Harvard Today: Oct. 3, 2013

Get out in the sun—for some reason it's warm out again today!

IN THE ATMOSPHERE

The hot streak continues with a high of 81!

IN THE D-HALLS

On the Lunch Menu:

Chicken Parmesan Sub

Cheese and Mushroom Quiche

Tofu Parmesan Sub

On the Dinner Menu:

Korean Pork Stir Fry

Moroccan Roasted Chicken

Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges

ON CAMPUS

Thursday Lunchtime Organ Recital Series

Enjoy a 30 minute concert on the famous 1958 Flentrop organ—weekly, promptly at 12:15 p.m. Bring your lunch! 12:15 p.m., Adolphus Busch Hall (29 Kirkland St.).

Joe Kahne: Redesigning Civic Education: Principles and Practices for the Digital Age

There is widespread concern that our national political system is often dysfunctional. Many youth report being turned off by the conflictual and seemingly ineffectual nature of the political process and express limited interest in elections and in the traditional political debates engaged in by politicians, interest groups, and elites. Professor Kahne argues that a redesign of civic education is required. Listen to his ideas on a redesign of civic education. 3:30pm, Gutman 305, Graduate School of Education.

Lessons from Education in Germany: Accidental Whole System Reform and the Long Digital Dawn

More than a decade after the first PISA study, both the U.S. and Germany face issues in education: The increased classroom heterogeneity corresponds with more and more bored pupils, rising cost and a significant remainder of underachievers.

Dr. Dräger puts a spotlight on how education in Germany has undergone an unplanned, but quite successful whole system reform since PISA 2001 cured both educators and policy makers from a long period of complacency. However, he argues, the big change is yet to come and makes the case for a digital transformation of public schooling on the both sides of the Atlantic. 4:00pm, Graduate School of Education.

IN THE SQUARE

Dinner Jazz Set at the Beat Hotel

Exciting and intimate, Beat Hôtel's live dinner jazz set features world-class musical artists as the perfect complement to a delightful meal or cocktails. 6:00pm, Beat Hotel.