Harvard Graduate School of Education
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| Harvard Graduate School of Education | |
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| Image:Harvard shield-Education.png | |
| Established | 1920 |
| Type: | Private |
| Dean: | Kathleen McCartney |
| Students: | ~980 |
| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, Image:Flag of the United States.svg |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Website: | www.gse.harvard.edu |
The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) is a graduate school at Harvard University, and is one of the top schools of education in the United States.
It offers six doctoral concentrations and thirteen masters programs. These include Arts in Education, Education Policy and Management, Higher Education, International Education Policy, the Specialized Program, Technology Innovation and Education, Teacher Education, Mind, Brain and Education, Risk and Prevention, School Leadership, Human Development and Psychology, Language and Literacy, and Learning and Teaching.
Led by Dean Kathleen McCartney, the mission of HGSE is to prepare leaders in education and to generate knowledge to improve student opportunity, achievement, and success. It seeks to accomplish this mission by operating at the nexus of practice, policy, and research.
[edit] Famous people
See also: Harvard University people
Current faculty members include:
- Kathleen McCartney, Dean, Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Education
- Howard Gardner, the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education
- Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, the Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education
- Catherine E. Snow, Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Education
Past faculty members include:
- Gary Orfield, Professor of Education and Social Policy
- Charles V. Willie, Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus
Alumni (master's and doctoral) include :
- James McGreevey, former New Jersey state governor
- Joanne V. Creighton, president of Mount Holyoke College
- Jason Kamras, 2005 National Teacher of the Year
- Anne Sweeney, president, Disney-ABC Television Group
- William Fitzsimmons, dean of admission and financial aid, Harvard College
- Geoffrey Canada, founder, Harlem Children's Zone
- Theodore Sizer, former dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education; former headmaster, Phillips Andover Academy
[edit] External links
| Schools of Harvard University |
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| Faculty of Arts and Sciences: College • Graduate School of Arts and Sciences • School of Engineering and Applied Sciences • Continuing Education |
| Faculty of Medicine: Medical School • School of Dental Medicine |
| School of Public Health • Law School • Business School • Graduate School of Design |
| Graduate School of Education • Divinity School • Kennedy School of Government |
| Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (successor to Radcliffe College) |
