In sports, the thrill of competition often goes hand-in-hand with excessive pressure on young athletes and concerns about performance-enhancing drugs. Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck and alumnus Jim Thompson are attacking these issues by spreading the word about the importance of 'mindset' and positive coaching.

Tagged: sports, youth, K-12 Education, On Campus, Humanities & Sciences

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

Not long after a congressional panel warned the country was splitting into separate societies divided by race, the nation took notice. More money was pumped into urban schools. Opportunities once reserved for white students began opening to their black peers. New teachers were encouraged to take jobs in city schools.

That was 40 years ago. But educators and policy experts who gathered last week at Stanford said that many achievements that peaked in the country's schools by the mid-1970s have eroded.

Tagged: learning, poverty, race, youth, K-12 Education, Education

In China, only 5% of rural poor students go on to pursue higher education compared to 70% of their counterparts in urban areas. Stanford researchers are working in rural China to help improve education through a combination of direct interventions and scientific research.

Tagged: China, International Initiative, poverty, youth, International Issues, K-12 Education, Public Service, Education

VIDEO: The human body is accompanied by a mind and many would say a soul, but it is fundamentally a machine. And so, Professor Scott Delp reasoned several years ago, it should be simulated on a computer, yielding new insights that doctors and researchers could use to help the disabled, the elderly and even healthy athletes move better.

Tagged: bioengineering, learning, simulation, Human Health, K-12 Education, Engineering

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

Stanford has developed a multimedia curriculum for teenagers that introduces them to China's history, culture and politics through the prism of the upcoming Olympics.

Tagged: China, Olympics, SPICE, International Issues, K-12 Education, Education

Why are many young people failing to launch? After six years of interviews, Bill Damon discusses why some kids are thriving and others are stalled, and how adults can help kids find their callings.

Tagged: purpose, schools, youth, K-12 Education, Education

Researchers at Stanford and at universities in Africa and Latin America are pushing the boundaries of distance learning to develop new collaborative models that will prepare students to work in an increasingly borderless world.

Tagged: Africa, Chile, Latin America, learning, Mexico, Tanzania, International Issues, K-12 Education, On Campus

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