Harvard Graduate School of Education

Infobox University


name = Harvard Graduate School of Education
established = 1920
type = Private
dean = Kathleen McCartney
city = Cambridge
state = Massachusetts
country = flagicon|USA
students = ~980
staff =
campus = Urban
website = [http://www.gse.harvard.edu www.gse.harvard.edu]
endowment = US$540 million

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.Fact|date=May 2008

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.

Famous people

"See also: Harvard University people"

Current faculty members include:
* Kathleen McCartney, Dean, Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Education
* Howard Gardner, John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education
* Paul Harris, Professor of Education
* Thomas Kane, Professor of Education
* Dan Koretz, Professor of Education
* Susan Moore Johnson Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr. Professor of Teaching and Learning
* Robert Kegan William and Miriam Meehan Professor in Adult Learning and Professional Development
* Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education
* Jerome Murphy, Harold Howe II Professor of Education
* David Perkins, Professor of Education
* Robert Peterkin, Francis Keppel Professor of Educational Policy and Administration
* Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of Education
* Julie Reuben, Professor of Education
* Jack Shonkoff, B. Richmond FAMRI Professor of Child Health and Development
* Judith Singer, James Bryant Conant Professor of Education
* Catherine Snow, Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Education
* John B. Willett, Charles William Eliot Professor of Education
* Richard Murnane, Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society
* Hiro Yoshikawa, Professor of Education

Past faculty members include:
* Patricia Graham, Professor of Education
* Charles V. Willie, Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus

Alumni (master's and doctoral) include :
* Gregory Anrig, former president, Educational Testing Service
* Neal Baer, executive producer, Law and Order: SVU; former executive producer and writer, ER
* Nínive Clements Calegari, CEO of 826 National and founding executive director of 826 Valencia
* Geoffrey Canada, founder, Harlem Children's Zone
* Daniel S. Cheever, Jr., president of Simmons College
* Joanne V. Creighton, president of Mount Holyoke College
* William Fitzsimmons, dean of admission and financial aid, Harvard College
* Jason Kamras, 2005 National Teacher of the Year
* James McGreevey, former New Jersey state governor
* Thomas Payzant, former U.S. Assistant Secretary for Education, former superintendent of Boston Public Schools
* Matthew Pittinsky, founder of Blackboard, Inc.
* James K. Scott, president, Punahou School
* Theodore Sizer, former dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education; former headmaster, Phillips Andover Academy
* Peter Smith, president of California State University, Monterey Bay
* Anne Sweeney, president, Disney-ABC Television Group

External links

* [http://www.gse.harvard.edu Official Web Site]