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EDUCATOR February 2018
Beyond brainstorming
Design thinking is all the rage in academia and the business world. Professor Shelley Goldman explains why it can also be a useful process for kids and provides tips for incorporating it into K-12 classroom learning.
In a new book, Professor Susanna Loeb encourages policymakers to consider the many different values of an education - beyond test scores - when crafting decisions.
Professor John Willinsky traces the history of intellectual property rights in a new book and says access to research is a critical part of learning that must be extended to even more people in the digital era.
Professor David Labaree writes in Aeon that writing essays by a formula was meant to be a step on the way. Now it's the stifling goal for student and scholar alike.
In 2009, Stanford formalizes a research-practice partnership with the San Francisco Unified School District. The large urban district acquires, interprets, and uses Stanford research, while Stanford students and scholars respond to and learn from real-world practices.
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