In the News
In the News
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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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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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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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How higher education can win back America
Michael Roth, Wesleyan's president, argues in the New York Times that universities can recover the public's good will by bringing opportunities to new groups of learners.
December 27, 2024
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The Ed Equity Lab, a leading college pipeline, achieves great success
Michael Nietzel, writing in Forbes, describes how a collaboration between universities and the National Education Equity Lab prepares low-income students to thrive in college.
November 26, 2024
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Preliminary admissions data for class of 2028 shows drop in Black, Latino enrollment
Among the strategies for outreach to underrepresented populations is strengthening the program that offers Stanford courses to Title I high schools, per the Stanford Daily.
October 02, 2024
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Stanford releases preliminary enrollment data for Class of 2028
The class is the first to be admitted under last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on college admissions, explains Stanford Report.
October 01, 2024
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Wheels of change: Stanford Spokes cyclists tackle education awareness
The Stanford Daily reports on the Stanford Spokes' efforts to bring dynamic STEM education to under-resourced communities.
September 25, 2024
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How to make AI work for higher education
Vice Provost Matthew Rascoff's piece, republished on Work Shift, argues that research and regulatory frameworks from other sectors could add value in the ed tech space.
July 24, 2024
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South Texas College (STC) inspires Stanford University to implement Google IT certificate
A story on the community college's website describes how Stanford Digital Education consulted with STC faculty to devise a program for Bay Area community colleges.
June 25, 2024
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Colleges reinstating the ACT/SAT should add a program like this too
Selective universities can identify talented low-income students by offering dual credit courses with the National Education Equity Lab, writes Michael Nietzel in Forbes.
May 23, 2024
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Topeka High students' critical thinking draws visit from Stanford University professor
This is the second year that Greg Watkins' ethics course, "Searching Together for the Common Good," has been offered at Topeka High School through Stanford Digital Education.
May 15, 2024
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Inside the first-of-its-kind computer science class Antioch High offers with Stanford
Students at Antioch High School are learning the basics of how the internet works, along with introductory coding, reports the Nashville Tennessean.
December 11, 2023
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Bringing college-level work closer to home
Underserved and justice-impacted students at Niagara Falls High School are taking a Stanford computer science course after school, reports the Niagara Gazette.
November 15, 2023
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‘Committed to a holistic review’: Provost provides admissions update
The university has been preparing for this year’s admission cycle in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling regarding race-conscious admissions, says Stanford Report.
October 05, 2023
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How will AI be taught in classrooms? These Bay Area teachers are integrating it into lessons
ABC7 reports on the free curricular resource developed by Stanford education professor Victor Lee and his team.
August 15, 2023
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Bringing AI literacy to high schools
Stanford education researchers collaborated with teachers to develop classroom-ready AI resources for high school instructors across subject areas.
August 07, 2023
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This Stanford ethics course changed a young student’s life
A New York City high school student shares how the Structured Liberal Education course impacted his thinking.
July 20, 2023
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Colleges must recruit scholars
Online dual enrollment courses could help low-income students and schools find a good fit, writes Vice Provost for Digital Education Matthew Rascoff in the Wall Street Journal.
July 14, 2023