Racial segregation leads to growing achievement gaps – but it does so entirely through differences in school poverty, according to new research from education Professor Sean Reardon, who is launching a new tool to help educators, parents and policymakers examine education trends by race and poverty level nationwide.
With a new school year ahead, Stanford research shows how students, teachers and parents can better understand what leads to – or in some instances, undermines – a student's success.
Under the Horizon Scholars program, Stanford provides scholarships to high-achieving students from low-income families to attend Stanford High School Summer College.
A new national study, co-authored by Stanford scholars, shows that high school students who took a course to cultivate positive beliefs about learning earned higher grades.
Three Stanford schools have opened the doors of their laboratories to teachers under a Stanford summer research program for middle school, high school and community college teachers.
Stanford researchers have applied chatbot technology to self-paced learning and significantly improved student recall and retention over flashcard-based learning.
Rooftop solar projects at schools could reduce harmful air pollution, help the environment and enhance student learning while cutting electricity costs, a new study finds.
The author and journalist will share his personal experience of raising a child with autism and lead a conversation about how to support children with learning differences. The March 6 event kicks off a research symposium on the future of special education.
Benjamin Domingue and Sam Trejo of Stanford’s Graduate School of Education warn that as genetics research expands into education, it mustn't undermine the massive role environments play in a child’s development and learning outcomes.
