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New degree aims to transform American education
The numbers paint a grim picture. Graduation rates are dismal for many areas of the country. In the 50 largest cities in the United States, only 52 percent of students graduate from high school....
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I met him the year before I left the Mississippi Delta — my second year as a Teach for America member in Phillips County, Ark., one of the poorest counties in the country. Patrick had flunked eighth...
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Carpio rising
In 1982, Glenda R. Carpio boarded a plane in her native Guatemala and flew to New York City. She was 12 years old. She could not speak a word of English, she had never seen snow, and material wealth...
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Gates on giving, getting, sharing
William Henry “Bill” Gates III dropped out of Harvard College in 1975 in the fall of his junior year. Barely 20, he went on to build the computer giant Microsoft, an entrepreneurial feat that earned...
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Teach for America taps talent
More than three dozen Harvard graduates will join the ranks of Teach for America this fall, making the University among the nation’s top contributors to the national nonprofit education program....
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A new program to shake up education
The irony of her name was never lost on Tracy Money. Growing up in poverty, the Minnesota native collected and cashed in empty cans on weekends so she could afford to eat lunch during the week....
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Avoiding a ‘fiscal train wreck’
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., portrayed the United States as a “fiscal train wreck” and sketched the stark choices that Republicans consider necessary to fuel the nation’s sputtering...
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What helps low-income students
The woman who transformed her senior college thesis into a national teaching movement addressed some of her toughest critics during a discussion Thursday at the Harvard Graduate School of Education...
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The hub of the post-College universe
Henry Shull ’13 thought he would follow in his parents’ footsteps. Shull’s mother and father are lawyers who went into public service, so he assumed he would go to law school after college. The more...
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You’re all right, lefty
This is one in a series of profiles showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates. Brent Suter flat-out loves helping others. No life-changing experience spurred him to enter the public service...
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Nancy Gutierrez grew up in a place more famous for a high crime rate than for high-performing public schools. But the native of East San Jose, Calif., never hesitated about going back to her...
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A new lesson plan
The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) will launch the Harvard Teacher Fellows Program next year to give undergraduates an opportunity to take courses and receive intensive, specialized...
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Dance that adapts to disabilities
At first glance, the 5- and 6-year-olds practicing dance on a Saturday afternoon in Portia Abernathy’s adaptive dance class at the Boston Ballet just seem to be having a good time. “It’s a joyful,...
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Harvard’s Jesse McCarthy on teaching, reframing the canon
This article is part of a series introducing new faculty members. In the summer between his junior and senior years at Amherst College, Jesse McCarthy interned at Books for Boys, a literacy program run...
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