I HEAR THINGS

The Play it FOrward Giving Circle is honored to present the Dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Education on Wednesday, august 24 from 7:00-9:00.

Dean McCartney has focused her education work on early childhood and especially children living in poverty. We would be honored and delighted to collaborate with Lynn Public Schools and help kick off this academic year with some inspiration, collaboration and support for the Lynn Public Schools and surrounding area. We need a venue to offer this and a chance to work with you to help publicize the event. The hope is to have Dean McCartney speak for 45 minutes and take questions. We would like to have a dessert reception to give people a chance to meet her and each other. 

Kathleen McCartney is the Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development. Her research program concerns early experience and development, particularly with respect to child care, early childhood education, and poverty. She is a member of the NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, which published the results of their longitudinal study in numerous articles as well as in their book, Child Care and Child Development. McCartney also co-edited The Blackwell Handbook of Early Childhood Development. McCartney received her B.S. in psychology from Tufts University, where she now serves as a trustee, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Yale University. In 2009 she received the Distinguished Contribution Award from the Society for Research in Child Development. She is also a Fellow of the American Education Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Psychological Society.

Jan Plourde Cell Phone 978-808-3602