achievement gap

Symposium Keynote Speaker: Ronald Ferguson

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The New Teacher Center's Annual Symposium is Jan 30- Feb 1.  One of the keynote speakers is Ronald Feguson. Ronald F. Ferguson is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Public Policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Harvard Kennedy School, an economist and Senior Research Associate at the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, the creator of the Tripod Project for School Improvement, and the faculty co-chair and director of the Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard University. His research and focus is on education and economic development.

submitted by Karl Forest on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 12:44pm
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Betty Achinstein, Rodney T. Ogawa, Lisa Johnson, Casia Freitas

This Research Brief explores two major areas: 1) What factors impact retention and attrition of new teachers of color, and 2) what factors support new teachers of color to develop and implement practices that address the needs of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backrounds?