My Dream HGSE Doctoral Committee - Culture, Communities, and Education

Senior Doctoral Advisors:
1. Dr. Eleanor Duckworth, HGSE
Expertise: Alternative Schooling, Assessment, Cognitive Development
Curriculum Development, Intelligence; Learning, Professional Development for Educators,
Science Education, Teacher Education and Certification

Intended Coursework:
T-440A Teaching and Learning: Critical Exploration in the Classroom
T-150 *Curriculum Based on Understanding

2. Dr. Sara Lawrence Lightfoot, HGSE
Expertise: Adult Development, Diversity, Educational Equity, Family Issues,
Multicultural Education, Professional Development for Educators, Racial Discrimination,
Research Methods, School Culture, Urban Schooling

3. Dr. Ronald Ferguson, Faculty Co-chair and Director of the Achievement Gap Initiative, and Lecturer in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Expertise: Economics, Closing the Achievement Gap in the United States, Youth and Education
HLE-270 - Youth Development and Education Policy

Secondary Math Advisors:
1. Kay Merseth, Senior Lecturer, HGSE
2. Robin Gottlieb, Math Department, Harvard U.
3. Dr. Anjoo Sikka & Dr. Jane Thielemann, UHD (College of Public Service)
4. My Colleagues and Friends at TODOS, and at
Berkeley: Grace Davila-Coates, Jose Franco et al.

French Educational Advisors:
1. C. Beaudoin & the team at CASNAV Paris (Centre Académique pour la Scolarisation des Nouveaux Arrivants et des enfants du Voyage)
2. Académie de Paris, ZEP Administration
3. Académie de Créteil, Seine-Saint-Denis
4. Judith Frommer, Emeritus Professor of French--Harvard GSAS
5. My friends in 3ème cycle in Paris-Area Universities (Naima, Adrian et al)
6. Other TCKs on the EC terrain in Belgium, France, Germany and Spain
7. Parent Advisory Groups for Participant ZEP Schools in Paris: 18th, 19th and 20th arrondissements

Global Achievement GAP Advisors:

1. Dr. Ronald Ferguson, Kennedy School of Govt.
2. Harvard GSE Team

European Education and the Challenges Ahead
1. Dr. Anjoo Sikka (UHD Policy, Perspectives on the UK)
2. Jim Cummins, University of Toronto


Chapter 5 Advisors--Making
Connections with Latino Secondary Learners,
School Leavetakers, and Immigrant Communities -
Towards Ending the Texas Achievement GAP:
1. Harvard GSE Team
2. Univ. of Texas at San Antonio - Math and Education Departments
3. Houston Community College System and Math Departments - Dr. Mahmoud Shagroni
and Dr. Timor Sever, Chairs [Mathematics]
4. Rice University School Math Project (RUSMP), Rice University: Dr. Anne Papakonstantinou, and Richard Parr
5. My Colleagues at TODOS: Mathematics for All: G. Davila-Coates, J. Franco, Dr. M. Leiva, Norma Torres-Martinez
6. Region IV ESC Mathematics Team: D. Eschberger, Director


Building the Academy: Understanding How Institutions Like Harvard and French Universities Can Stem the Tide and Build More Inclusionary Math and Science Teaching Professions with Fewer Children of Any Origin Left Behind
1. All Team Members