Theodore R. Sizer Education leader, 77 Philadelphia Inquirer 10/24/2009:
"Theodore R. Sizer Education leader, 77
Theodore R. Sizer, 77, a passionate leader in education reform who led Ivy League education departments and progressive high schools, died Wednesday.
Dr. Sizer, who had colon cancer, died at home in Harvard, Mass., surrounded by his family.
He graduated from Yale University and earned his doctorate from Harvard University.
He was dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and led Brown University's education department. He also was the founding director of Brown's Annenberg Institute for School Reform.
Dr. Sizer served as headmaster of Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., from 1972 to 1981. He oversaw a successful merger of Phillips and Abbot Academies as well as the introduction of innovative programs, including a summer outreach program to prepare minority students for careers in math and science.
He served in the Army as an artillery officer and said the experience influenced his ideas on education. - AP"
"Theodore R. Sizer Education leader, 77
Theodore R. Sizer, 77, a passionate leader in education reform who led Ivy League education departments and progressive high schools, died Wednesday.
Dr. Sizer, who had colon cancer, died at home in Harvard, Mass., surrounded by his family.
He graduated from Yale University and earned his doctorate from Harvard University.
He was dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and led Brown University's education department. He also was the founding director of Brown's Annenberg Institute for School Reform.
Dr. Sizer served as headmaster of Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., from 1972 to 1981. He oversaw a successful merger of Phillips and Abbot Academies as well as the introduction of innovative programs, including a summer outreach program to prepare minority students for careers in math and science.
He served in the Army as an artillery officer and said the experience influenced his ideas on education. - AP"