K-12 Education

Competing for jobs, hearts, and minds

main_image-carnoy.jpgIn his 40-year career, Professor Martin Carnoy has studied education in countries throughout Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Trained as a labor economist, he has a special interest in how changes in the world economy affect education and how education affects a country's competitive prospects.

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Stanford economist says charter schools can pull U.S. out of educational slump

hoxby3.jpgStanford economist Caroline Hoxby cites research showing advantages of charter schools.

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East Palo Alto Academy High students hone writing skills in campus program

write_luisrudy.jpgStanford'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.

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Martin Luther King, Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks top list of heroes

main_image-MLK-at-rally.jpgThe nation's leading heroes, in the eyes of its youth, are African Americans, according to a study by Stanford Education Professor Sam Wineburg and alum Chauncey Monte-Sano, an assistant professor of education at the University of Maryland.

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United States can learn from high school students in India, China, GSB speaker says

main_image-blue-face.jpgMost Americans have heard that the United States lags China and India in math and science education, but they often dismiss that reality, assuming that the leaders emphasize rote learning at the expense of teaching well-rounded original thinking.

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Making teaching more affordable

dunke.jpgSince 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.

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Study shows how mindset affects learning

carol dweck.jpgAccording to Stanford professor, Carol Dweck, people's self-theories about intelligence have a profound influence on their motivation to learn. Students who hold a "fixed" theory are mainly concerned with how smart they are, so prefer tasks they can already do well. In contrast, people who believe in an "expandable" or "growth" theory of intelligence want to challenge themselves to increase their abilities, even if they fail at first.

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Law clinic works toward "equal and excellent" educational opportunities

main_image_twogirls.jpgThe Youth and Education Law Project works to ensure that disadvantaged youth have access to "equal and excellent" educational opportunities while providing a compelling training ground for future lawyers.

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Study calls for major overhaul of California schools

Loeb_Susanna.jpgStanford researchers have headed an unprecedented investigation into California's troubled K-12 education system. Their findings reveal that millions of students will be able to attain the state's high achievement standards only if what they describe as California's irrational, complex and restrictive school finance and governance system is overhauled from the bottom up.

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