Economic Policy Institute report compares students in the U.S., other countries Susannah Meyer November 24, 2015 0 Comments A report recently published by the Economic Policy Institute suggests that United States schools may not be trailing behind those of other countries as much as previous studies have suggested. Read More »
Cantor Arts Center partners with local Boys & Girls Club Rebecca Aydin October 25, 2015 0 Comments STANFORD—A joint arts program between the Boys & Girls Club of East Menlo Park and the Cantor Arts Center culminated in a final presentation and gallery tour last Friday. Read More »
MOOCs less successful than original hopes, researchers say Jeremy Quach October 16, 2015 0 Comments Stanford researchers have concluded that MOOCs (massive open online courses) haven’t quite been the revolutionary change in education for which they had hoped. Completion rates are low, and classes... Read More »
Teach for America CEO Villanueva Beard discusses education Audrey Huynh October 12, 2015 0 Comments Stanford students gathered to hear CEO of Teach for America (TFA) Elisa Villanueva Beard last Thursday, to share her wisdom as one of the two keynote speakers for Social Impact Week, hosted by the... Read More »
Q&A with Linda Darling-Hammond, founder of the Learning Policy Institute Qitong Cao September 29, 2015 0 Comments Earlier this month, Linda Darling-Hammond, emeritus professor of education, announced the founding of the Learning Policy Institute, a new education think-tank that strives to facilitate education... Read More »
Stanford researchers identify new, more effective ways to teach math to children Eileen Toh July 29, 2015 0 Comments Researchers at the Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) have discovered new, more successful classroom methods to teach negative numbers to children using symmetry. Read More »
New dean of Graduate School of Education Daniel Schwartz introduces background, future goals Malini Ramaiyer July 22, 2015 0 Comments The new dean of the Graduate School of Education (GSE) Daniel Schwartz began his teaching career with an emergency teaching credential, a 1957 grammar book and a class full of kids in south-central... Read More »
Stanford researchers reveal teachers more likely to label black students ‘troublemakers’ Allegra Clara McComb May 7, 2015 4 Comments Graduate student of psychology, Jason Okonofua, recently conducted research on teachers’ tendencies to discipline black students more harshly than white students, concluding that not only are... Read More »