Harvard Graduate School of Education
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The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University, and is one of the top education schools 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.
[edit] Famous people
See also: Harvard University people
Current and past faculty members include:
- Howard Gardner, the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education
- Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, the Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education
- Gary Orfield, Professor of Education and Social Policy
- Fernando Reimers, Professor and Director of International Education Policy Program
- Catherine E. Snow, Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Education
- Charles V. Willie, Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus
- Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, former Thomas Professor of Education
Alumni (master's and doctoral) include :
- James McGreevey, former New Jersey state governor
- Matthew Pittinsky, founder of Blackboard, Inc.
- Joanne V. Creighton, president of Mount Holyoke College
- Peter Smith, president of California State University, Monterey Bay
- Daniel S. Cheever, Jr., president of Simmons College
- Thomas J.C. Raymond, professor emeritus, Harvard Business School
- Jason Kamras, 2005 National Teacher of the Year
- Anne Sweeney, president, Disney-ABC Television Group
- Neal Baer, executive producer, Law and Order: SVU; former executive producer and writer, ER
- 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
- Thomas Payzant, former U.S. Assistant Secretary for Education, superintendent of Boston Public Schools
- Gregory Anrig, former president, Educational Testing Service
- James K. Scott, president, Punahou School
[edit] External links
| Schools of Harvard University |
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| Faculty of Arts and Sciences: College • Graduate School of Arts and Sciences • Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences • Continuing Education |
| Faculty of Medicine: Medical School • School of Dental Medicine |
| Divinity School • Law School • Business School • Graduate School of Design |
| Graduate School of Education • School of Public Health • Kennedy School of Government |
| Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (successor to Radcliffe College) |
