Theodore Sizer, a leading education reformer and former Ivy League educator, dies at age 77
By APThursday, October 22, 2009
Education reformer Theodore Sizer dies at 77
BOSTON — Theodore Ryland Sizer, a leader in education reform who led Ivy League education departments, has died after a long battle with colon cancer. He was 77.
His wife, Nancy Sizer, says the author and educator died at home in Harvard, Mass., on Wednesday night.
Sizer was born in New Haven, Conn. 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 served as headmaster of Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass.
The head of Phillips Academy, Barbara Chase, says the nation has lost “a great visionary and an innovative leader of education reform.”
Sizer is survived by his wife and four children. Arrangements are being made for a November funeral.
