A study by Stanford researchers shows improvement in students’ attitudes and test scores after teachers change their own mindset – and instruction – around math.
During the summer, Stanford opens its classrooms, labs and libraries to middle and high school students from nearby communities, across the United States and around the world. Teachers also participate in summer professional development courses on the Farm.
Graduate students in mechanical engineering shared their engineering know-how and enthusiasm through a new program for local middle and high school students. The program’s interactive classes exposed teenagers to the breadth of engineering.
A Stanford course groups undergraduate students with local first-graders to create picture books intended to help children better understand personal or social problems.
In a new book, Stanford scholar Susanna Loeb encourages education policymakers to consider the many different values of an education, beyond test scores, alongside available research evidence when crafting their decisions.
A new professional development course at Stanford for middle and high school teachers highlights the importance of teaching the history of the First World War in a global context.
