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. Founded in 1920, it was the first school to grant the EdD degree and the first Harvard school to award degrees to women. HGSE enrolls more than 800 students in its one-year master of education (Ed.M.) and three-year doctor of education leadership (Ed.L.D.) programs. The Harvard Graduate School of Education is currently ranked as the #2 education school in the nation by '' U.S. News & World Report''. It is associated with the Harvard Education Publishing Group whose imprint is the Harvard Education Press and publishes the '' Harvard Educational Review''.

History

This school was established in 1920. 29 years prior to its establishment, Harvard President Charles W. Eliot appointed Paul Henry Hanus to begin the formal study of education as a discipline at Harvard. However, at that time the focus was not on establishing education as an academic discipline at Harvard. Instead, the concern was on proper college preparation for students attending secondary education in public schools. As a result, education became a formal division within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 1906 before the rebirth of the division into a separate Harvard faculty in 1920. In the next year, HGSE became the first school to grant a doctor of education (Ed.D.) degree which provided rigorous research training that equipped graduates with the knowledge and skills to have a broad impact in the worlds of policy and practice. The faculty has grown ever since. In 1949, the Laboratory of Human Development (now the Human Development and Psychology Program) was established to examine the psychological development of children in their families and communities. Two years later, the Masters of Arts in Teaching degree was offered by HGSE, followed by the Administrative Career Program. The school is by Dean Bridget Terry Long,

Project Zero

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founded Project Zero in 1967 to explore a basic research project in artistic cognition and artistic education. This project developed into a bigger scope ever since included being directed by Howard Gardner. Numerous research findings are converted into practice through modules, from thinking routines to learning rubrics that can be freely accessed.

Usable Knowledge

Originally developed by faculty members Kurt Fischer and Joe Blatt, the aim of Usable Knowledge is to be a resource for educators who hope to put HGSE research learnings into practice.

Academics

HGSE offers a master of education degree (EdM) with five programs and two doctoral degree programs, a doctor of philosophy in education (PhD) and a doctor of education leadership (EdLD). (The PhD program replaced the EdD program, which enrolled its final cohort of students in fall 2013.) In addition, in 2022, the school launched an online, two-year, part-time master's degree in education leadership.

Master's in Education

HGSE offers five full-time, one-year, on-campus

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programs: * Education Leadership, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship * Education Policy and Analysis * Human Development and Education * Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology * Teaching and Teacher Leadership Students in the master's degree programs can also declare optional concentrations and pursue teacher, principal, or superintendent licensure pathways.

Buildings

HGSE took possession of Longfellow Hall from Radcliffe College in 1962. The learning activities, along with the library and office were moved to Longfellow's basement. Larsen Hall was dedicated in 1963, completed in 1965, operating as the new classroom and research center of HGSE. The Monroe C. Gutman Library is the school's primary library and one of its four main buildings.

Notable people

Current faculty members

* Catherine E. Snow, Patricia Albjerg Graham Professor of Education * Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Associate Professor of Education and Economics *

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, Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice * Howard Gardner, John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education * Jerome Murphy, Harold Howe II Professor of Education * John B. Willett, Charles William Eliot Professor of Education *

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, Professor of Education *

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, Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society *

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, Senior Lecturer of Education * Thomas Kane, Professor of Education

Past faculty members

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Patricia Graham Patricia Albjerg Graham is a historian of American education. She began her teaching career in Deep Creek, Virginia, and went on to become a lecturer at Indiana University, professor of history and education at Barnard College and TC, Columbia ...

, professor of education * Robert Kegan William and Miriam Meehan Professor in Adult Learning and Professional Development * Lawrence Kohlberg * Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education, renamed to the Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot Professor of Education since her retirement *

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'', October 4, 2010. Accessed October 4, 2010. * Kathleen McCartney, former dean; Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Education; current president of

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* James E. Ryan, former dean; Charles William Eliot Professor of Education; current president of the

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* Charles V. Willie, Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus

Alumni

* Andrew McCollum, co-founder of

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; angel investor *

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, former New Jersey state governor * Martha Minow, dean,

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(born 1967), non-profit executive and political candidate *

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, president, Disney-ABC Television Group *

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* Denise Juneau, superintendent of Seattle Public Schools; former Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction * Elizabeth Dole, former United States Senator from North Carolina and wife of

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, founder, Harlem Children's Zone * Guadalupe Guerrero, superintendent of Portland Public Schools * Jason Kamras, 2005 National Teacher of the Year and superintendent of

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* Joanne V. Creighton, former president of

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, American author * Joseph Lekuton, Kenyan politician * Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator; first woman to receive an Ed.D. from HGSE * Michael Johnston, Colorado state senator, co-founder of New Leaders for New Schools *

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, executive producer, '' Law and Order: SVU''; former executive producer and writer, '' ER'' *

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and founding executive director of

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* Robyn Ochs, bisexual and LGBT rights activist, speaker *

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, speech and language disorder researcher * Timothy Lannon, president of Creighton University * Theodore R. Sizer, dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education (1964-1972); headmaster, Phillips Andover Academy (1972-1981); founder of the

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, Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, and

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; author of numerous books on public education reform * Clint Smith, writer and educator * Sandra Sucher, business executive; professor,

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* William E. Trueheart, president of

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, nonprofit CEO * Joan Wexler, dean and president of

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* Peggy R. Williams, former president of

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* Frank H. Wu, president of

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* Zahia Marzouk, an Egyptian social worker and feminist who founded Egypt's first family planning association

References

External links

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