A year of School’s In 

Catch up on episodes of our SiriusXM radio show and podcast with hosts Dean Dan Schwartz and Senior Lecturer Denise Pope. This year, expert guests tackled the controversy over school start times, innovations in special ed, pre-K “fade-out,” and more.  

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Discoveries of 2019

How does the brain change as kids learn? Can a simple intervention reduce school discipline disparities? What can teachers do to make science class more culturally relevant? This year our scholars paved the way for new approaches to an array of issues in education.

Wall Street Journal

Professor Sean Reardon discusses a promising approach to assuring that public school students learn alongside each other, regardless of race or economic status.

Hechinger Report

Separating ‘gifted’ children hasn’t led to better achievement

Professor Jo Boaler explores the consequences of telling students their abilities are fixed.

New York Times

Professor Sam Wineburg and Stanford undergraduate Nadav Ziv show how easily students fall for information on websites backed by corporate interests.

CalMatters

Michael Kirst, GSE professor emeritus and former president of the California School Board, weighs in on the debate over whether to stop using the high-stakes test for admissions.