Greenhaus Education and Other "Effects"

I have had a bad week and was feeling a little uninspired.  I even missed my weekly #edchat, so feel disconnected from my PLN.  Which perhaps explains my very negative reaction to the article from Education Week entitled " The Ed.D. Dilemma: Why Harvard's Decision Could Harm the Quest for Teacher Professionalism".   And actually, it's not the article, it's Harvard's decision and the implication that an Ed.D. is not as worthy as a Ph.D. My thoughts - well, my thoughts are not appropriate so I will keep them to myself. Here is the line that got my ire up: "Within the field of education, Ed.D. programs had for a long time been assumed to be inferior to Ph.D. programs, and only marginally useful to the improvement of educational practice, policy, and administration."  Now, granted, past tense is used here and Ted Purinton was just stating a fact that is unfortunately, quite true. From my own personal experience, when I tell people I am getti...