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Upcoming Events

Brown Bag Seminar: A Question of Belonging: A Social-Psychological Approach to Understanding and Remedying Group Disparities in School Achievement
February 27, 2012

Professor Greg Walton will explore the psychological factors behind group differences in academic achievement between ethnic and gender groups. 

Brown Bag Seminar: Despite the Best Intentions: Exploring Why Racial Inequality Persists in Good Schools
March 5, 2012

Amanda Lewis will discuss her current project, which examines why racial inequality persists in good schools. 

Screening of Mitchell 20 and Panel Discussion
March 20, 2012

Join us for a screening and panel discussion of Mitchell 20, the true story of a group of 20 teachers who decided to improve the quality of teaching in an inner city school. 

Smaller Learning Community Study Visits: Hillsdale High School
March 26, 2012 - March 27, 2012

School teams can register now for the final 2011-12 inquiry-based tour in March of a highly successful high school of smaller learning communities in San Mateo, CA.

Past Events

Tutorpedia Foundation Benefit
February 15, 2012
SCOPE is proud to co-sponsor Tutorpedia Foundation's For the Love of Education fundraiser and panel with Linda Darling-Hammond, Alan Lowenthal, and others.
Brown Bag Seminar: Displacement, Disruption, and Schooling: Education and Armed Conflict on the U.S.-Mexico Border
February 13, 2012
Professor Guadalupe Valdes will examine the challenges of providing access to education Mexican refugee children in one city on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Brown Bag Seminar: Building Equitable Classrooms
January 30, 2012
Professor Rachel Lotan will discuss pedagogical approaches that create and support equitable classrooms for diverse student populations.
Teaching Quality in California: Policy and Research Briefing
January 20, 2012
Join State Superintendent for Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, Stanford University Professor Linda Darling-Hammond, editor and writer John Fensterwald, and many others for this forum on research and policy to improve teaching quality in California.