• 2008 AEP
Distinguished Achievement Awards
For a second consecutive year, the Harvard
Education Letter won The
Association of Educational Publishers "Best Newsletter"
Distinguished Achievement Award in the category of Adult Learning.
The Letter also won "Best Editorial" for "High-Stakes
Testing and the Corruption of America's Schools" by Harvard
Education Press authors David Berliner and Sharon Nichols.
The Harvard Education Letter was also
a finalist in other Award categories: "Is
Coaching the Best Use of Resources?" by Elizabeth City
for Best Editorial; "Doing
the Critical Things First, An Interview with Sharon Griffin"
for Best Interview/Profile; "Charting
a New Course Toward Racial Integration" by Brigid Schulte
for Best News Story. "Better
Teaching with Web Tools" by Colleen Gillard was a finalist
in the Best How-To Feature.
The Distinguished Achievement Awards (DAAs) recognize
the best educational resources within the categories of Curriculum,
Periodicals, and Professional Development. The DAAs are evaluated
on traits such as efficacy, usability, and overall educational value
and judged by an expert panel of educators, editors, designers,
and technology specialists. The
Association of Educational Publishers (AEP), the national, nonprofit
professional organization for educational publishers and content
developers.
The winners were announced on June 6 at a ceremony
in Washington, D.C.
• 2007 AEP
Distinguished Achievement Awards
The Harvard Education Letter won the
"Best
Overall Newsletter" in the Adult Learning category of the
2007 Distinguished Achievement Awards from The
Association of Educational Publishers.
The Harvard Education Letter was a finalist
in multiple Award categories: 3,000
Missing Hours by Richard F. Elmore for Best Editorial; Recent
Research on the Achievement Gap: An Interview with Ronald Ferguson
for Best Interview/Profile;and "R"
is for Resilience by Nancy Walser for Best Learned Article.
The
Data Wise Improvement Process by Kathryn Parker Boudett, Elizabeth
A. City, and Richard J. Murnane was a finalist in the Best How-To
category.
Winners were announced on June 12, 2007 at a
special ceremony in Washington, D.C.
• 2005 AEP
Distinguished Achievement Awards
The Harvard Education Letter is a finalist
for three Distinguished Achievement Awards from The
Association of Educational Publishers.
The articles “What
(So-Called) Low-Performing Schools Can Teach (So-Called) High-Performing
Schools” by Richard F. Elmore and “The
Classroom of Popular Culture” by James Paul Gee are both
finalists in the Editorial category for Periodicals.
The Harvard Education Letter is also
a finalist for the Best Overall Newsletter. Winners will be announced
on June 9, 2006 at a special ceremony in Washington, D.C.
• Results from our 2005 reader
survey
More than 400 subscribers
responded to the reader survey included in our March/April issue.
Many thanks to all who replied!
Here’s what some of our subscribers are saying about the Harvard
Education Letter:
“It is really very helpful to have a well written summary on the latest findings in educational issues. I used the articles on retention a while back to persuade our district not to automatically retain kids. You saved me hours of researching!”
“Often it seems I find something in the Letter at just the time I need it.”
“A phenomenal resource for the overloaded educator.”
Read more about the results of the subscriber survey.
• Recent award-winning articles
Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing (Learned Article), Association of Education Publishers, 2004. Can Educators and Researchers Really Work Together to Improve Learning?, by Michael Sadowski (November/December 2003).
Honorable Mention
(Analytical Newsletter Journalism), National Press Club, 2004. Can Educators and Researchers Really Work Together to Improve Learning?, by Michael Sadowski (November/December 2003).
Best Newsletter Journalism (Analytical Newsletter Journalism), National Press Club, 2003. Putting National Board Certification to the Test, by David Gordon (March/April 2002).
Best Editorial (Distinguished Achievement Award), Association of Education Publishers, 2003. The Limits of ‘Change,’ by Richard F. Elmore (January/February 2002).
Best Newsletter Journalism (Analytical Newsletter Journalism), National Press Club, 2002. Sexual Minority Students Can Benefit from School-Based Support-Where It Exists, by Michael Sadowski (September/October 2001).
Honorable
Mention (Analytical Newsletter Journalism), National Press Club,
2001. Are High-Stakes
Tests Worth the Wager?, by Michael Sadowski (September/October
2000).
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