TC7-1-107.html</guid>
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			<title>Adventures in Vocabulary</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/01/31_gillim.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As part of PBS's new animated show WordGirl, slated to air this year, Becky--otherwise known as WordGirl--is Executive Producer Dorothea Gillim's alter ego.
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			</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
			<guid>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/01/31_gillim.html</guid>
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			<title>Aiding Academic Achievement</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/01/25_smith.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Doctoral candidate Diane Smith, Ed.M. '00, Ed.M. '04, doesn't see special education students as incapable, but rather very much capable of academic success.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<author>news@gse.harvard.edu (Author)</author>
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			<title>Top Academic Workplaces</title>
			<link>http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2007/01/23_coache.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A survey, administered by the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) in 2005, determined that some colleges and universities are exemplary on certain key dimensions of faculty work life.
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