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@ Harvard
10.23.08 - 5:30-7pm - The Literacy Achievement Gap: Research Evidence for Policy and Practice.
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Gutman Library, Gutman Conference Center.
Speaker: Dorothy Strickland, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Professor of Education at Rutgers Graduate School of Education.
The achievement gap between poor and minority students and their White and more affluent counterparts is one of the most pressing issues in education today. This presentation will focus on three related areas: (1) an overview of the historical influences framing discussions about the achievement gap; (2) the impact on specific populations and contexts and (3) research evidence about best practices that improve literacy achievement outcomes in low performing schools.
@ Teaching Hospitals
10.02.08 - 12-1pm - Dialectical Behavior Therapy in the Treatment of Self-Injurious and Suicidal Adolescents.
McLean Hospital, de Marneffe Building, Room #132.
Speaker: Blaise A. Aguirre, M.D. Medical Director, 3East, McLean Hospital. Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
@ Community and National Organizations
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