Discoveries, ideas and people to watch
Stanford professors, staff and students are using K-12 initiative grant money to turn at-risk youth into environmental stewards with the successful launch of a grassroots program in Redwood City, California.
Tagged: ecology, Education Venture Fund, teaching, K-12 Education, Education
Even before Katrina, New Orleans education system was in dire straits. People like Stanford Alumna Channa Cook aim to fix that.
Tagged: charter schools, teaching, K-12 Education, Education
In a recent NEWSWEEK interview, Obama advisor and Stanford education professor Linda Darling-Hammond discusses standardized testing, teachers unions, and the lessons U.S. schools should take from other countries.
Tagged: schools, teaching, K-12 Education, Education
VIDEO: The Stanford charter school program interweaves the School of Education's training and research with a real educational system. This enables the University to train better teachers and helps prepare students in the East Palo Alto community for college.Tagged: charter school, teaching, K-12 Education, Education
According to a recent study by researchers in Stanford's School of Education, students who learned the basic concepts of photosynthesis in "everyday English" before learning the scientific terms for the phenomenon fared much better on tests than students taught the traditional way.
Tagged: learning, teaching, youth, K-12 Education, Education
The National History Education Clearinghouse, an online project that
brings U.S. history teachers high-quality support and resources, has
been launched by Stanford and George Mason University.
Tagged: history, online, teaching, United States, K-12 Education, Education
Stanford economist Caroline Hoxby cites research showing advantages of charter schools.
Tagged: charter schools, economics, teaching, United States, K-12 Education, Education, Humanities & Sciences
Stanford's Project WRITE helps high school students, many of whom are non-native English speakers, develop writing skills that will help them succeed in college and beyond.
Tagged: schools, teaching, K-12 Education, Education
Full video of the 10 week Google.org course on poverty and development, moderated by Stanford Program on Global Justice Director, Joshua Cohen, is now available on YouTube.com.
Tagged: development, poverty, teaching, Human Health, International Issues, Public Service, Humanities & Sciences
Since her freshman year at Stanford, Dunke Hughes, '05, MA '06, knew her future lay in teaching others. However, by the time she was a junior, Hughes was discouraged by her heavy college loan burden that would be difficult to repay on a teacher's salary.
Tagged: alumni, charter school, scholarships, teaching, K-12 Education, On Campus, Public Service, Education