Incoming HGSE Dean James E. Ryan discusses his passion for education
Harvard President Drew Faust introduced James E. Ryan, a leading scholar of education law and policy, who will become the new dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) this fall, at a welcome ceremony in Gutman Library on Monday. Ryan, said Faust, has a “deep understanding and dedication to education and especially to the transformative power of education.” Ryan’s work focuses on educational opportunity, and he has taught and written on such topics as school finance, school desegregation, school choice, school governance, a right to preschool, teacher compensation reform, and the No Child Left Behind Act. He is currently the Matheson and Morgenthau Distinguished Professor of Law and the Weber Research Professor of Civil Liberties and Human Rights at the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served for five years as academic associate dean. Ryan replaces Dean Kathleen McCartney who will become the next president of Smith College...