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Harvard Education Letter Named a Finalist for Several Awards

The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP), the nonprofit professional organization for educational publishers and content developers, has announced the finalists for the 2008 AEP Awards, and the Harvard Education Letter is a finalist in several awards. To read the press release, click here.

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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