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MONDAY MORNING MAILING
February 27, 2006
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- Important Announcements for ALL Students
- * New HGSE Website: Submissions Requested!
- Announcements & Reminders
- * How to submit an announcement to MMM
- * Last chance for student organization recognition
- * Close of Black History Month display
- * For International students who want to work in the U.S. after graduation - Feb. 28
- * Citations on poverty and literacy
- * ALANA Journal call for submissions and prizes
- Events, Presentations, & Workshops
- * A Utopia for Education - Feb. 27 & 28
- * Knowledge to Support the Teaching of Reading - Mar. 1
- * The Thinker in the Kitchen - Mar. 1
- * The Schooled Mind: Early Foundations of Cultural Cognition in Science and Mathematics - Mar. 2
- * Alumni of Color Conference - Mar. 3-4
- * ALANA Open mic - Mar. 3
- * Learning with Virtual Peers - Mar. 3
- * Education and Catastrophe: Communities of Color Responding and Moving Forward - Mar. 3
- * Fighting HIV/AIDS in the Developing World - Mar. 5-6
- * From Research to the Classroom: A Publisher's Perspective - Mar. 6
- * Taylor Branch: America in the King Years - Mar. 6
- * Jeanne S. Chall Lecture and Award Presentation - Mar. 7
- * Community Organizing and School Reform - Mar. 9
- * Learning to be a Citizen: Civic Education and Immigration in the U.S. - Mar. 14
- * What Happens When Courts Make Funding Plentiful for Poor School Districts? New Jersey’s Abbott Districts - Mar. 16
- * HGSE Reception at AERA: Save the date - Apr. 10
- * Educational Entrepreneurship: Assessment, Technology, and Business - Apr. 17
- * Do Your Betas Need Hats? Learn How to Use Microsoft Equation to Report Statistics
- * APA Exposed: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About APA Format But Were Afraid to Ask!
- * EndNote Basics
- * Finding Articles: Education Databases (EBSCO) Workshop
- Clubs, Organizations, & Committees
- * Class Gift Committee Meeting - Mar. 1
- * Calling all National Board Certified Teachers at HGSE - Mar. 22
- * Weekly Yoga sessions!
- * Phi Delta Kappa - Feb. 28
- * Comunidad Latina Film Series
- Job & Volunteer Opportunities
- * Guest Speakers Needed for Multicultural Explorations After School Club at Maria L Baldwin School
- * Research Assistant needed
- * CYCLE Kids Needs Teachers and Volunteers
- Links to archived Monday Morning Mailings
- * February 20, 2006
- * February 13, 2006
- * February 6, 2006
- * January 30, 2006
- * January 23, 2006
- * January 16, 2006
- * January 9, 2006
- * December 19, 2005
- * December 12, 2005
- * December 5, 2005
- * November 28, 2005
- * November 21, 2005
- * November 14, 2005
- * November 7, 2005
- * October 31, 2005
- * October 24, 2005
- * October 17, 2005
- * October 10, 2005
QUICK LINKS
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS
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HGSE Blood Drive - Mar. 9
The American Red Cross needs our help. Please consider signing up to donate blood on Thursday, March 9, between 10:00 and 3:00 in Gutman Conference Center.
Giving blood is simple, safe and takes about an hour. The actual donation takes 6 to 10 minutes.
Click here to learn more about the process, and click here to confirm that you are eligible to give blood.
SGA will have a sign-up table in Gutman starting on Thursday, March 2. If you would like to sign up before Thursday, you may e-mail sga@gse.harvard.edu and tell us your preferred time (we will reply with a confirmation e-mail).
Thank you, and spread the word!
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New HGSE Website: Submissions Requested!
HGSE is revamping its website to be launched soon, and one of the new elements will be a page that highlights what current and former HGSE students are doing in the School, in the community and in the world. The SGA Academics Committee is currently collecting ideas for these spotlights. If you know a current, or former, HGSE student (including yourself) who…
* has an inspiring story to tell about their experiences in education
* is conducting notable research as part of their degree program or in the field
* is involved in a social action project to bring about change in education
* has just been hired to an interesting position in the field
We want to know about it!
To submit an idea for consideration, please check with that person to make sure he/she is agreeable (if it someone other than yourself) and then email Shannon Houston, VP Academics, (houstosh@gse.harvard.edu) with a brief summary of what that person is doing and why it should be highlighted on the website. Ideas will initially be reviewed by the Academics Committee, and selected spotlights will be forwarded to the HGSE Director of Communications, Michael Rodman, for final review.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS & REMINDERS
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How to submit an announcement to MMM
To submit an announcement to the Monday Morning Mailing, please e-mail the text and the title (which we will use as the e-mail link) to sga@gse.harvard.edu by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before it is to appear. Your title should be to the point and should include any pressing deadlines. We request that you make your announcement as brief as possible and direct interested students to an e-mail address, phone number, or web site through which they can obtain more detailed information.
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Last chance for student organization recognition
Student organizations requesting SGA recognition for the remainder of the academic year must complete all requirements by Wednesday, March 1. In addition to the paperwork involved, at least one member of the group must complete a 90 minute training/information session. Time is running out. There are no exceptions. Contact Tina_Hansar@harvard.edu for information.
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Close of Black History Month display
Be sure to visit the SGA Diversity Committee's "Close of Black History Month" display in the Lobby of Gutman Library. AND add your own homage to heroes/heroines
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For International students who want to work in the U.S. after graduation - Feb. 28
INFORMATION SESSION
WHEN:Tuesday, February 28th
3:00-4:00 p.m.
WHERE:Read House 102
WITH WHOM:Joe Chen, Harvard International Office
Note: this is a repeat of the February 17th session.
For more information: rosalind_michahelles@harvard.edu
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Citations on poverty and literacy
Dear colleagues,
I have an undergrad student who wants to write a paper on the connection
between literacy levels and poverty in sub-saharan Africa and Latin
America. He's looking at indicators such as infant mortality rate and wants
to know whether higher literacy lowers them. I'm writing to ask for
citations. My student wants to know who the main people writing in this
field are so that he can get started. And he was a participant in my
study, so I'd really like to help him!
Thanks,
Jennifer.
Jennifer Mott-Smith
EdD June 2006, Harvard University
English Instructor, University of Massachusetts Boston
mottsmje@gse.harvard.edu
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ALANA Journal call for submissions and prizes
ALANA Journal 2006, WE ARE THE RIVER - Call for Submissions
CLASS OF 2006 !
Leave your footprints in the snow … in the sand …
on the path that leads to The River.
We Are The River . . .
Let the waters ebb and flow as they speak of our struggles,
our survival, our triumphs,
our laughs and smiles,
our blood sweat and tears wrung from us
on Appian Way .
Come to The River,
The 2006 ALANA Anthology, WE ARE THE RIVER, is accepting
poetry, narratives, fiction, drama, visual art in all genre (including colour), in English and all languages spoken here – especially bilingual entries.
Submissions are due by on or before Wednesday, the Ides (15th) of March, 2006. Hand-deliver to the Office of Student Affairs and/or request an email receiving address.
THEME: Any that encompass, stem, or flow from who we are, from issues of diversity, culture, and related experiences of HGSE students.
Submissions are by on or before Wednesday, the Ides (15th) of March, 2006. Hand-deliver to the Office of Student Affairs and/or request an email receiving address.
ALSO, seeking COVER ART in the river or water motif (from any culture). A plus if it incorporates the subject/theme (culture and diversity). Our design concept is for a wraparound cover (front and back). DUE by Friday, the 3rd of March, 2006.
Submissions for the Journal pages are due by on or before Wednesday, the Ides (15th) of March, 2006. Hand-deliver to the Office of Student Affairs and/or request an email receiving address.
Please utilize 12-point font, and double-spacing except for poetry. Poems are limited to two pages; other writings are limited to 1400 words. Electronic images must be submitted in jpeg format.
Feel free to contact Lolita Paiewonsky at : lp_edm2005@yahoo.com; any ALANA Journal Board; or the friendly OSA Staff.
We will be waiting for you. . . at The River:
The 2006 ALANA Anthology Editorial Board:
Lolita Paiewonsky, Kelly Kim, Jacqui Lopez, Kathryn Bethea.
The ALANA Journal 2006, WE ARE THE RIVER, announces
PRIZES for winning Artwork to celebrate the Journal’s 7th Anniversary!
At a minimum, there will be two monetary prizes awarded in two competitions:
The Cover Art – preferably in colour; and the visual art in all genre submitted for the journal pages (10-15 pages of visual art are anticipated). The sums of the prizes will be announced.
Please See our full CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for specifications.
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EVENTS, PRESENTATIONS, & WORKSHOPS
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A Utopia for Education - Feb. 27 & 28
The Departments of Anthropology and Romance Languages & Literatures present two lectures by
Professor Marc Augé
Director, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris [1985-1995]
A Utopia for Education
Monday February 27
William James Hall 1550
4:15 p.m.
L’ethnographe et l’écriture
Débat avec Tom Conley, Abbott Lawrence Lowell Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures
Tuesday February 28
Kresge Room, Barker Center
6:00 p.m.
Co-sponsored with the Bacon Fund, Kirkland House, and the Film Study Center
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Knowledge to Support the Teaching of Reading - Mar. 1
Catherine Snow will deliver a talk on "Knowledge to Support the Teaching of Reading."
When: Wednesday, March 1, 1-2pm
Location: Eliot Lyman
Abstract: Improving reading outcomes will require BOTH teachers with more and better information about literacy development AND better organizational structures for teachers to work in. I will present conclusions from the book Knowledge to Support the Teaching of Reading, produced by a National Academy of Education Committee, that address the literacy knowledge base teachers need, possible ways of staging access to that knowledge, and alternative ways of thinking about teacher careers so that knowledge they have is most helpful to students.
Please feel free to contact taingva@gse.harvard.edu with questions.
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The Thinker in the Kitchen - Mar. 1
Gender Talks!
Wednesday, March 1 from 6:00-7:30pm
Longfellow 225
Presenter: Krina Patel
Title: The Thinker in the Kitchen
Summary: What is the relationship of thinking to the body? What are the implications for learning, women's work and issues of identity? The discussion is based on a pilot study undertaken by Krina Patel in a local bakery in Somerville, MA. The study examined the patterns of thinking, such as those involved in problem-solving, that are embodied in the actions of individuals engaged in cooking activities in commercial kitchens. Developing the term "embodied thinking" and a framework drawn from an inter-disciplinary literature, Krina Patel takes into account the body in practice, including the use of tools and space. She focuses on small-scale work, based on traditional methods of production, such as baking to illustrate the embodied nature of thinking in skilled work. The analysis shows the cognitive dimensions of manual work, the role of the body, the analytic use of the senses, particularly of touch (the "lowliest of all senses") in this work. It also highlights the cognitive dimensions of kitchen tools.
Discussants: Mary Catherine Bateson and Wendy Luttrell
If you have questions, please contact jenya_murnikov@gse.harvard.edu
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The Schooled Mind: Early Foundations of Cultural Cognition in Science and Mathematics - Mar. 2
Elsbeth Stern
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
In research on child development, as well as in research on expertise, the importance of domain-specific knowledge for scientific and mathematical reasoning is now widely recognized. It is a major challenge for research on learning and instruction how young children from early on can be afforded with learning opportunities that lay the foundation for advanced competencies in these areas. Elsbeth Stern will present data from intervention studies on the stimulation of scientific and mathematical reasoning in elementary schools. She will also discuss longitudinal data which show that young children who show advanced domain-specific conceptual knowledge in mathematics enjoy a long term headstart.
For more information, please contact Mary Kiesling: mary_kiesling@harvard.edu, 617-496-1568
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Alumni of Color Conference - Mar. 3-4
Last week to register at regular price! Registration fees increase to $35 on February 26th. Visit the AOCC table between 10 and 2 in the Gutman Library Lobby any day this week to register or register online at http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~aocc/ !
Would you like to:
-Learn how HGSE alumni are bringing education theory and practice together in the classroom?
-Hear about research HGSE alumni are doing?
-Network with HGSE alumni for jobs?
Then our conference is the place for you!
The Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Fourth Annual Alumni of Color Conference is March 3rd and 4th. This year’s theme is Growth, Strength, and Action: Honoring Our Commitment to Individuals and Communities of Color. Conference highlights include featured panels on Youth Action Research and Building Community Through Action Philanthropy, an Askwith Forum on Education and Catastrophe, and a Saturday Plenary on Preparing Educators. Our keynote speaker is John H. Jackson (Ed.D., 2000), Chief Policy Officer of the NAACP.
The registration fee for students is $25, and includes 2 days of amazing conference workshops and panels, a Friday night social event, breakfast and lunch on Saturday, and a Saturday night banquet dinner, keynote address, and dancing at the Hotel Marlowe (an $80 value).
For more information about our conference, please visit our website at http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~aocc/
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ALANA Open mic - Mar. 3
C-H-A-N-G-E -O-F- V-E-N-U-E- !!!
OPEN-MIC! The ALANA Journal 2006, WE ARE THE RIVER, Open-mic and program on Friday, the 3rd of March, 2006, will be held in ELIOT LYMAN Room, 2nd floor, Longfellow Hall. Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
If you missed the Choral Performance of Rodrigo, Marta, Gretchen, Nayad . . . in December, catch it this time!
We know you are talented! Please mark your calendars and come to share your musical and lyrical talents. Affiliation with ALANA or related groups is not required. Open to the entire GSE community, guests, and the AOCC conferees.
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Learning with Virtual Peers - Mar. 3
Technology, Innovation, and Education Program at HGSE
Seminar series, Spring 2006
TIE seminars are open to all members of Harvard University and to the interested public.
Learning with Virtual Peers
Justine Cassell, Northwestern University
Friday, March 3
Seminar 11 am - 1 pm in Gutman G-05, and reception 3:30 - 4:30 pm in Eliot Lyman
Formerly a member of the MIT Media Lab, Justine Cassell is now Professor of Communication Studies at Northwestern, where she continues to do research on understanding natural forms of communication, and then creating technological tools for those forms of communication and linguistic expression to flourish in the digital world. Many of the important things children learn, especially in the early years of school, they learn informally from peers. Professor Cassell will present her research on creating virtual peers as online role models, and show footage of interaction between real and virtual children.
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Education and Catastrophe: Communities of Color Responding and Moving Forward - Mar. 3
Askwith Education Forum
Friday, March 3
6:00-7:30 PM
What is a catastrophe? Is it a one-time, horrific event that changes a community’s daily life? Is it a long-range series of events that consistently undermines a community’s ability to pursue its goals? Is a catastrophic event generated by natural occurrences or human action? Or is it all of these things? Panelists will discuss how they understand and define catastrophe. Specific attention will be drawn to events affecting individuals and communities of color and will include any occurrence that has affected a community’s ability to drive the education of its members. Panelists will share their experiences and ideas about what kinds of responses to catastrophe communities of color have developed and can be created in order to ensure the continuity of education and community well-being. Speakers will include Sandy Grande, Associate Professor of Education at Connecticut College, and Peter Nien-Chu Kiang, Professor of Education at UMass Boston. Others to be announced. Kathleen McCartney, Acting Dean and Gerald S. Lesser Professor of Early Childhood Development, will provide the introduction. Robert Peterkin, Francis Keppel Senior Lecturer on Educational Policy and Administration, will moderate. This forum is being held in conjunction with the annual Alumni of Color Conference. For information, contact Meghan Liegel at liegelme@gse.harvard.edu. Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall.
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Fighting HIV/AIDS in the Developing World - Mar. 5-6
LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP IN PUBLIC HEALTH:
FIGHTING HIV/AIDS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
SUNDAY, MARCH 5TH
11:30 AM
ALDRICH 112
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
Panelists:
· Dr. Ernest Darkoh, Chairman, Broadreach
· Dr. Mark Dybul, Deputy U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator & Chief Medical Officer
· Dr. Jim Kim, Former Director, Department of HIV/AIDS, WHO
· The Honorable Ira C. Magaziner, Chairman, Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative
· Dr. Jeffrey L. Sturchio, VP External Affairs, Human Health, Merck & Co.
Session open to the public. RSVP requested, but not required, at secaids@yahoo.com.
Please visit www.socialenterpriseclub.com/conference/ for conference information.
STUDENT PANEL ON HIV/AIDS
Come listen to students from HBS, KSG, HSPH and other schools talk about their experience in working for organizations combating HIV/AIDS in the developing world. Come learn about opportunities for you to get involved NOW!
MONDAY, MARCH 6TH
4:00-5:00 PM
ALDRICH 210
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
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From Research to the Classroom: A Publisher's Perspective
Margery Mayer, President, Scholastic Education
Monday, March 6
Seminar 3 - 5 pm and reception 5 - 6:30 pm in Eliot Lyman Room, Longfellow Hall
Open to the Public
Scholastic, the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, has created some of the most successful and well-researched learning programs now in use in schools. Margery Mayer, the President of Scholastic Education, oversees all of Scholastic's classroom-oriented products, including curriculum materials for students, teacher materials, and teacher professional development. Mayer will describe how she works with leading academic figures to translate literacy research into commercial print and media products. She promises a revealing glimpse into the educational publishing industry.
Co-sponsored by the HGSE Language and Literacy and Technology, Innovation, and Education programs.
www.gse.harvard.edu/tie
www.gse.harvard.edu/langlit
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Taylor Branch: America in the King Years - Mar. 6
Pulitzer Prize-winning author TAYLOR BRANCH discusses
AT CANAAN'S EDGE: America in the King Years, 1965-1968
7:00 p.m., Monday, March 6, 2006
Cambridge Forum
3 Church Street (Harvard Square)
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tickets are required for this program. Call Cambridge Forum at 617-495-2727 to reserve a free ticket. Tickets are also available from Harvard Book Store for $3.
Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch discusses the final years of Martin Luther King Jr's life when King and America stood "at Canaan's edge." In the third and final volume of his three-part biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-1968, Branch paints a vivid picture of American society in the mid-20th century. As the war in Vietnam and social unrest at home began to fray the nation's optimism and faith in the future, King sought to expand the Civil Rights Movement into protests of the war and calls for broader social and economic justice. Within a few short years, his commanding and prophetic voice was silenced. How ready was America in 1965 to hear King's message? Are we any closer to achieving his dream today, four decades after his assassination?
Taylor Branch is the best-selling author of Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-1963 (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize) and Pillar of Fire, the second volume of the trilogy covering the years 1963-1965. He has won nearly every major literary award for his trilogy including the National Book Critics Circle Award and Best Book of the Year from The New York Times Book Review, the Boston Globe and the Los Angeles Times. The author of two other non-fiction books and a novel, he is a former staff member of The Washington Monthly, Harper's and Esquire.
Cambridge Forums are free and open to the public. Open discussion, moderated by Dr. Preston Williams of Harvard Divinity School, follows the presentation. Copies of Branch's book will be for sale at the event which is co-sponsored by the Harvard Book Store. Events are taped and edited for public radio broadcast throughout the nation. Edited CDs are available to the public by contacting 617-495-2727. Select forums can be viewed in their entirety on demand by visiting our website at www.cambridgeforum.org and clicking on the WGBH Forum Network.
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Jeanne S. Chall Lecture and Award Presentation - Mar. 7
Tuesday, March 7
5:30-7:00 PM
Andrew Biemiller, former director of the Master’s Program in Child Study and Education at the University of Toronto, will present the second annual Jeanne S. Chall Lecture, Words Worth Teaching and Where They Came From. Biemiller’s current research involves vocabulary development identifying specific vocabulary needed during the elementary years, analysis of developmental factors in vocabulary development, and testing new teaching methods for promoting vocabulary and language development in both primary and junior grades. Kathleen McCartney, Acting Dean and Gerald S. Lesser Professor of Early Childhood Development, will provide an introduction to the lecture. A reception, and presentation of the Jeanne S. Chall Doctoral Student Research Award to Margaret Pierce, will follow. For information, contact Meghan Liegel at liegelme@gse.harvard.edu. Gutman Conference Center.
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Community Organizing and School Reform - Mar. 9
Askwith Education Forum
Thursday, March 9
6:00-7:30 PM
This forum will focus on community organizing as a strategy to build civic participation and power in low income communities and as a powerful force for change in urban schools. Ernesto Cortés, Jr., Director of the Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation, will speak about forging broad-based and multiracial alliances for social change. He will discuss his work as founder of Alliance Schools, the nation's largest community-based school reform network, bringing public schools into the organizing process as centers for democratic life. Drawing upon her work, Jeannie Oakes, Presidential Professor in Educational Equity at UCLA and Director of UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education & Access, will discuss the role that academics and researchers can play as collaborators with community and youth organizations to build a new movement for educational equity and justice. Karen Mapp, Lecturer on Education at HGSE and former deputy superintendent of Family and Community Engagement for the Boston Public Schools, will serve as a respondent. This discussion will be moderated by Mark Warren, Associate Professor of Education, HGSE. This forum is co-sponsored by the doctoral concentration in Culture, Communities, and Education. For information, contact Meghan Liegel at liegelme@gse.harvard.edu. Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall.
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Learning to be a Citizen: Civic Education and Immigration in the U.S. - Mar. 14
Askwith Education Forum
Learning to be a Citizen: Civic Education and Immigration in the U.S.
Tuesday, March 14
5:00-6:30 PM
Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall
Please join us for a discussion of the opportunities that this fourth wave of immigration pose for the civic education of immigrant children, and for the debates about membership in American society. Participants will address questions such as: How important is political socialization of immigrant children to the expansion of their opportunities, relative to the development of cognitive skills and credentials with more immediate returns on the marketplace? Should civic education be a priority in schools with a concentration of immigrant children? And if so, what kind of civic education would be most helpful to develop effective political participation among these new Americans?
Panelists will include: Massachusetts State Senator Jarrett Barrios (D-Cambridge); Maria Carlo, Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Miami; Antonio Gonzalez, President, Southwest Voter Registration Education Project; Judith Torney-Purta, Professor of Human Development, University of Maryland; and Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of International Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education. This forum is co-sponsored with the University Committee for Human Rights Studies.
For information, contact Meghan Liegel at liegelme@gse.harvard.edu. All Askwith Education Forums are free and open to the general public. Tickets are not necessary, unless otherwise noted. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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What Happens When Courts Make Funding Plentiful for Poor School Districts? New Jersey’s Abbott Districts - Mar. 16
Askwith Education Forum
What Happens When Courts Make Funding Plentiful for Poor School Districts? New Jersey’s Abbott Districts
Thursday, March 16
5:30-7:00 PM
Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall
Can whole school systems be transformed to close achievement gaps? Does money matter? Thirty little-known Abbott Districts in New Jersey are the nation’s leading response. State aid resulting from thirty years of legal challenges makes average per pupil spending in Abbott districts higher now than in the state’s suburbs. The Abbott and Union City stories are not well known, but have national implications.
This forum will feature Gordon MacInnes, Assistant Commissioner for Abbott Implementation, and Fred Carrigg, Special Assistant to the Commissioner for Urban Literacy, who helped move Union City from the second lowest-performing system in New Jersey to the highest among the state’s larger systems. Ronald Ferguson, Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, will moderate.
Offered in collaboration with the Achievement Gap Initiative, this is the first in a series of three events.
For information, contact Meghan Liegel at liegelme@gse.harvard.edu. All Askwith Education Forums are free and open to the general public. Tickets are not necessary, unless otherwise noted. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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HGSE Reception at AERA: Save the date - Apr. 10
HGSE Reception at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting
If you are planning to attend the AERA annual meeting in San Francisco from April 7-11, please be sure to join us for the Harvard Graduate School of Education reception! Mingle and meet HGSE faculty, students, alumni, and friends. Kathleen McCartney, Acting Dean and Gerald S. Lesser Professor of Early Childhood Development, will host.
Monday April 10, 7:00-8:30 PM
Hotel Nikko, Golden Gate Room
For information, contact Meghan Liegel at liegelme@gse.harvard.edu.
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Educational Entrepreneurship: Assessment, Technology, and Business - Apr. 17
Technology, Innovation, and Education Program at HGSE
Seminar series, Spring 2006
TIE seminars are open to all members of Harvard University and to the interested public.
Educational Entrepreneurship: Assessment, Technology, and Business
Larry Berger, CEO and co-founder, Wireless Generation
Monday, April 17, 2 - 4 pm in Longfellow 319
Wireless Generation markets "handheld-to-Web" technology for assessing young children's reading skills. A more complete description of the company and its products is available on the Web, at www.wirelessgeneration.com. Larry Berger will focus on entrepreneurship in new media, and on the challenge of dealing with reading standards and assessment procedures in 48 different states.
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Do Your Betas Need Hats? Learn How to Use Microsoft Equation to Report Statistics
Are you tired of trying to madly pencil the hats on your Betas before you turn in your papers? Do you want the statistical information in your papers, proposals, or theses to look polished and professional? If so, come to this one-hour workshop and learn the easy and fast way to create statistical symbols and equations.
Location: Gutman 302 - No Sign-Up Required
Wednesday, March 1, 2006 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Questions? Research Services 495-3421 or reference.gse.harvard.edu
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APA Exposed: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About APA Format But Were Afraid to Ask!
Presenter: Wendy Mages
Do you know the correct way to format citations, quotations, or references? Do you know the correct typeface, font size, and margin width? This painless one-hour workshop provides a quick and easy way to learn the fundamentals necessary for successfully formatting your research papers at HGSE.
March 3rd, Friday
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Location: Special Collections – Ground Floor, Gutman Library
Questions? Contact the Gutman Research Services Desk (617-495-3421)
WORKSHOPS ARE OPEN
NO SIGNUP REQUIRED
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EndNote Basics
EndNote is a software program for storing and managing bibliographic references. With it, you can create your own database of references, including ones you import from library catalogs and online databases. These can include links to full text when available. Use EndNote to sort, search, and format references, and to insert them into Word documents to create in-text citations and reference lists automatically. Note: Students usually purchase EndNote to work on long-term research projects, such as a dissertation or comprehensive literature review.
At the end of this workshop, you will be able to create an EndNote library and add records to it. You’ll be able to search and sort those references and use EndNote’s Cite While You Write feature to insert them into a Word document. You’ll know how to set preferences, what EndNote filters and connection files are, how to find and install these for HOLLIS Catalog, and how to import/export references from Harvard’s e-resources into EndNote.
Both sessions are 1 1/2 hours
No sign-up necessary
March 16, Thursday
11am – 12:30pm
April 13th, Thursday
10am -11:30am
LOCATION: G302 – Third Floor Gutman Library
Scheduling Conflict? Questions? Contact the Research Services Desk (617-495-3421)
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Finding Articles: Education Databases (EBSCO) Workshop
Learn about and learn how to use a group of EBSCO journal article databases (ERIC, Education Abstracts, and Academic Search Premier) that are major resources for education researchers.
At the end of this workshop, you will understand the content, strengths, and weaknesses of these three databases. You will also be able to find articles by specific authors, search efficiently and effectively for topics, print, download or email yourself full text (when available), and set up your own personal folder on the EBSCO server to store citations and searches.
March 3rd, Friday
11am – noon
March 16th, Thursday
2pm – 3pm
April 14th, Friday
11am – noon
April 25th, Tuesday
11am – noon
LOCATION: G302 – Third Floor Gutman Library
Scheduling Conflict? Questions? Contact the Research Services Desk (617-495-3421)
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CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS, & COMMITTEES
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Class Gift Committee Meeting
Make new friends!
Build your resume!
Make a lasting contribution to HGSE!
Join us as we raise money for financial aid for the Class of 2007. As a member of the Class Gift Committee, you can make a difference and help make an HGSE education more affordable.
Wednesday, March 1
12-1:30 p.m.
2nd-floor conference room
44R Brattle Street (in the alley behind Crate & Barrel)
Lunch will be served!
For more information, contact Katy Aronoff at aronofca@gse.harvard.edu or 617-495-3488.
Hope to see you there!
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Calling all National Board Certified Teachers at HGSE - Mar. 22
You are invited to come meet one another and to learn about each others' academic interests. You will not be asked to "document your accomplishments" or reflect on the "impact on student learning"... just come and meet your colleagues! Snacks will be provided. Wednesday, March 22, 4:00-5:30 in Larsen 710. Please RSVP to Su. Henry henrysu@gse.harvard.edu or Jill Harrison Berg bergji@gse.harvard.edu.
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Weekly Yoga sessions!
The sessions will take place in Gutman Conference Center, every Tuesday, from 2:00 to 2:30 pm.
Contact gardunan@gse.harvard.edu for more information.
Sponsored by the SGA Health and Wellness Committee.
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Phi Delta Kappa - Feb. 28
Greetings Future HGSE Kappans,
We, the PDK Executive Board are looking forward to seeing you next Tuesday, February 28 in Larsen 212, 4-6 at our Phi Delta Kappa meeting, a Focus Group looking into ways we can improve our relationship and contact with you. We were pleased to meet many of you who were able to come to our "Meet and Greet" last December. Please bring your questions and join us in this discussion. Refreshments.
The second event of the season is our annual Phi Delta Kappa Initiation which will be held on Wednesday, April 5, the Eliot-Lyman Room, 3:30-5:30. PDK International President, Dr. Jo Ann Fujioka will be our keynote speaker. Refreshments. If you wish to join this honorary educational association you will need to do three things: write a one page essay on your philosophy of education; complete an application, available at the Student Affairs Office; and make out a check for $85 for International dues ($70) and ($15) for local dues, payable to Harvard PDK. Bring it to the meeting on Tuesday or mail the completed application to me at: P.O. Box 1367, W. Chatham, MA 02669. If you have any questions please contact me by email or phone me at: 508-945-8752, DrREStephens@cs.com.
We are planning future programs for this season which we are working on. We hope you will join us. I will continue to email you for the Monday morning email delivery and keep you updated about our programs and activities.
Regards, Roseann E. Stephens, Ph.D., VP Program
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Comunidad Latina Film Series
Thank you to the 90+ people who attended the "Rights on the Line:Vigilantes at the Border" film screening and discussion with activist Ray Ybarra. If anyone would like more information about the issues on the border or wants to get involved please contact Janey Pearl at pearlja@gse.harvard.edu. Be on the look out for the next Film in the Comunidad Latina Film Series "Race is the Place".
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JOB & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
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Guest Speakers Needed for Multicultural Explorations After School Club at Maria L Baldwin School
A ONE time volunteer opportunity! Share your culture with kids! Help students learn about the diverse and multicultural world in which we live!
Free on a Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:00?
Speak to a group of elementary kids about your culture, teach them games, songs, dances, anything you plan! It'll be a ton of fun!... for you and the kids! Promise!
Interested? Questions? Email or call Cathryn: osullica@gse.harvard.edu (305)343-8504 or Elsie: simpliel@gse.harvard.edu (415) 823-0441
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Research Assistant needed
The Early Childhood Study of Language and Literacy Development of Spanish-speaking Children, located at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is looking for a research assistant. The study has collected language and literacy data on young children from Spanish-speaking homes in Massachusetts and Maryland, as well as a comparative sample of children in Puerto Rico. Data collection has been completed for pre-K, kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade.
We are looking for a research assistant to help with data management, data cleaning, and transcriptions. This position is a temporary position with a flexible schedule. The research assistant will be working at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Larsen Hall.
DUTIES:
The research assistant will be responsible for organizing, cleaning, and managing a large longitudinal dataset. Training will be provided for conducting transcriptions and the student will be able to transcribe language data for the project. It is estimated the position will require 10 hours a week.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
Experience working with data files and computer programs such as Microsoft Excel and Access. Interest in and/or experience with assessments of young children is a definite plus, as well as coursework in language acquisition, or child psychology.
PAYRATE: $15.00 / hour (undergraduate students) & $20.00 / hour (graduate students).
EMPLOYMENT DATES: Training will be provided and the position is temporary with a start date of 3/06/06 and end date of 6/06/06.
CONTACT: Email a resume and statement of interest to mariela.paez@bc.edu
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CYCLE Kids Needs Teachers and Volunteers
Teach 4-6 graders about the importance and fun of fitness and a healthy lifestyle using the bicycle! CYCLE Kids is a local non-profit that has teamed up with Somerville public schools to offer an after school program to encourage kids to adopt a health lifestyle. The curriculum includes bike safety and handling skills, healthy eating and physics of the bicycle. There are also curriculum development opportunities, for those interested.
Experience working with and leading groups of young people, exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, flexibility and ability to be a kid again required! Responsibilities include an approximate 4 hour commitment each week for teachers, and 2 hour commitment for volunteers, one day a week, for the 10 week period of March 27 through June 9.
See http://www.cyclekids.org for more information about the organization, and email Julie Idlet at jidlet@cyclekids.org with questions.
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Please e-mail sga@gse.harvard.edu with submissions, comments, suggestions, or questions.