News & Media

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K-12 | Science and Math Education | Teaching

October 13, 2021

Research Stories

How to teach data science in K-12 schools? Stanford-led team launches “Big Ideas”

Research Stories

October 12, 2021

Stanford researchers collaborate to test new approaches for combating misinformation

Civics and History | Teaching | Technology

September 6, 2021

Ninth-grade ethnic studies helped students for years, Stanford researchers find

Curriculum and Instruction | Diversity and Identity | K-12

August 25, 2021

Creating new opportunities for working learners

Faculty and Programs | Higher Education

August 24, 2021

After a year of virtual learning, local kids and new teachers benefit from a collaboration between Stanford and the Sunnyvale School District

Alumni | K-12 | Teaching

August 9, 2021

Stanford study reveals how public schools’ reopening decisions during the pandemic influenced a drop in enrollment

Data Science | Education Policy | K-12

June 9, 2021

Can schools punish a student for a social media post? Stanford scholars discuss an imminent Supreme Court ruling

Education Policy | School Leadership | Students

School's In

Our lively podcast and SiriusXM satellite radio series explores current issues in education with hosts Dean Dan Schwartz and Denise Pope.

October 11, 2021

Making a large class feel small

Innovation | Science and Math Education | Teaching

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September 27, 2021

Looking back to find meaning

Child Development | Social and Emotional Learning

September 14, 2021

The story behind the modern university

Higher Education

September 8, 2021

The psychology of belonging

Diversity and Identity | Social and Emotional Learning

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Media Mentions

NBC News

What Netflix’s ‘The Chair’ (and academia) get wrong about diversity

The tokenism of the “diversity hire” trivializes the profound impact that women and minorities have had on American education, writes Associate Professor Emily Levine.

August 29, 2021

Illinois is the first state to have high schools teach news literacy

Joel Breakstone, director of the Stanford History Education Group, addresses the misconception that young people are adept at making sense of digital information.

August 12, 2021

The Pandemic Exodus: Kindergarten Enrollment Drops

An analysis by The New York Times in conjunction with Stanford University shows that in 33 states, 10,000 local public schools lost at least 20 percent of their kindergartners during the pandemic.

August 7, 2021