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New faculty director for Equity in Learning initiative joins the Stanford Accelerator for Learning
Maisha T. Winn joined the Accelerator July 1.
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Partnering for inclusion
A new “research practice learning partnership” between Stanford and the Santa Clara Unified School District develops effective models for inclusive education from the ground up.
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Stanford-led DREME network celebrates a decade of progress in early math
The national conference was co-hosted by the Stanford Center on Early Childhood, an initiative of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning.
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Stanford-led study links school environment to brain development
Researchers found increased white matter development in children from higher-performing schools.
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Stanford Accelerator for Learning Faculty Affiliate Rebecca Silverman appointed to endowed chair
Silverman is honored with the Judy Koch Professorship of Education.
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Softening the sharp edges in mathematics
In a new book, Stanford education professor Jo Boaler argues for creativity and ‘ish’ thinking to transform students’ relationship with math.
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Stanford Accelerator for Learning awards funding to faculty, staff, and students to envision new models for ethnic studies
The eight projects will explore approaches to implementing a new California law requiring ethnic studies to be taught in high schools.
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70 years after Brown v. Board of Education, new research shows rise in school segregation
Researchers at Stanford and USC launch the Segregation Explorer, a website providing data on segregation trends and patterns across the United States.
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Can a New Reading Assessment Tool Help Improve Literacy Rates? ↗
The Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR), a project of Stanford Accelerator for Learning Faculty Affiliate Jason Yeatman, bridges the lab, the classroom, and the community.
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Stanford teams up with The Tech Interactive and Bay Area school leaders for inaugural National AI Literacy Day
One of three events held across the country, the first annual day of action promotes AI literacy through education.
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Speaking in the future tense: Stanford researchers help ASU+GSV grapple with artificial intelligence
At this year’s annual conference on education innovation and technology, AI took center stage.
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Improving education by design
A new Stanford course connects students with partners around the globe to innovate novel approaches to educational challenges.
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Children’s drawing and drawing recognition abilities change throughout childhood
Using machine learning, Stanford researchers have found that children’s drawings contain valuable information about how they think.