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RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS ON HGSE'S WEB SITE

***A REENVISIONED TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
Celebrating the Teacher's Teacher
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/nv/features/teachers10152001.html
A profile of Katherine K. Merseth, the director of the Teacher Education Programs, HGSE News & Views, 10/15/2001

Taking More Time for Teacher Training
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wpdyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A37308-2001Sep3
An article about innovations in teaching internships, with comments by Katherine K. Merseth, director of the Teacher Education Programs, Washington Post, 9/3/2001

Summer of Study: GSE Interns Teach at Cambridge-Harvard Summer Academy
http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2001/08.16/18-summerschool.html
An article about the Cambridge-Harvard Summer Academy, with comments from Katherine K. Merseth, director of the Teacher Education Programs, Harvard University Gazette, 8/16/2001

***CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS IN TEACHING
The Aging of America's Teachers
http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2001/10.04/13-njteachers.html
An article about Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson's research into the changing face of teaching, Harvard University Gazette, 10/4/2001

Striving to Keep Teachers Happy--And for the Long Term http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/266/learning/Striving_to_keep_teaches_happy_and_for_the_long_term+.sshtml
An article about teaching mentoring and retention, featuring comments by Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson, Boston Globe, 9/23/2001

Study Suggests That New Jersey Must Do More to Retain Teachers
http://www.nytimes.com/ [story available in the NYT archives]
An article about new research on the newest pool of teachers from Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson and the Project on the Next Generation of Teachers, New York Times, 8/28/2001

***OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME: VIEWS AND RESOURCES
How Parents Can Support Learning
http://www.asbj.com/2001/09/0901coverstory.html
An article about parental involvement programs in schools, with comments by Heather Weiss, director of the Harvard Family Research Project, American School Board Journal, 9/1/2001

A Cautionary Note: The Expectations for Out-of-School Time
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/nv/features/noam09012001.html
A commentary by Associate Professor Gil Noam, director of the Program in Afterschool Education and Research, about our asking out-of-school time to deliver everything schools and families have a hard time accomplishing, HGSE News & Views, 9/1/2001

A Complicated and Contentious Issue
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/nv/features/weiss07012001.html
A commentary by Heather Weiss, director of the Harvard Family Research Project, about afterschool education, HGSE News & Views, 7/1/2001

***NEW TEACHER EDUCATION-RELATED WEB SITES
Teacher Journals: In School with Educators
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/nv/teacherjournals/

Project on the Next Generation of Teachers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~ngt

Opportunities for Constructive Action
[a resources site for teachers and parents designed in the wake of the terror attacks of September 11]
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/nv/constructive.html

Additionally, the HGSE Teacher Education Programs will launch their new site at the following URL in the next few weeks; please bookmark this URL for future reference:
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~tep/

***MORE RESEARCH AND NEWS FROM HGSE
Teacher of the Year Visits HGSE
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/nv/features/teacheroftheyear11062001.html
Michele Forman discussed issues of teaching and learning with students in the Teacher Education Program during a recent visit to campus

Providing Examples of Success
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/nv/features/bennett11152001.html
A profile of Sean T. Bennett, Ed.M. candidate in the School Leadership program, on the principal certification track

You can stay on top of all the latest news and research in teacher education and other issues by visiting HGSE News & Views at http://www.gse.harvard.edu/nv

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