Speaker Profiles

Robert Schwartz

professor, Harvard Grad School of Ed
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/faculty_research/profil...
Robert Schwartz held a wide variety of leadership positions in education and government before joining the HGSE faculty in 1996. From 1997 to 2002, Schwartz also served as president of Achieve, Inc., an independent, bipartisan, nonprofit organization created by governors and corporate leaders to help states improve their schools.  [more]
Overcoming Corruption and Racial Segregation in Boston Schools
Joseph Cronin
April 16, 2008
01:19:08
Educators recount the history, the setbacks, and the successful approaches that improved the educational opportunities for Boston school children.
Beyond Decoding: Word Knowledge and Reading Skill
Charles Perfetti
October 25, 2007
01:19:26
Charles Perfetti's research interest is in the cognitive science of language and reading processes.
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Howard Gardner: Five Minds for the Future
Howard Gardner
May 3, 2007
01:09:33
Howard Gardner speaks about his new book, Five Minds for the Future explaining why, in the future, it will be important to develop five kinds of minds, both in school and in other educational environments.
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Challenges of Reauthorizing No Child Left Behind
Christopher Cross
December 4, 2006
01:29:26
This forum features presenters from the local, state, and federal levels engaging in a panel discussion of the political and policy challenges of the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).
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Closing the Achievement Gap
Ronald Ferguson
December 13, 2004
01:37:44
Richard Rothstein, former education columnist for the New York Times discusses factors contributing to the race achievement gap.
Adequate and Equitable School Funding
Peter Schrag
November 16, 2004
01:22:37
This discussion addresses the question of adequate and equitable school funding, an issue that has been debated and extensively litigated in Massachusetts and other states across the nation for many years.
Image of The Legal Rights of Union Stewards
Author: Robert M. Schwartz
Publisher: Work Rights Press (2006)
Binding: Plastic Comb, 155 pages
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