Education
Stanford Educational Leadership Institute (SELI), a joint partnership of the Center for Social Innovation at the Graduate School of Business and the School of Education, invites speakers to share their vision on how to improve student achievement, maximize human and employee performance, and optimize organizational and community development to create effective change.
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Recent Conferences and Speakers
Entrepreneurship Helps Education in Developing Countries
The entrepreneurial spirit is vital to education in developing countries, and innovative programs are yielding dividends for the future of children and youth, said participants in Stanford's fifth annual international development conference, hosted April 15 by the Graduate School of Business International Development Club and the Stanford Association for International Development.
Business Principles Don't Always Work in the Classroom
The current success of the charter school movement owes some credit to successfully applying business standards, says Professor Debra Meyerson. In other cases, however, such standards may backfire and actually hurt student learning.
Trust, Not Pedagogy, May be the Key to Educational Success
Trust among teachers, principals, parents, and students is a key to improving academic achievement, Prof. Tony Bryk told a Stanford education conference: The Coming of Age for Educational Leadership: Transforming Schools for Effective Teaching and Learning. Details
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Schools Need More than High Test Scores
Raising standardized test scores is a laudable goal, but if a school really wants to thrive in the long term, it needs to pay close attention to its values, panelists agreed in an Oct. 30 program. This panel featured Tom VanderArk, a former business consultant and public school superintendent now responsible for the Gates Foundation's K-12 education grants and scholarship programs, and Jerry Porras, the Lane Professor of Organizational Behavior and Change, Emeritus, at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Details Video File, (35:55 minutes, RealPlayer® format)
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In Schools We Trust
Award winning education reformer Deborah Meier addressed a full house at the Stanford University School of Education Center for Educational Research. Her talk centered on the importance of building trust among all stakeholders in a school, the focus of her most recent book "In Schools We Trust: Creating Communities of Learning in an Era of Testing and Standardization." Details Video File, (11:52 minutes, RealPlayer® format)
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Schools Need to Develop Leaders, San Diego Education Chief Tells Conference
In a new joint initiative, Stanford's Graduate School of Business will join the School of Education to share knowledge and help redesign schools for the future. The joint venture opened Oct 23 with a symposium called "Developing Educational Entrepreneurship: Redesigning Schools for the 21st Century." Details Video File, (24:27 minutes, RealPlayer® format)
Research Links
Bad Preparation Puts Community College Students at Risk
Students heading for the nation's community colleges are less likely to be prepared for the demands of college than their classmates heading for schools with competitive admissions standards, says education professor Michael Kirst. Lack of preparation means a higher dropout rate and poses a real threat to the future qualifications of the U.S. labor force. Details
Teachers' Preferences for Where They Teach May Disadvantage Urban Schools
New teachers overwhelmingly want to teach in school districts near where they grew up, say researchers, thus creating a "cycle of poverty" for some urban schools where few graduates go on to earn teaching degrees. It's not just that teachers prefer teaching higher-performing kids, it's that they want a school like the one they attended, says Susanna Loeb, associate professor in the Stanford School of Education. Details