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I have an Ed.D.
It is most certainly a real doctorate, folks. Differently from a Ph.D. in education, an Ed.D. isn't about generating new knowledge based on hypotheses. Instead, it's a degree practitioners pursue so we can better effect change within existing organizations.
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It is most certainly a real doctorate, folks. Differently from a Ph.D. in education, an Ed.D. isn't about generating new knowledge based on hypotheses. Instead, it's a degree practitioners pursue so we can better effect change within existing organizations.
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Earning an Ed.D. means completing rigorous coursework, conducting field research, passing comprehensive exams, & writing a dissertation (typically demonstrating how we've applied cutting-edge knowledge to address a problem at a leadership level in education).
It's no joke.
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It's no joke.
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Folks with Ed.D.s work everywhere—in public education, healthcare, the military, non-profits, the business sector—to help organizations grapple with complex issues of implementing educational theory in real-life, nuanced settings.
Jill Biden deserves to be called Dr. Biden.
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Jill Biden deserves to be called Dr. Biden.
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And more broadly, only poorly informed (usually not college-educated) people assume that "doctor" means "M.D."
For a purportedly reputable journalist to impugn the right of anyone WITH a terminal degree to be addressed as "doctor" underscores the man's ignorance & misogyny.
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For a purportedly reputable journalist to impugn the right of anyone WITH a terminal degree to be addressed as "doctor" underscores the man's ignorance & misogyny.
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(Side note: I also have an MA in English. Why not pursue a Ph.D. in that field? Because US education is an unmitigated mess, & I felt called to do something about it, working from within to effect student-centered reforms. Now I prepare English teachers at the university).
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