Help is available, and essential, for teenagers struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts. Recognizing the link between depression and suicidal thoughts is an important first step in preventing teen suicides.

Tagged: depression, suicide, Human Health, K-12 Education, Medicine

In April 2009, McKinsey & Co. released a report that rocked both the educational and business worlds, putting a $700 billion price tag on the the difference between the performances of high- and low- income K-12 students. Jonathan Schorr recently spoke at the GSB on how a "fascinating coalition of political opposites" is coming together to try to bridge this divide.

Tagged: K-12 Education, Business, Education

A new study provides the most detailed analysis of the effects of the California High School Exit Exam to date, finding that the policy has lowered the graduation rates of girls and low-achieving students of color by 15-20 percentage points.

 

 

Tagged: K-12 Education, Education

Professor William Koski discusses President Obama's educational reform plan in an interview on KCBS radio.

Tagged: K-12 Education, Education, Law

Let's say a white student and a black student both score 1020 on their SATs. Based on their scores it stands to reason they're both typical students with the same level of potential, right? Wrong, say psychologists at Stanford University and the University of Waterloo.

Tagged: psychology, race, K-12 Education, Humanities & Sciences

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

In this recent editorial, political science professor Terry Moe argues that increasing accountability and school choice is essential to improving American education.

Tagged: K-12 Education, Humanities & Sciences

In this monthly feature from Stanford Humanities, education Professor Eamonn Callan discusses the controversial issue of public funding for special education, and philosophy Professor Debra Satz explores the link between equal opportunities in education and equal citizenship.

Tagged: K-12 Education, Education, Humanities & Sciences