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September 9th, 2025 Announcements, Digital Learning

Stanford and Google researchers team up to develop an educational game that helps teens understand and use AI responsibly

The free interactive learning game is designed to help middle schoolers apply AI in real-world scenarios.
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July 29th, 2025 Announcements, SCALE

How is ChatGPT impacting schools, really? Stanford researchers aim to find out.

A new collaboration between Stanford’s SCALE Initiative and OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, strives to better understand how students and teachers use the popular AI platform and how it impacts learning.
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July 16th, 2025 Research, Workforce Learners

“A more authentic learning experience”: Stanford research finds VR training can help build empathy in the workplace

New study led by researchers at the Stanford Accelerator for Learning explores how companies can use immersive technology to boost new managers’ relational skills.
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July 21st, 2025 Learning Differences

Inclusive by design: Stanford initiative releases new paper that explores how AI can support learners with disabilities

A new report from the Stanford Accelerator for Learning outlines how tech developers, researchers, teachers, and policymakers can ensure AI tools serve all learners.
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June 12th, 2025 Research

Digital twins reveal how math disabilities affect the brain ↗

Using AI to analyze brain scans of students solving math problems, Stanford Accelerator for Learning Faculty Affiliate Vinod Menon and co-authors offer the first-ever glimpse into the neural roots of math learning disabilities.
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A young woman wearing a VR headset and dressed professionally stands in the center of a conference room. Six other people wearing VR headsets sit facing her.
June 12th, 2025

Five things to do in virtual reality – and five to avoid ↗

A review of experimental research by Jeremy Bailenson, faculty affiliate of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning, reveals how VR is best used and why it’s struggled to become a megahit with consumers.
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June 12th, 2025 Workforce Learners

Reimagining education in the age of longevity ↗

In this episode of School’s In, Stanford Accelerator for Learning Faculty Affiliate Mitchell Stevens discusses ways to prepare young people for long lives of learning, work, and transitions.
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May 15th, 2025 SCALE

Helping every child succeed: Scaling support that works ↗

In this episode of School’s In, SCALE Faculty Director Susanna Loeb discusses how to scale education research for the greatest impact on student learning.
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April 29th, 2025 Research

Assessing the Role of Intelligent Tutors in K-12 Education ↗

Faculty Affiliate Emma Brunskill and co-authors find that short-horizon data from edtech platforms can help predict student performance in the long term.
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