As Harvard University students prepare for this week's commencement exercises, Harvard Graduate School of Education student Sammy Lemoonga, Ed.M. '12, shares a farewell prayer for his graduating class. Sammy is a member of the Samburu tribe in northern Kenya and (along with his wife), recreated an...
(0) Comments | Posted May 8, 2012 | 12:24 PM
General Colin Powell is arguably one of our nation's most respected public servants. He is a diplomat, a general, yet also a lifelong educator and proponent of schools and student successes through America's Promise Alliance. He is a man whose first name punctuates the following 'POW' that he...
(0) Comments | Posted March 5, 2012 | 11:33 AM
"We got Oprah!" exclaimed Lady Gaga, as thunderous applause erupted from the throngs of eager ticket holders in Harvard's historic Sanders Theater.
So did we.
As fans and supporters filed out of the star-studded Askwith Forum launch of Lady Gaga's Born This Way...
(5) Comments | Posted February 8, 2012 | 3:23 PM
The interview began with a playful introduction:
"And today our guest is a former standout of Australia's National Basketball League, but to our non-Tasmanian listeners, you may know him better as the United States Secretary of Education."
Fresh off meetings with college presidents and government officials at...
(2) Comments | Posted January 4, 2012 | 11:35 AM
They are both history teachers, but not in the way you might think.
Rather than chalkboard and textbook, their tools of trade are hip hop and song...and these two twenty-somethings are beginning to make social studies more sociable. Known to the world as Scott Free and Shoeless Jeff, their...
(0) Comments | Posted December 1, 2011 | 9:13 AM
Teaching kids about HIV and AIDS presents its challenges.
The pedagogy is a complex issue, from countries that don't like to discuss this subject to teachers who don't know how. World AIDS Day looks to address the myriad hurdles of informing the public since the first AIDS patient was...
(3) Comments | Posted November 16, 2011 | 1:53 PM
It was a different kind of college tour for actor and comedian Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute from The Office).
Rooms were packed, students excited, but comedy was not the topic. Arriving at the Harvard Graduate School of Education after visiting Tufts and MIT, Wilson came to discuss educational...
(1) Comments | Posted October 27, 2011 | 3:42 PM
He is arguably the most famous math tutor in the world.
Both founder and faculty, Sal Khan is the visionary and voice behind one of the most innovative and successful online platforms in education called Khan Adacemy. If you are of the 87 million who have watched one of his...
(0) Comments | Posted May 22, 2012 | 4:23 PM