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The latest research, news and ideas from Stanford GSE.
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Logo: News and Research From Stanford Graduate School of Education | The Educator
In this issue of the Educator, as schools across the country resume in one form or another, we're bringing you research and ideas from Stanford Graduate School of Education about what teaching and learning may look like this fall and beyond.

We also invite you to join us on September 4 for a discussion and Q&A with Associate Professor Jelena Obradović on ways for parents and caregivers to support distance learning at home for K-5 students. 
IDENTITIES AND PARTICIPATION
Making ethical decisions in difficult times
Professor Rob Reich provides a framework for making hard choices during the pandemic, including whether to join a “learning pod.”
A WORTHWHILE EDUCATION
Taking the focus off of ‘screen time’
With kids relying more on the internet for learning and connection, Professor Jeff Hancock explains why setting limits on screen time may not be helpful.
SCIENCE OF LEARNING
Accelerating new learning solutions
Dean Dan Schwartz talks about an education research initiative at Stanford that merges the science of learning with the design of learning experiences.
EMPOWERED EDUCATORS
When is it safe to go back?
Professor Yvonne Maldonado, MD, discusses what the science suggests about COVID-19 and children.
RESEARCH AND PRACTICE EXCHANGE
Helping kids to learn at home
Download a tip sheet for caregivers—available in eight languages—from Associate Professor Jelena Obradović, director of the Stanford Project on Adaptation and Resilience in Kids (SPARK).
THE PROMISE OF EVERY CHILD
‘Summer slide’ meets COVID-19
Professor Thomas Dee shares findings from his research into a San Francisco program to address summer learning loss.
TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY
How can we improve online learning?
Computer scientist John Mitchell and GSE doctoral student Maxwell Bigman offer insights from this moment in education history. 

Media Mentions
New York Times
Professor Deborah Stipek offers guidance to help parents focus on getting the best learning opportunities possible under the current circumstances.
EdSource
GSE digital learning specialists Shawn Kim and Josh Weiss discuss the implications of keeping cameras on during remote classes.
TIME
In an op-ed, Assistant Professor Michael Hines says that improving the prospects for Black youth in America’s schools means developing and diversifying the teachers inside them.
Bloomberg
Senior Lecturer Denise Pope talks about the challenges of “road schooling,” where parents combine homeschooling and travel.
New York Times
Even before COVID-19, higher education was “in many ways being held together by prayers, Band-Aids, international students and a lot of debt,” says Professor Mitchell Stevens.
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