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Shifting From a Plan to a Process: School Improvement Plans in the Cambridge Public Schools
(2015-05-04)Although school improvement plans (SIPs) are common in American school systems, they are widely viewed as compliance documents that have little connection to the daily work of improving teaching and learning. In this ... -
The Shifting Role of State Education Agencies: Lessons Learned From Strategic Planning With the Delaware Department of Education
(2015-05-04)Through this capstone, I explore the unique dynamics I encountered in the Delaware Department of Education during the department’s final year as a federal Race to the Top grant recipient. This document describes my intended ... -
Shuttered Schools in the Black Metropolis: Race, History, and Discourse on Chicago’s South Side
(2016-05-16)In 2013, the Chicago Public Schools shuttered 53 schools, citing budget limitations, building underutilization, and concerns about academic performance. Approximately 12,000 students were re-assigned to new schools; of ... -
Social Change through Innovation and Product Leadership: an Expansive View of Social Impact
(2022-10-28)This capstone details my learning and experience leading product innovation for a Quincy, Massachusetts-based nonprofit hybrid incubator called QUBIC Labs, and for QUBIC’s portfolio companies. For my residency, I was tasked ... -
Social Functions of Music in Infancy
(2017-04-14)I explore music's early role in social cognition, testing the hypothesis that infants interpret singing as a social signal. Over six experiments, I examine 5- and 11-month-old infants' social responses to new people who ... -
Social Justice Mathematics: Pedagogy of the Oppressed or Pedagogy of the Privileged? A Comparative Case Study of Students of Historically Marginalized and Privileged Backgrounds
(2017-05-08)Social Justice Mathematics, or SJM, is a mathematics-specific form of Social Justice Pedagogy (Frankenstein, 1983; Gutiérrez, 2002), that aims to teach mathematics content while developing conscientização (Freire, 1970), ... -
Sociocultural Context of Play: Experiences of Indigenous Children in the Sierra Nevada De Santa Marta, Colombia
(2018-05-08)Research on children’s play has been predominantly conducted in industrialized, Western societies (Göncü, Tuermer, Jain, & Johnson, 1999). While this approach has been fruitful in demonstrating the role of play in development, ... -
Solving a System of Inequalities: Decolonizing and Rehumanizing Mathematics in Somerville Public Schools
(2021-10-15)This capstone focuses on the efforts of students, teachers, and leaders in Somerville Public Schools as they closely examined the district’s practices, structures, and policies related to math over the course of a school ... -
The Southern Women's College Press: Desegregation & the Myth of Southern Distinctiveness in an Era of Activism (1954 -1970)
(2017-05-09)In this dissertation, I examine how students at elite, private white women’s colleges in the South utilized the myth of Southern distinctiveness to articulate their opinions and attitudes on desegregation after Brown, ... -
Spanning Boundaries in Changing Self, Site and Sector: Cross-Departmental Community Engagement in Denver Public Schools
(2015-05-04)My capstone is an exploration into stages of boundary spanning and the challenges that result from attempting to work at the intersection of a critical power relationship: the school district and the community it serves. ... -
Spreading the Whole Child Model in Dual Pandemics: Conditions for Effective Implementation
(2021-10-15)Transcend is a national education nonprofit that supports school communities in creating and spreading extraordinary equitable learning environments. One of the learning environments Transcend is working to spread is the ... -
The State Education Agency: The Chief Learning Organization - Lessons From the Rhode Island Department of Education
(2015-05-04)In a post Race to the Top and No Child Left Behind environment, state education agencies (SEA’s) play an increasing role in influencing the policy and practices of schools and districts. Yet, the challenges of SEA’s are ... -
The State of the Gate: A Description of Instructional Practice in Algebra in Five Urban Districts
(2015-05-15)Algebra is considered a linchpin for success in secondary mathematics, serving as a gatekeeper to higher-level courses. Access to algebra is also considered an important lever for educational equity. Yet despite its ... -
State-Local Partnerships for Student and Academic Success: Building Collaboration to Improve Out of School Time Opportunities
(2018-05-01)As the U.S. public education system continues to grapple with significant variation in student, school and system outcomes, it is crucial to identify and assess new approaches to systemic improvement. Facing increasing ... -
Staying on Mission and Staying in Business: Strategic Planning in the Education Nonprofit Sector
(2016-05-02)This capstone explores a strategic planning process I carried out at the NYC Leadership Academy (NYCLA), a nonprofit organization. Through the development and launch of a strategic plan for the NYCLA alumni network, I ... -
Strategic Recalibration for the Pathways to Prosperity Initiative: Transforming an Intermediary to Transform Cross-Sectoral Ecosystems
(2018-04-27)I undertook my doctoral residency for Harvard’s Ed.L.D. program with Pathways Prosperity (PtoP), a five-year-old joint initiative with the Harvard Graduate School of Education that is housed within Jobs for the Future ... -
Strengthening Partnership Effectiveness in Boston Public Schools: Lessons on Partnership Definitions, Standards and Teams
(2016-05-04)This capstone chronicles my leadership in piloting, designing, and creating both a district-wide and school-based partnership definition along with partnership effectiveness elements and standards for the Boston Public ... -
Struggling Toward Humanization: Restorative Justice, Deeper Learning, and the Pursuit of Transformed Relationships at an Urban Charter School
(2017-05-03)As the twenty-first century hurtles forward, a growing number of American schools have set their sights on ambitious instructional goals—goals which go beyond basic literacy and numeracy to involve “deeper” competencies ... -
Success by Design: Activating Hearts, Hands, and Minds to Develop a Male Success Initiative at Long Beach City College
(2021-10-15)Higher Education has long been positioned as a viable vehicle to economic prosperity and insulating factor against crime and violence among traditionally underserved minoritized populations. However, commonly used school ... -
Symbolism or Substance: Increasing Access to Opportunity at the College Board for High Potential Leaders of Color
(2021-10-15)“Building Leaders at Every Level,” an initiative developed at the College Board, was one of several responses to increase racial and ethnic representation in the senior leadership pipeline. Building Leaders at Every Level ...