It was not a religious revival, but Sen. Elizabeth Warren did request one “amen” from the podium in Clark University’s Atwood Hall. Recalling the Supreme Court’s historic decision ending school segregation Brown v. The Board of Education, she cited Justice Earl Warren, who observed that a public school education “is a right that must be made…
Inaugural Gurel Symposium on Education: ‘Next Gen’ learning, urban education, also featuring panel of leading experts Senator Elizabeth Warren will speak at the Sixth Annual Lee Gurel ’48 Lecture at Clark University, part of the inaugural Gurel Symposium on Education, titled “NEXT GEN LEARNING: Opportunities for urban education in the new federal law.” The free, public…
More than 100 high school students from across Massachusetts attended the second annual Youth Summit on Race, Class and Education, organized by the Jacob Hiatt Center for Urban Education at Clark University, April 9. Students from high schools in Amherst, Cambridge, Framingham, Springfield, and Worcester gathered in Tilton Hall for a daylong program focusing on…
In partnership with Clark University, city high school will focus on college readiness Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick presented an Innovation Schools Fellowship grant to the Claremont Academy, a high school at 15 Claremont Street in Worcester, on May 9. Principal Ricci Hall (’97, M.A.Ed. ’98) led Patrick, Secretary of Education Matthew Malone, and several education…
Clark University has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) totaling $1.1 million to support an extensive new project to further teaching excellence in science and math. The Clark Science-Math Teaching and Education Partnership (C-STEP) project, led by Clark University in partnership with the Worcester Public Schools, integrates the expertise of the…
The Clark University community has developed a strong culture of engagement and partnership with the surrounding Main South neighborhood. On Oct. 9, Clark recognized a key partner in that mission, honoring J. Stephen Teasdale for his 25 years as Executive Director of the Main South Community Development Corporation (Main South CDC). “At Clark, we talk…
How can teachers make room in their busy working lives to develop their practice together? The answer may be waiting right within their classrooms, or in a colleague’s just down the hall. In “Teacher Rounds: A Guide to Collaborative Learning in and From Practice” (Sage Publications May 2013), Thomas Del Prete, director of the Adam…
Aimee Rogstad Guidera, executive director of the National Data Quality Campaign (DQC), will deliver Clark University’s 2011 Lee Gurel Lecture on Education, “From Dartboards to Dashboards: The Imperative of Using Data to Improve Student Achievement.” The lecture will take place at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, in Tilton Hall, 2nd floor of the Higgins…
United Way of Central Massachusetts, in partnership with Clark University, the Worcester Educational Collaborative, Main South Community Development Corporation, Worcester Public Schools and the Office of City of Worcester Mayor Joseph O’Brien, is the recipient of a Promise Neighborhoods Planning Grant recently awarded by the U.S. Department of Education. “This is so much more than…
Clark University President John Bassett today (April 29) announced the establishment of the Ruth and John Adam Education Fund, a gift of more than $14.2 million made to enhance Clark’s nationally recognized model for urban secondary education and reform, teacher-training and community education partnerships. The fund, resulting from the largest single gift in Clark history,…
