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Prof. William Damon
Researchers examine the secrets of successful young entrepreneurs

The Stanford Center on Adolescence, led by Bill Damon, has teamed up with researchers at Tufts University to learn how we can effectively foster enterprising skills among adolescents and young adults.

Assoc. Prof. H. Samy Alim
Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Language launches new website

The Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Language is directed by H. Samy Alim, with John Rickford and Arnetha Ball. Learn more about CREAL events, workshops, and courses, and read about critical issues.

Take a Giant Step
Darling-Hammond and Barron offer blueprint for teaching children in the digital age

Modernizing professional learning programs and expanding broadband to cover publicly funded preschool programs are two recommendations from a new report co-authored by Professors Linda Darling-Hammond and Brigid Barron.

Paulo Blikstein
One Fabrication Lab per School: the FabLab@School project

Paulo Blikstein spoke at TEDx Manhattan Beach last October about FabLab@School, a digital fabrication lab aimed at boosting student interest in STEM fields. Watch the full talk.

Hillsdale students
Registration open for SLC Study Visits

Registration is now open for Smaller Learning Communities Study Visits to Hillsdale High School. These inquiry-based professional learning tours provide schools and districts with the opportunity to learn from Hillsdale High’s practices and transformation process to inform their own school transformation.

FabLab@School in Moscow
Stanford opens first-ever high school digital fabrication lab in Russia

FabLab@School is designed to boost student interest in STEM fields, says Paulo Blikstein

Assoc. Prof. Eric Bettinger
Stanford study shows college student coaching improves retention and graduation rates

Coaching is one of the more cost effective ways to improve retention and graduation rates, according to a new study by Eric Bettinger and doctoral student Rachel Baker.

Prof. Claude Goldenberg
Examining the impact of professional learning communities

Claude Goldenberg has won Learning Forward’s Best Research Award for his studies examining the impact of professional learning communities on student achievement and teacher instruction.

Prof. Geoffrey Cohen
Reducing the gender achievement gap in college science

A simple “values affirmation” writing exercise can make a dramatic difference in the exam scores of female physics students, according to Geoffrey Cohen in a new study published in Science.

Prof. Linda Darling-Hammond
Using teacher performance assessments to improve teaching

Teacher performance assessments can be used to strengthen licensure, teacher preparation, and instructional practice, according to Prof. Linda Darling-Hammond in a new report.

Assoc. Prof. (Teaching) Ira Lit
Lit says professional ed. programs must integrate developmental science

Educator prep. programs must be strengthened so that educators are equipped to address children's development needs, according to Ira Lit  in a new paper commissioned by NCATE.

Prof. Kenji Hakuta
Hakuta to deliver AERA's 7th Annual Brown Lecture

Professor Kenji Hakuta will present "Educating Language Minority Students and Affirming Their Equal Rights" on October 28 in Washington, D.C.

Associate Prof. H. Samy Alim
Alim on DEA's embrace of Ebonics

H. Samy Alim says the Drug Enforcement Administration's controversial request to hire Ebonics translators highlights several ironies.

Susanna Loeb
Loeb on school leadership

Professor Susanna Loeb discussed the increasingly complex roles of school leadership at a recent PACE conference examining LAUSD’s reform efforts.

Mitchell Stevens
New director of SCANCOR

Associate Professor Mitchell Stevens has been appointed the new director of the Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research (SCANCOR).

Arnetha Ball
Ball receives AERA award for groundbreaking article
Professor Arnetha Ball has been voted president-elect of the American Educational Research Association.

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