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Education Secretary speaks at Stanford

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke to reporters at the EWA seminar at Stanford about diversity in classrooms, online education, and the Obama administration's preschool plan.
Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance cover

Closing the Opportunity Gap

This volume by Prudence Carter and Kevin Welner brings together leading education experts to argue that policy and reform efforts must focus on the inequality of learning opportunities in America's schools.
Getting Teacher Evaluation Right: What Really Matters for Effectiveness and Improvement cover

Getting Teacher Evaluation Right

Darling-Hammond's new book makes a compelling case for a research-based approach to teacher evaluation that supports collaborative models of teacher planning and learning.

Events

Brown Bag Seminar: Re-Opening a Silenced Dialogue: Placing Equity, Quality, and Educational Opportunity at the Center of Teacher Education
May 20, 2013
Professor Ball's current research focuses on the implementation of her "Model of Generative Change" in teacher education and professional development.
A Webinar for Educators: Bringing the Equity Commission to America's Classrooms
May 22, 2013
This webinar will discuss how the Equity and Excellence Commission’s findings can help support local efforts to promote educational equity and success in schools.

Our Mission

The Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) fosters research, policy, and practice to advance high quality, equitable education systems in the United States and internationally.

SCOPE is an affiliate of the Stanford Graduate School of Education and the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, and sponsors the work of the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity.

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