Stanford University School of Education
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The Stanford University School of Education (SUSE), is one of the seven schools of Stanford University
. It is the second-oldest school of education
in the United States
, after NYU. Its mission is "to continue as a world leader in ground-breaking, cross-disciplinary inquiries that shape educational practices, their conceptual underpinnings, and the professions that serve the enterprise." Many prominent educational theories, policies
, and inventions have come from, or been influenced by, the School of Education, including the Stanford-Binet IQ test and various LeapFrog
products.
in 1916, and in 1917 was renamed the School of Education. The School of Education building and Cubberley Library were built in 1938, and the STEP program was established in 1959. In 2001, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
donated $5 million to establish the School Redesign Network. Stanford established a charter school
, the East Palo Alto Academy, which has been managed by its New Schools initiative since then. In 2008, the faculty decided unanimously to make scholarly articles available as open educational resources
, the first such move by a school of education.
The School of Education offers nine master's and four doctoral degree programs, as well as undergraduate honors and minors programs. As a graduate school of education, the undergraduate programs are not degree programs, but instead offer education-related training for students majoring in other areas, as well as co-terminal master's degrees. The largest program at the School is the Stanford Teacher Education Program, or STEP, which is the only program which offers a teaching credential
for K-12
teachers. Unlike many other schools of education, the doctoral programs are academic rather than professional doctorates, and grant Ph.D. instead of Ed.D. degrees.
The School also offers numerous professional development programs and resources for practicing elementary and secondary school teachers. These include the Center for the Support of Excellence in Teaching (CSET), the National Board Resource Center (NBRC), the Problem-Solving Cycle, and Stanford English Learner Education Services.
intervened, and the dean ultimately resolved the matter.
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. It is the second-oldest school of education
School of education
In the United States and Canada, a school of education is a division within a university that is devoted to scholarship in the field of education, which is an interdisciplinary branch of the social sciences encompassing sociology, psychology, linguistics, economics, political science, public...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, after NYU. Its mission is "to continue as a world leader in ground-breaking, cross-disciplinary inquiries that shape educational practices, their conceptual underpinnings, and the professions that serve the enterprise." Many prominent educational theories, policies
Education policy
Education policy refers to the collection of laws and rules that govern the operation of education systems.Education occurs in many forms for many purposes through many institutions. Examples include early childhood education, kindergarten through to 12th grade, two and four year colleges or...
, and inventions have come from, or been influenced by, the School of Education, including the Stanford-Binet IQ test and various LeapFrog
Leapfrog
Leapfrog is a children's game in which players vault over each other's stooped backs. The first participant rests hands on knees and bends over, which is called giving a back. Games of this sort have been called by this name since at least the late sixteenth century.The next player places hands on...
products.
History
The School of Education was founded in 1891 as the Department of the History and Art of Education, and was one of the original twenty-one departments at the newly incorporated Stanford University. It awarded its first Ph.D.Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
in 1916, and in 1917 was renamed the School of Education. The School of Education building and Cubberley Library were built in 1938, and the STEP program was established in 1959. In 2001, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. It is "driven by the interests and passions of the Gates family"...
donated $5 million to establish the School Redesign Network. Stanford established a charter school
Charter school
Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter...
, the East Palo Alto Academy, which has been managed by its New Schools initiative since then. In 2008, the faculty decided unanimously to make scholarly articles available as open educational resources
Open educational resources
Open educational resources are digital materials that can be re-used for teaching, learning, research and more, made available for free through open licenses, which allow uses of the materials that would not be easily permitted under copyright alone...
, the first such move by a school of education.
Academics
Teaching credential
A United States teaching credential is a basic multiple or single subject credential obtained upon completion of a bachelor's degree and prescribed professional education requirements. Teaching credentials are required in the United States in order to qualify to teach public school, as well as many...
for K-12
K-12
K–12 is a designation for the sum of primary and secondary education. It is used in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand where P–12 is also commonly used...
teachers. Unlike many other schools of education, the doctoral programs are academic rather than professional doctorates, and grant Ph.D. instead of Ed.D. degrees.
The School also offers numerous professional development programs and resources for practicing elementary and secondary school teachers. These include the Center for the Support of Excellence in Teaching (CSET), the National Board Resource Center (NBRC), the Problem-Solving Cycle, and Stanford English Learner Education Services.
Rankings
Since US News & World Report began ranking schools of education, Stanford has frequently been #1 overall in the United States, but has every year received the top peer assessment score of any school. The doctoral program admits 7.2% of applicants, the lowest acceptance rate in the country.Master's programs
- Curriculum and Teacher Education
- International Comparative Education (ICE)
- Individually designed M.A.Master of Arts (postgraduate)A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in Education - International Educational Administration and Policy Analysis (IEAPA)
- Learning, Design, and Technology (LDT)
- Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies (POLS)
- Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP)
- Joint MA/JDJuris DoctorJuris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
with Stanford Law SchoolStanford Law SchoolStanford Law School is a graduate school at Stanford University located in the area known as the Silicon Valley, near Palo Alto, California in the United States. The Law School was established in 1893 when former President Benjamin Harrison joined the faculty as the first professor of law... - Joint MA/MBA with the Stanford Graduate School of BusinessStanford Graduate School of BusinessThe Stanford Graduate School of Business is one of the professional schools of Stanford University, in Stanford, California and is broadly regarded as one of the best business schools in the world.The Stanford GSB offers a general management Master of Business Administration degree, the Sloan...
Doctoral programs
- Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education (CTE)
- Developmental and Psychological Sciences (DAPS)
- Social Sciences, Policy, and Educational Practice (SSPEP)
- Learning Sciences and Technology Design (LSTD) (cross-disciplinary with one of the above areas)
Faculty
Deans
- 1891-1898 Earl Barnes (Head of Department of the History and Art of Education)
- 1898-1933 Ellwood Patterson CubberleyEllwood Patterson CubberleyEllwood Patterson Cubberley was an American educator and author, a pioneer in the field of educational administration. He spent most of his career as a professor and later dean in the Stanford University School of Education in California....
(becomes first Dean of the School of Education in 1917) - 1933-1945 Grayson N. Kefauver
- 1945-1954 A. John Bartky
- 1954-1966 I. James Quillen
- 1966-1972 H. Thomas James
- 1972-1980 Arthur Coladarci
- 1980-1986 Myron Atkin
- 1986-1993 Marshall Smith
- 1995-2000 Richard ShavelsonRichard ShavelsonRichard J. Shavelson is an educational psychologist who has published over 100 research articles and books in the fields of educational assessment, cognitive psychology, and science education. He is a professor in the Stanford University School of Education and a past president of the American...
- 2000-2011 Deborah J. StipekDeborah J. StipekDeborah J. Stipek is the dean of the Stanford University School of Education. She was appointed dean in 2001. She holds a PhD in Developmental Psychology from Yale University and a BS in Psychology from the University of Washington.-External links:*...
(first woman to lead the School of Education) - 2011 - Claude SteeleClaude SteeleClaude Mason Steele is an American social psychologist and currently the I. James Quillen Dean for the School of Education at Stanford University, as well as Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at Stanford...
Notable professors
- Ralph Richard BanksRalph Richard BanksRalph Richard Banks is a professor at Stanford Law School, where he has taught since 1998. He also teaches at the Stanford University School of Education. His scholarship focuses on race, inequality and the law...
, law, race, and equality - Stephen R. BarleyStephen R. BarleyStephen R. Barley is an American organizational theorist and The Richard W. Weiland Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University and the Stanford University School of Education. Barley's research focuses on the role of technology in organizational change and...
, technology and organizational changes - William DamonWilliam DamonWilliam Damon is a Professor of Education at the Stanford University School of Education, Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, and senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace...
, peer collaboration and project-based learningProject-based learningProject-based learning, or PBL, is the use of in-depth and rigorous classroom projects to facilitate learning and assess student competence . Students use technology and inquiry to respond to a complex issue, problem or challenge... - Linda Darling-HammondLinda Darling-HammondLinda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at the Stanford University School of Education, where she launched the , the Stanford Educational Leadership Institute, and the . Darling-Hammond is author or editor of more than a dozen books and more than 300 articles on...
, education advisor to Barack Obama's presidential campaignBarack Obama presidential campaign, 2008Barack Obama, then junior United States Senator from Illinois, announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in Springfield, Illinois, on February 10, 2007. On August 27, 2008, he was declared nominee of the Democratic Party for the 2008 presidential election... - Thomas EhrlichThomas EhrlichThomas Ehrlich was the 15th president of Indiana University, serving from 1987 to 1994. Upon his retirement in 1994, Thomas Ehrlich was named President Emeritus...
, democracy and education - Elliot Eisner, arts education, curriculum reform, qualitative researchQualitative researchQualitative research is a method of inquiry employed in many different academic disciplines, traditionally in the social sciences, but also in market research and further contexts. Qualitative researchers aim to gather an in-depth understanding of human behavior and the reasons that govern such...
, recipient of Grawemeyer AwardGrawemeyer AwardThe Grawemeyer Awards are five awards given annually by the University of Louisville in the state of Kentucky, United States. The prizes are presented to individuals in the fields of education, ideas improving world order, music composition, religion, and psychology... - Nathaniel GageNathaniel GageNathaniel Lees Gage was an educational psychologist who made significant contributions to a scientific understanding of teaching. He conceived and edited the first Handbook of Research on Teaching , led the Stanford Center for Research and Development of Teaching, and served as president of the...
, pioneer in the scientific understanding of teaching - Eli Gottlieb, director, Mandel Leadership Institute, Jerusalem
- Richard Wall LymanRichard Wall LymanRichard Wall Lyman is an American educator, historian, and professor at the Stanford University School of Education.He served as the provost of Stanford University between 1967 and 1970. He then served as president of Stanford University from 1970 to 1980...
, former provostProvost (education)A provost is the senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States, Canada and Australia, the equivalent of a pro-vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland....
of Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San... - James G. MarchJames G. MarchJames Gardner March is Jack Steele Parker professor emeritus at Stanford University and the Stanford University School of Education, best known for his research on organizations and organizational decision making.- Biography :...
, organizational decision-making - Clifford NassClifford NassClifford Nass is a professor of communication at Stanford University, co-creator of The Media Equation theory, and a renowned authority on human-computer interaction. He is also known for his work on individual differences associated with multitasking. Nass is the Thomas M. Storke Professor at...
, communication and human-computer interaction - Nel NoddingsNel NoddingsNel Noddings is an American feminist, educationalist, and philosopher best known for her work in philosophy of education, educational theory, and ethics of care.-Biography:...
, philosophy of educationPhilosophy of educationPhilosophy of education can refer to either the academic field of applied philosophy or to one of any educational philosophies that promote a specific type or vision of education, and/or which examine the definition, goals and meaning of education....
, educational theory, and ethics of careEthics of careThe ethics of care is a normative ethical theory; that is, a theory about what makes actions right or wrong. It is one of a cluster of normative ethical theories that were developed by feminists in the second half of the twentieth century... - Ingram OlkinIngram OlkinIngram Olkin is a professor emeritus and chair of statistics and education at Stanford University and the Stanford University School of Education...
, statistics and education - Roy PeaRoy PeaRoy Pea is David Jacks Professor of Learning Sciences and Education at the Stanford University School of Education. He has extensively published works in the field of the Learning Sciences and on learning technology design, and made significant contributions since 1981 to the understanding of how...
, learning sciencesLearning sciencesThe term Learning Sciences refers to an interdisciplinary field that works to further scientific understanding of learning as well as to engage in the design and implementation of learning innovations, and improvement of instructional methodologies...
, learning technology design - John R. RickfordJohn R. RickfordJohn Russell Rickford is an American academic and author. His book Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English, which he wrote together with his son, Russell J. Rickford, won the American Book Award in 2000. Rickford is the J.E...
, linguistics and education - Walter W. PowellWalter W. PowellWalter W. Powell , born 1951, is a contemporary American sociologist. Powell is Professor of Education, Sociology, Organizational Behavior, Management Science and Engineering, and Communication at Stanford University and the Stanford University School of Education since 1999 and is known for his...
, organizational theory, new institutionalism, and network theory - Lee ShulmanLee ShulmanLee S. Shulman is an educational psychologist who has made notable contributions to the study of teacher education, assessment of teaching, and education in the fields of medicine, science and mathematics...
, teacher educationTeacher educationTeacher education refers to the policies and procedures designed to equip prospective teachers with the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and skills they require to perform their tasks effectively in the classroom, school and wider community....
, assessment of teaching - Patrick SuppesPatrick SuppesPatrick Colonel Suppes is an American philosopher who has made significant contributions to philosophy of science, the theory of measurement, the foundations of quantum mechanics, decision theory, psychology, and educational technology...
, philosophy and education - Lewis TermanLewis TermanLewis Madison Terman was an American psychologist, noted as a pioneer in educational psychology in the early 20th century at the Stanford University School of Education. He is best known as the inventor of the Stanford-Binet IQ test...
, creator of the Stanford Binet IQ test - John WillinskyJohn WillinskyJohn Willinsky is a Canadian educator, activist, and author.Willinsky is currently on the faculty of the Stanford University School of Education. Until 2007 he was the Pacific Press Professor of Literacy and Technology and Distinguished University Scholar in the Department of Language and Literacy...
, literacy and technology
Notable alumni
- Dwight W. AllenDwight W. AllenDr. Dwight W. Allen is a professor of education, eminent scholar, and lifelong education reformist. He served as a professor and Director of Teacher Education at his alma mater, the Stanford University School of Education from 1959 to 1967. He was Dean of the College of Education, UMASS, Amherst,...
, educational reformist and scholar - Moyra AllenMoyra AllenF. Moyra Allen, was a Canadian nurse and professor. She helped develop the McGill Model of Nursing.She received her nursing education at the Montreal General Hospital School of Nursing. She also received a Bachelor of Nursing from McGill University, a Master's degree from the University of...
, founder, Canadian Journal of Nursing ResearchCanadian Journal of Nursing ResearchThe Canadian Journal of Nursing Research is a medical journal published by the McGill University School of Nursing. Its primary goal is to publish original nursing research that develops a basic knowledge for the discipline and examines the application of the knowledge in practice.... - Aimee AllisonAimee AllisonAimee Allison is an author, public affairs television host, political activist, and a leader of the counter-recruitment movement. Beginning in September 2007, she was co-host of The Morning Show on Pacifica station KPFA, 94.1 FM in Berkeley, California.Allison was a Green Party candidate for the...
, radio host, KPFAKPFAKPFA is a listener-funded progressive talk radio and music radio station located in Berkeley, California, broadcasting to the San Francisco Bay Area. KPFA airs public news, public affairs, talk, and music programming. The station signed on-the-air April 15 1949, as the first Pacifica Station...
, 94.1 FM in Berkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington... - Juan ArambulaJuan ArambulaJuan Arambula is a former California State Assemblyman. He represented the 31st district. Arambula was elected to the Assembly in 2004. Arambula had announced that he would retire in 2008; however, he decided to run for his last term. He was a Democrat until June 2009, when he became an independent...
, former member, California State AssemblyCalifornia State AssemblyThe California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000... - Harold R. W. Benjamin, educator and author
- David BerlinerDavid BerlinerDavid C. Berliner is an educational psychologist.After a BA in psychology from UCLA and an MA in psychology from California State University at Los Angeles, Berliner received a Ph.D in Educational Psychology from the Stanford University School of Education. He also was awarded a Doctorate of Humane...
, educational psychologistEducational psychologyEducational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations. Educational psychology is concerned with how students learn and develop, often focusing... - Wilma ChanWilma ChanWilma Chan is a politician in California. Chan served as the California State Assembly Majority Leader from 2002–2004; she was the first woman and the first Asian American to hold the position. She also served as Assembly Majority Whip from 2001-2002. Chan is a Democrat...
, California State AssemblyCalifornia State AssemblyThe California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000...
Majority LeaderMajority leaderIn U.S. politics, the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.In the federal Congress, the role differs slightly in the two houses. In the House of Representatives, which chooses its own presiding officer, the leader of the majority party is elected the Speaker of the...
, 2002–2004 - William J. CroweWilliam J. CroweAdmiral William James Crowe, Jr. was a United States Navy Admiral who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, and as the ambassador to the United Kingdom under President Bill Clinton.-Biography:Crowe was born in La Grange, Kentucky...
, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffChairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffThe Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is by law the highest ranking military officer in the United States Armed Forces, and is the principal military adviser to the President of the United States, the National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council and the Secretary of Defense... - Rolando Ramos DizonRolando Ramos DizonBrother Rolando Ramos Dizon FSC PhD is a Filipino De La Salle Brother who was the President of De La Salle University-Manila and the De La Salle University System from 1998–2003, Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education from March 2003 to September 2004, Director-at-Large of the Catholic...
, former president, De La Salle UniversityDe La Salle UniversityDe La Salle University is a private Lasallian university in Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1911 by De La Salle Brothers as the De La Salle College in Paco, Manila with Blimond Pierre serving as its first director... - Kieran Egan, educational philosopher
- March Fong EuMarch Fong EuMarch Kong Fong Eu is an American politician of the Democratic Party.Fong earned a Bachelor of Science in dentistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1943 and a Master of Arts from Mills College. She earned a Ed.D...
, 25th Secretary of State of California - Mary Alice FordMary Alice FordMary Alice Ford , was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of California, the moderate and pro-choice Republican served in the Oregon House of Representatives for 15 consecutive years representing Washington County.- Early life :Ford was born Mary Alice Hood in Los...
, member, Oregon House of RepresentativesOregon House of RepresentativesThe Oregon House of Representatives is the lower house of the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 60 members of the House, representing 60 districts across the state, each with a population of 57,000. The House meets at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.... - Leon R. HartshornLeon R. HartshornLeon R. Hartshorn was a religion professor at Brigham Young University and an author of many books. Most of his books were the collections of stories about leaders or members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....
, author, religion professor at Brigham Young UniversityBrigham Young UniversityBrigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students... - Mohammed Waheed HassanMohammed Waheed HassanDr. Mohammed Waheed Hassan is one of the leading political figures in The Republic of the Maldives and the current Vice President of Maldives, having been sworn into office on November 11, 2008 as the first ever elected Vice President...
, Vice President of the Maldives - Reed HastingsReed HastingsWilmot Reed Hastings, Jr. is an entrepreneur and education philanthropist. He is the CEO of Netflix, and on the boards of Microsoft, Facebook, and numerous non-profit organizations.- Early life and education :...
, founder and CEO of NetflixNetflixNetflix, Inc., is an American provider of on-demand internet streaming media in the United States, Canada, and Latin America and flat rate DVD-by-mail in the United States. The company was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California...
; former president, California State Board of EducationCalifornia State Board of EducationThe California State Board of Education is the governing and policy-making body of the California Department of Education. The State Board of Education sets K-12 education policy in the areas of standards, instructional materials, assessment, and accountability... - Karen Hyer, UtahUtahUtah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
politician - Stephanie KazaStephanie KazaStephanie Kaza is Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont. She is a writer, a practicing Soto Zen Buddhist, and an active proponent of religious dialogue. She teaches religion and ecology...
, professor of environmental studiesEnvironmental studiesEnvironmental studies is the academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment. It is a broad interdisciplinary field of study that includes the natural environment, built environment, and the sets of relationships between them...
, University of VermontUniversity of VermontThe University of Vermont comprises seven undergraduate schools, an honors college, a graduate college, and a college of medicine. The Honors College does not offer its own degrees; students in the Honors College concurrently enroll in one of the university's seven undergraduate colleges or... - Neeru KhoslaNeeru KhoslaNeeru Khosla is the Co-Founder and Chair of the non-profit CK12 Foundation.She has a master's degree in Molecular Biology from San Jose State University and a master's degree in education from the Stanford University School of Education...
, co-founder and chair, CK-12 FoundationCK-12 FoundationCK-12 is a non-profit organization based in California founded with the mission to reduce the cost of textbook materials for the K-12 market, both in the US and world-wide . They maintain the FlexBook open source tool for creating remixable texts, and as of July 2009 were developing 30... - Leo LongLeo LongLeo Evan Long is a former competitive American javelin thrower and track and field coach.-Early life and competitive career:Long grew up in Nyssa, Oregon, where he was a track star in the javelin at Nyssa High School...
, competitive javelinJavelinA Javelin is a light spear intended for throwing. It is commonly known from the modern athletic discipline, the Javelin throw.Javelin may also refer to:-Aviation:* ATG Javelin, an American-Israeli civil jet aircraft, under development...
thrower - Giselle O. Martin-KniepGiselle O. Martin-KniepGiselle O. Martin-Kniep is an American educator, researcher, program evaluator, and writer. As the president of Learner-Centered Initiatives, and the CEO of Communities for Learning: Leading Lasting Change previously called the Center for the Study of Expertise in Teaching and Learning...
, educator and author - Ronald W. Marx, dean, University of Arizona College of Education
- Jim Mather, founder, United States National Karate Association
- James Allen McCain, former president, University of Montana
- H. Brett MelendyH. Brett MelendyHoward Brett Melendy is a prominent American historian, writer, researcher, publisher, autobiographer, dean, history professor, and filipinologist. Melendy was a professor and administrator at the San José State University in California and the University of Hawai'i. As a professor, he taught...
, American historian - Jon NakamatsuJon NakamatsuJon Yasuhiro Nakamatsu is a Japanese American classical pianist who still resides in San Jose but mostly performs away from home. He is the son of David Y. Nakamatsu and Karen F. Maeda Nakamatsu .In June 1997 Nakamatsu won the Gold Medal at the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition...
, classical pianist - Penelope PetersonPenelope PetersonPenelope L. Peterson is an American educational psychologist and academic administrator. Peterson was named Dean of Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy in September 1997 and previously served as University Distinguished Professor of Education at Michigan State University...
, dean, Northwestern University School of Education - Imanol Ordorika SacristánImanol Ordorika SacristánImanol Ordorika Sacristán . Mexican social activist, political leader, academic and intellectual. He was one of the initiators and principal leaders of the Consejo Estudiantil Universitario at the National Autonomous University of Mexico , with Carlos Imaz Gispert and Antonio Santos Romero, from...
, Mexican social activist - Steve SampsonSteve SampsonSteve Sampson is a soccer coach and the former head coach of the United States men's national team and the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer...
, coach, US Men's National Soccer TeamUnited States men's national soccer teamThe United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF... - Dale SchunkDale SchunkDale H. Schunk is an educational psychologist, former Dean and current professor in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has researched the effects of social and instructional variables on cognition, learning, self-regulation and motivation...
, dean, School of Education, University of North Carolina at GreensboroUniversity of North Carolina at GreensboroThe University of North Carolina at Greensboro , also known as UNC Greensboro, is a public university in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system. The university offers more than 100 undergraduate, 61 master's and 26... - Henry Sheldon, educator and historian
- Mari SimonenMari SimonenMari Simonen currently serves as Deputy Executive Director, External Relations, United Nations Affairs and Management of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund and focuses on United Nations reforms in particular. Her appointment was approved by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in March 2006.Ms...
, Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Population FundUnited Nations Population FundThe United Nations Population Fund is a UN organization. The work of the UNFPA involves promotion of the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. This is done through major national and demographic surveys and with population censuses... - Alejandro ToledoAlejandro ToledoAlejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique is a politician who was President of Peru from 2001 to 2006. He was elected in April 2001, defeating former President Alan García...
, former President of Peru - Carlos Alberto TorresCarlos Alberto Torres (academic)Carlos Alberto Torres was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 1, 1950. He is a political sociologist of education, a published poet and short story author. He did his undergraduate work in sociology in Argentina , his graduate work in Mexico Carlos Alberto Torres was born in Buenos Aires,...
, author, professor, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information StudiesUCLA Graduate School of Education and Information StudiesThe Graduate School of Education and Information Studies is one of the professional graduate schools at the University of California, Los Angeles... - Floyd WilcoxFloyd WilcoxFloyd Cleveland Wilcox was the third president of Shimer College, serving from 1930 to 1935. His leadership, though marked by controversy, saw the school through the most difficult years of the Great Depression...
, former president, Shimer CollegeShimer CollegeShimer College is a very small, private, undergraduate liberal arts college in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Founded by Frances Wood Shimer in 1853 in the frontier town of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, it was a women's school for most of its first century. It joined with the University of... - Becky WorleyBecky WorleyBecky Worley is an American journalist and broadcaster. She is the tech contributor for Good Morning America on ABC, host and blogger for a web show on Yahoo! Tech.-Personal life:...
, journalist for ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948... - Ken YeagerKen YeagerKen Yeager is an American politician from California, currently serving on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, representing District 4. First elected to the board in 2006, he represents the cities of Campbell and Santa Clara, as well as west San Jose and the Burbank and Cambrian...
, member, Santa Clara CountySanta Clara County, CaliforniaSanta Clara County is a county located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 it had a population of 1,781,642. The county seat is San Jose. The highly urbanized Santa Clara Valley within Santa Clara County is also known as Silicon Valley...
Board of SupervisorsCounty board of supervisorsThe Board of Supervisors is the body that supervises the operation of county government in all counties in Arizona, California, Iowa, Mississippi, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Sussex County, New Jersey as well as a handful of counties in New York...
Criticism
One criticism of the school, common to most schools of education in the United States, is that it overemphasizes the philosophy of progressive education vs. traditional education. In 2009, a dispute occurred between a student and faculty member, apparently stemming from these philosophical differences. The Foundation for Individual Rights in EducationFoundation for Individual Rights in Education
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education is a non-profit group founded in 1999 and focused on civil liberties in academia in the United States...
intervened, and the dean ultimately resolved the matter.
External links
- Stanford University School of Education Official Website
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