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 schools of education
in the United States
. It was founded in 1920, the same year it invented the Ed.D. degree.
It offers two doctoral
programs—the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) and the Doctor of Educational Leadership (Ed.L.D.)—and thirteen masters
programs. These include Arts in Education, Education Policy and Management, Higher Education, International Education Policy, Special Studies, Technology Innovation and Education, Teacher Education, Mind, Brain and Education, Prevention Science and Practice, 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.
Current faculty members include:
Past faculty members include:
Alumni (master's and doctoral) include :
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, and is one of the top schools of education
School of education
In the United States and Canada, a school of education is a division within a university that is devoted to scholarship in the field of education, which is an interdisciplinary branch of the social sciences encompassing sociology, psychology, linguistics, economics, political science, public...
in the United States
United States
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. It was founded in 1920, the same year it invented the Ed.D. degree.
It offers two doctoral
Doctorate
A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...
programs—the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) and the Doctor of Educational Leadership (Ed.L.D.)—and thirteen masters
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
programs. These include Arts in Education, Education Policy and Management, Higher Education, International Education Policy, Special Studies, Technology Innovation and Education, Teacher Education, Mind, Brain and Education, Prevention Science and Practice, 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 peopleCurrent faculty members include:
- Kathleen McCartney, Dean, Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Education
- Howard GardnerHoward GardnerHoward Earl Gardner is an American developmental psychologist who is a professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education at Harvard University, Senior Director of Harvard Project Zero and author of over twenty books translated into thirty languages. Since 1995, he has...
, John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education - Paul Harris, Professor of Education
- Thomas KaneThomas Kane (economist)Thomas Kane is an economist and Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has made important contributions to the concept of education policy, including policies pertaining to student assessment, teacher quality and financial aid for college. In 1995-96 he served on the...
, Professor of Education - Dan Koretz, Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Education
- Susan Moore Johnson Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr. Professor of Teaching and Learning
- Robert KeganRobert KeganRobert Kegan is the William and Miriam Meehan Professor in Adult Learning and Professional Development at Harvard University. Additionally he is the Educational Chair for the Institute for Management and Leadership in Education and the Co-director for the Change Leadership Group...
William and Miriam Meehan Professor in Adult Learning and Professional Development - Sara Lawrence-LightfootSara Lawrence-LightfootSara Lawrence-Lightfoot is an American sociologist who examines the culture of schools, the patterns and structures of classroom life, socialization within families and communities, and the relationships between culture and learning styles...
, Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education - Jerome MurphyJerome MurphyJerome Murphy is an American football cornerback. He played college football at South Florida. He was drafted as the first pick in the third round of the 2010 NFL draft by the St. Louis Rams.-Early years:...
, Harold Howe II Professor of Education - David Perkins, Professor of Education
- Robert Peterkin, Francis Keppel Professor of Educational Policy and Administration
- Fernando ReimersFernando ReimersFernando M. Reimers is the Ford Foundation Professor of International Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also the Director of Global Education and of the International Education Policy Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Reimers is a fellow of the...
, Ford Foundation Professor of Education - Julie ReubenJulie ReubenJulie A. Reuben is a historian interested in the role of education in American society and culture. Her teaching and research address broad questions about the purposes of education; the relation between educational institutions and political and social concerns; and the forces that shape...
, Professor of Education - Jack Shonkoff, B. Richmond FAMRI Professor of Child Health and Development
- Judith Singer, James Bryant Conant Professor of Education
- Catherine Snow, Patricia Albjerg Graham Professor of Education
- John B. WillettJohn B. WillettJohn Willett is a U.S.-based professor of education, specializing in the teaching, development and application of quantitative methods.He was born in 1947 in Leeds and raised from the age of 10 in Harrogate, in the North of England. He studied physics at Oxford University from 1967 through 1970...
, Charles William Eliot Professor of Education - Richard MurnaneRichard MurnaneRichard Murnane is an economist and the Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has made important contributions to our understanding of education policy and the relationship between the economy and education. He has...
, Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society - Hiro Yoshikawa, Professor of Education
Past faculty members include:
- Lawrence KohlbergLawrence KohlbergLawrence Kohlberg was a Jewish American psychologist born in Bronxville, New York, who served as a professor at the University of Chicago, as well as Harvard University. Having specialized in research on moral education and reasoning, he is best known for his theory of stages of moral development...
- Carol GilliganCarol GilliganCarol Gilligan is an American feminist, ethicist, and psychologist best known for her work with and against Lawrence Kohlberg on ethical community and ethical relationships, and certain subject-object problems in ethics. She is currently a Professor at New York University and a Visiting Professor...
- Gerald S. LesserGerald S. LesserGerald Samuel Lesser was an American psychologist who served on the faculty of Harvard University and was one of the chief advisers to the Children's Television Workshop in the development and content of the educational programming included in Sesame Street, with the goal of making the material...
(1926-2010), psychologist who played a major role in developing the educational programming included in Sesame StreetSesame StreetSesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
. - Israel SchefflerIsrael SchefflerIsrael Scheffler is an American philosopher of science and of education. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in psychology from Brooklyn College, an M.H.L. and a D.H.L. from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America...
- Patricia GrahamPatricia GrahamPatricia Albjerg Graham is an 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 TC, Columbia University, dean of the Radcliffe Institute and of Harvard's Graduate...
, Professor of Education - Charles V. WillieCharles V. WillieCharles Vert Willie is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus at Harvard University. He is a sociologist whose areas of research include desegregation, higher education, public health, race relations, urban community problems, and family life. Willie identifies himself as an...
, Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus
Alumni (master's and doctoral) include :
- Gregory Anrig, former president, Educational Testing Service
- Neal BaerNeal BaerNeal Baer, MD is an American pediatrician and television writer and producer. He is best known for his work on the television shows ER and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.-Education:...
, executive producer, Law and Order: SVU; former executive producer and writer, ER - Nínive Clements CalegariNínive Clements CalegariNínive Clements Calegari is an educator in the United States. Following ten years of classroom experience in public schools, she became an author and founded a national literacy program.-Biography:...
, CEO of 826 National826 National826 National is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping students, ages 6–18, with expository and creative writing at eight locations across the USA...
and founding executive director of 826 Valencia826 Valencia826 Valencia is a non-profit organisation dedicated to helping children and young adults develop writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.-Overview:... - Geoffrey CanadaGeoffrey CanadaGeoffrey Canada is an African American social activist and educator. Since 1990, Canada has been president and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone in Harlem, New York, an organization which states its goal is to increase high school and college graduation rates among students in Harlem...
, founder, Harlem Children's Zone - Daniel S. Cheever, Jr., president of Simmons College
- Joanne V. CreightonJoanne V. CreightonJoanne Vanish Creighton, Ph.D. is an American academic who served as the 17th President of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts from 1996-2010. On August 10, 2011, the Haverford College Board of Managers named her interim President of Haverford College, replacing Stephen G....
, president of Mount Holyoke CollegeMount Holyoke CollegeMount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others... - Elizabeth DoleElizabeth DoleMary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford "Liddy" Dole is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush presidential administrations, as well as a United States Senator....
, former United States Senator from North Carolina and wife of Bobe Dole - William Fitzsimmons, dean of admission and financial aid, Harvard College
- Carl GershmanCarl GershmanCarl Gershman has been the President of the National Endowment for Democracy since its 1984 founding. He had served as the U.S...
, President of the National Endowment for DemocracyNational Endowment for DemocracyThe National Endowment for Democracy, or NED, is a U.S. non-profit organization that was founded in 1983 to promote US-friendly democracy by providing cash grants funded primarily through an annual allocation from the U.S. Congress... - Jason KamrasJason KamrasJason Kamras was selected as the 2005 National Teacher of the Year. He is the Chief of the Office of Human Capital and former director of human capital strategy for teachers in D.C. Public Schools, and was an adviser on education policy to the Barack Obama presidential campaign...
, 2005 National Teacher of the Year - Timothy Lannon, President of Creighton UniversityCreighton UniversityCreighton University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is accredited by...
- James McGreevey, former New Jersey state governor
- Martha MinowMartha MinowMartha Louise Minow is the Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law and the Dean of Harvard Law School. She teaches civil procedure, constitutional law, family law, international criminal justice, jurisprudence, law and education, nonprofit organizations, and the public law workshop...
, dean, Harvard Law School - Thomas Payzant, former U.S. Assistant Secretary for Education, former superintendent of Boston Public Schools
- Matthew Pittinsky, founder of Blackboard, Inc.
- Dom Sagolla, co-creator, TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
- Peter Segall, former president, Blackboard, Inc.
- James K. Scott, president, Punahou School
- Harvey Siegel, Professor of Philosophy, University of Miami, Department of Philosophy
- Theodore Sizer, former dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education; former headmaster, Phillips Andover Academy
- Peter Smith, president of California State University, Monterey Bay
- Anne SweeneyAnne SweeneyAnne Marie Sweeney is the Co-Chair of Disney Media Networks and President of Disney-ABC Television Group.-Life and career:...
, president, Disney-ABC Television Group - Michael JohnstonMichael Johnston (Colorado legislator)Michael Johnston is a legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Johnston, a high school principal, was appointed to the Colorado State Senate in May 2009 to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Senate President Peter Groff.-Biography:...
, Colorado state senator, co-founder of New Leaders for New SchoolsNew Leaders for New SchoolsNew Leaders is an American non-profit organization that aims to recruit and train school leaders who focus on improving education results for poor and minority students. It also aims to promote system-level policies and practices that provide support to these leaders...