Race to the Top
Boisi Prof. Henry Braun was among experts asked by the Education Department's Race to the Top Fund to comment on how to improve education assessment. more »
Aid and Persistence
Asst. Prof. Heather Rowan-Kenyon and fellow researchers found financial aid improves first-year persistence of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. more »
Alumna Honored by Business Journal
ERME Ph.D. alumna Tiffany Cooper Gueye, CEO of BELL, was honored as one of the Forty Under Forty rising stars by the Boston Business Journal. more »
China's Long March Toward World-Class Education
Monan Prof. Philip Altbach spoke about China's efforts to build a world-class system. more »
Mahalik Named as APS Fellow
Counseling Psychology Prof. James Mahalik has been selected as one of this year's Fellows by the Association for Psychological Science. more »
Hargreaves Awarded Honorary Doctorate
Thomas More Brennan Chair, Prof. Andy Hargreaves, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the faculty at Uppsala University in Sweden. more »
Alumna Makes a Difference Through Story Time
Through her volunteer work at Mercy Learning Center, alumna Tammy Bateson Barry '85, M.Ed. '87 does more than help low-income, ESL mothers read to their children - she teaches them the importance of doing so. more »
Op-Ed: What Ted Sizer Meant to Us
The recent death of Theodore Sizer leaves an immense void in the American educational landscape, writes Assoc. Prof. Patrick McQuillan. more »
Early Child Care and School Achievement
Associate Prof. Eric Dearing has co-authored a study that finds high-quality child care in infancy and the toddler years can blunt the negative effect poverty can have on learning. more »
Spirituality Among Women of Color
Assistant Prof. Usha Tummala-Narra is a keynote speaker at the 3rd Annual Conference of the Society of Humanistic Psychology, Division 32 of the APA. Tummala-Narra will speak about spirituality among women of color. more »