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Teresa LaFromboise, professor of education in Development and Psychological Sciences at Stanford, talks about the challenges facing schools with a predominantly Native American population and how those communities are addressing those problems.
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Francisco Ramirez, professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, tells us about the politics behind textbooks and how changes in textbooks reflect a national outlook.
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Amika Guillaume of East Palo Alto Academy gives us insight into the daily life of a principal. She also discusses some of the challenges in helping first generation students get into college and the importance of professional development for teachers aiming to improve education outcomes.
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Keith Devlin, Stanford mathematician and NPR Weekend Edition “Math Guy," talks about how learning math in the classroom is evolving and why it is more important for students to understand math concepts than it is to repeatedly solve equations.
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Kenji Hakuta, professor emeritus at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, talks about how the Common Core educational standards were set and why standards exist in the first place.
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Ira Lit, director of Stanford’s Elementary Teacher Education Program, discusses how parents can prepare their kids for school and some of the ways teachers can prepare to meet the needs of their students.
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Jennifer Wolf, senior lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, discusses young adult literature, banned books, and whether or not it is easy to find the next big hit in the genre that spawned recent classics like Harry Potter and The Hunger Games.
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Mitchell Stevens, associate professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, shares his expertise on college path planning and how the use of a web-based tool called Carta is helping students plan their college course trajectory.
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Ari Kelman, the Jim Joseph Chair in Education and Jewish Studies and associate professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education , discusses religion in schools, the sense of belonging faith creates, and how people learn about religion following an epiphany.
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Linda Darling-Hammond, President and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute and professor emeritus at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, shares her top five suggestions to improve America’s schools and prepare students to compete for 21st century jobs.
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