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From cell to cell: Kyle Cole builds bridges for nontraditional learners at Stanford
Mike Acedo of Stanford Digital Education is quoted in this report from the Stanford Daily on campus efforts to coordinate and advance programs for nontraditional students.
June 19, 2025
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Stanford undergrad Puja Chopade bikes cross-country to bring the joy of learning — and emergency medicine techniques — to rural students
As a group of Stanford cyclists sets out on a cross-country biking-teaching journey, biology major Puja Chopade talks about what drew her to the team and its educational mission.
June 17, 2025
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Opening doors together: Reflections on the 2025 National Education Equity Lab West Coast Summit
A Stanford organizer of the event tells how some 350 students from Los Angeles-area Title I high schools saw firsthand how a university education is in their reach.
June 12, 2025
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Foothill College and Stanford create online class on computer coding for community colleges
The new Foothill course draws on the platform and personal teaching model used in Code in Place, a popular global course launched by Stanford faculty during the pandemic
June 10, 2025
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Topeka High grad credits a class with helping her get to Georgetown
13 WIBW, a television station in Topeka, Kansas, highlights how taking courses through the National Education Equity Lab contributed to a college-going student's success.
June 03, 2025
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New Lines for Human Centered Learning, Spring 2025
Scaling social capital, teaching AI in high schools, exploring dual-enrollment courses, and a panel on AI agents' impact on the future of learning
May 07, 2025
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Newark students learn the basics of AI as they weigh its use in their future careers
Chalkbeat Newark reports on the implementation of an AI curriculum in the classroom of Mike Taubman, a teacher and Stanford Digital Education fellow.
May 06, 2025
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Tasheena Thompson, ’26: Ready to serve
Pre-med student Tasheena Thompson, a biology major, talks about her journey from Tohatchi, New Mexico, to Stanford University, and what that represents to her Navajo community.
May 05, 2025
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Congratulations to high school students excelling in courses from Stanford and beyond
The National Education Equity Lab celebrated its National Honor Society inductees, including 51 students who earned top grades in a Stanford computer science course.
April 22, 2025
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Scaling Social Capital
This essay is based on a keynote address that Stanford Vice Provost for Digital Education Matthew Rascoff gave at the University of Florida Intersections conference on Feb. 20.
April 07, 2025
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The Future of Learning: AI Agents and Human-Centered Education
Watch the recording of the panel conversation with Alessandro Di Lullo, James Genone, and Matthew Rascoff, part of the Academic Innovation for the Public Good series.
March 31, 2025
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Spotlight on Varun Madan, undergraduate computer science student at Stanford Engineering
Varun Madan, a teaching fellow for CS 105: Introduction to Computers, shares what drew him to Stanford and what he finds rewarding about teaching and mentoring high schoolers.
March 18, 2025
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Understanding measles, a highly infectious but preventable disease
Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Charles Prober of Stanford Medicine shared information about measles with SDE's Jenny Robinson for a Q&A on the Digital Medic blog.
March 17, 2025
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New Stanford courses in pipeline for high schools in low-income communities
Stanford Digital Education plans to double the number of courses it offers in Title I high schools by 2027.
February 25, 2025
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Three questions on ‘Digital Education for Access and Equity’
A Q&A with Annie Sadler, Martin Kurzweil, and Matthew Rascoff published in Inside Higher Ed explores their chapter in a new book, Recentering Learning.
February 20, 2025
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Stanford Digital Education creates AI curriculum for high schools
With support from high school teachers in New York and California, the program combines lesson plans, eventually to be available online, with the Google ‘AI Essentials’ course.
February 18, 2025
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Introducing Spokes 2025
The 2025 Stanford Spokes team includes undergraduate and graduate students with interests ranging from biology and mechanical engineering to math and political science.
February 13, 2025
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Educational AI with ‘humanity in the loop’
In a keynote at the UNESCO International Day of Education, Vice Provost Matthew Rascoff offered a framework for understanding the potential of AI to advance education globally.
January 29, 2025
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New Lines on Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., Winter 2025
MLK's "Other America" speech at Stanford; the secret behind bringing Stanford courses to high schools; fostering civic engagement skills, and more
January 16, 2025
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Martin Luther King, Jr., gave a speech at Stanford that we must not forget
The 40th observation of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is an opportunity to reflect on his legacy and our educational ideals.
January 16, 2025
