
Kristin Barklund
Program Coordinator
About Us
Housed at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, the Stanford Accelerator for Learning is an interdisciplinary hub for researchers, educators, entrepreneurs and others to collaborate on learning solutions. Stanford Accelerator for Learning supports researchers with funding and other resources and brings together partners from outside and across Stanford. Stanford Accelerator for Learning is a key part of Stanford’s vision to accelerate solutions for the betterment of humanity.
Stanford Accelerator for Learning is currently focused on five areas that show high need and high promise including digital learning, early childhood education, learning differences, underserved and under-resourced learners, and working learners
Stanford Accelerator for Learning connects experts from the sciences, medicine, engineering, law, and the humanities to expedite solutions for all learners. We also bring researchers and partners in the field together to achieve true system change.
Why learning
We dedicate a tremendous percentage of our lives to learning.
Learning is correlated with most every positive life outcome – from better health and higher incomes to deeper community engagement. Societies that invest in learning benefit from lower crime rates and more stable governments, and experience more prosperity. Yet high quality learning opportunities remain out of reach for many across the globe with devastating consequences for families, societies, and economies.
Learning must be central to any plan to improve people’s lives.
The Stanford Accelerator for Learning will help usher in a new era of learning by harnessing the power of a research university, co-creating with those most engaged and aware in the field, and bringing knowledge, ideas, and solutions to the world.
Kristin Barklund
Program Coordinator
Kristen Pilner Blair
Director of Research, Digital Learning
Geoffrey M. Cox
Director, Stanford Learning Partners
Olivia B. Crawford
Chief Operating Officer
Philip Fisher
Faculty Director, Early Childhood
Isabelle Hau
Executive Director
Elizabeth Kozleski
Faculty Co-Director, Learning Differences
Susanna Loeb
Faculty Director, EdSolutions
Ira Lit
Faculty Co-Director, Learning Differences
Nereyda Salinas
Co-Director, Stanford Learning Partners
Dan Schwartz
I. James Quillen Dean, Nomellini & Olivier Professor of Educational Technology, and The Halper Family Faculty Director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning
Candace Thille
Faculty Director, Adult Learning
Angela Hall Watkins
Chief Development Officer