SCIENCE OF LEARNING

Carl Wieman awarded world's largest prize in education

The Yidan Prize recognizes his work to improve college STEM teaching and learning. 

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THE PROMISE OF EVERY CHILD

A new era for California’s ‘invisible’ schools

The GSE’s John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities is leading an initiative to improve the state’s alternative schools.

EMPOWERED EDUCATORS

Preparing community college leaders for uncertainty

Stanford scholar Thomas Ehrlich and Montgomery College president DeRionne Pollard discuss the challenges facing community colleges this fall.  

IDENTITIES AND PARTICIPATION

Civics lessons for a new moment

Assistant Professor Antero Garcia talks about teaching civics in a highly polarized country during a pandemic.

A DATA REVOLUTION

Bridging education and data science

An international conference co-organized by GSE professors Daniel McFarland and Ben Domingue brought scholars from the two fields together.

New York Times

Assistant Professor Sarah Levine talks about how standardized testing affects students’ experience of reading literature.

Mother Jones

Professor Sean Reardon cautions about websites linking residential choices to what appears to be a measure of school quality.

Professor Jo Boaler talks about how students develop a fear of math and offers ways to improve their attitude toward the subject.

The Atlantic

The pandemic has parents fleeing from schools—maybe forever

Professor Mitchell Stevens discusses why parents might see traditional schooling as risky.

Teen Vogue

An op-ed co-authored by Associate Professor Subini Annamma explores how Black girls are targeted at school because of their disabilities, along with their race and gender.