Center for Social Innovation

Teaching the Teachers

A startup helps school-based instructors of math and English team up with digital teachers.

Resource: News Article

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Increasing the Bandwidth

U.S. schools are badly lagging in web connectivity; not because they aren’t connected, but because their pipes are too small.

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Stanford-Affiliated Nonprofit Sets Standard for AIDS Education

TeachAIDS, a nonprofit spun out of Stanford in 2009, targets its highly successful animated AIDS education software to specific cultures. Its most recent success: a national "TeachAIDS Day" in Botswana.

Resource: News Article

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The Value of "Values Affirmation"

Research shows that modest school interventions can help raise grades and improve health and happiness.

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The Presidential Candidates on Education: Stanford Experts Analyze the Details

What would a Romney or Obama presidency mean for schools and universities? At Stanford's Education and Society Theme dorm recently, Hoover Fellow Eric Hanushek and School of Education Professor Emeritus Michael Kirst waded through the candidates' proposals.

Resource: News Article

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Teaching the Teachers

A startup helps school-based instructors of math and English team up with digital teachers.

Resource: News Article

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Increasing the Bandwidth

U.S. schools are badly lagging in web connectivity; not because they aren’t connected, but because their pipes are too small.

Resource: News Article

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Stanford-Affiliated Nonprofit Sets Standard for AIDS Education

TeachAIDS, a nonprofit spun out of Stanford in 2009, targets its highly successful animated AIDS education software to specific cultures. Its most recent success: a national "TeachAIDS Day" in Botswana.

Resource: News Article

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The Value of "Values Affirmation"

Research shows that modest school interventions can help raise grades and improve health and happiness.

Resource: News Article

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Education, Nonprofit Management

New School Economics

Stanford Social Innovation Review: Summer 2011

MORE THAN GOOD INTENTIONS: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty by Dean Karlan & Jacob Appel

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Letting Go

Stanford Social Innovation Review: Spring 2011

Foundations often undermine their own efforts by micromanaging how social problems are solved. Two insiders explore why foundations have developed this way and what grant makers can do to foster high impact strategies.

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Research: Economic Influence

Stanford Social Innovation Review: Spring 2011

Private foundations are being idealized as neutral, efficient, and effective—but no one is actually monitoring their impact.

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Resource: Stanford Social Innovation Review Article

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Arts, Culture, and Religion, Education, Nonprofit Management

Passing the Mic

Stanford Social Innovation Review: Spring 2011

20UNDER40: Re-Inventing the Arts and Arts Education for the 21st Century Edited by Edward P. Clapp

Resource: Stanford Social Innovation Review Article

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What’s Next: Curling Up with E-Readers

Stanford Social Innovation Review: Winter 2011

Could electronic reading devices catalyze a new culture of global literacy? That's the idea behind Worldreader.org, a start-up nonprofit with world-changing aspirations.

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“The Path of Change”

What is the role of test scores in driving improvement in the education system?

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Philanthropy and the Free Market in Education

What can the for-profit market bring to K-12 education reform, and how can philanthropy help such efforts? In this audio interview with host Ashkon Jafari, Gisèle Huff, executive director of the Jaquelin Hume Foundation, discusses the foundation's investment strategy in this regard. She touches on lessons the organization has learned, and what the average citizen can do to raise American education standards.

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Grassroots Philanthropy in Schools

Want to make sure American schoolchildren have enough pencils for a poetry writing unit, violins for a school recital, or microscope slides for a biology class? Go to DonorsChoose.org, an online charity that makes it easy to support any classroom project request nationwide. In this audio interview with host Ashkon Jafari, CEO Charles Best talks about the organization's humble beginnings, its use of cross-sector collaboration, its current initiatives, and the impact it is having in America's classrooms.

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Social Entrepreneurship in Education

Good education should be a right, not a privilege. So says Piyush Mangukiya, founder of EducateNCare.com, an innovative online tutoring program for students. In this audio interview, Mangukiya speaks with host Ashkon Jafari about how this unique enterprise is bettering the lives of children around the world through quality education and assistance.

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Economic Development, Education, Social Entrepreneurship

Developing Through Mobile Phones

"People can learn from mobile phones," says Sara Chamberlain, Head of Interactive for BBC World Trust and developer. She launched BBC Janala to "raise the language skills of 25 million people in Bangladesh by 2017". She speaks with host Sheela Sethuraman about how 3 million people already started learning English with in some cases the most basic handsets. According to Chamberlain, making English accessible affordably could be "a ticket out of poverty" for the people of Bangladesh.

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Political Savvy

As educational leaders, how much time do we spend on political and policy issues? That question frames this 2010 NewSchools Summit session, which features an accomplished panel of educational reformers who provide insight on how to be politically savvy in the broader landscape. Focusing on the operational is not enough to drive impact and results to advance educational progress - leaders create systems of change when they devote energy and resources in political action and advocacy.

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Reengineering Aid: Sir Richard Feachem

What impact has aid had on health in developing countries? Has it had an impact?

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Education, Government, Leadership

GSB Black Business Student Association Award Winner Jim Shelton

James H. Shelton of the Office of Innovation and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education won the prestigious Tapesty Award for 2011.

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2011 Business of Education Symposium

"Business has to be about improving education."

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Public Management Program Oral History Panel

In response to the historical events of the late 60's and the growing societal demands on business, the Stanford Graduate School of Business developed a pioneering vision for educating leaders who understand the world they live in and know to work across silos to accomodate the needs of both business and society. The founders of the Public Management Program share their motivations for creating the first program of the sort at a business school and why it is more relevant than ever today.

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Education, Social Entrepreneurship

Design for the Ripple Effect: How a Small Act Leads to Big Change

How can we design for the ripple effect so that small acts of goodness trigger big ones?

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2011 Roundtable at Stanford: Education Nation 2.0

Redefining K-12 education in America: how can we improve our troubled school system and provide a better future for our nation's greatest resource, our kids?

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How to Cultivate the Best Teachers

Teaching is one of the most demanding and rewarding callings there is. So agree teachers and teacher advancement experts in this panel discussion. Speaking at the GS|SU Global Education Conference at Stanford, panelists talk about what their organizations are doing to support teachers, and the most successful efforts and investments aimed at recruiting, strengthening, and retaining our teacher corps.

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Addressing the K-12 Crisis

How can the Unites States get its K-12 schools out of their current crisis? In this panel, experts from various fields who are passionate about improving our kids' lives and our nation's future discuss why things are failing, what's working to make them better, and what the best options are, from teacher education to integrating technology. They spoke at the Global Education Conference at Stanford.

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Education, Leadership

Education as Social Enterprise in Africa

How can one social enterprise help transform Africa into a peaceful and prosperous continent? By developing and supporting its future leaders, says Chris Bradford in this university podcast. Speaking at the 2011 Stanford Africa Forum, Bradford discusses his personal journey to co-found African Leadership Academy and how the organization is influencing the continent's future.

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Philanthropy and the Free Market in Education

What can the for-profit market bring to K-12 education reform, and how can philanthropy help such efforts? In this audio interview with host Ashkon Jafari, Gisèle Huff, executive director of the Jaquelin Hume Foundation, discusses the foundation's investment strategy in this regard. She touches on lessons the organization has learned, and what the average citizen can do to raise American education standards.

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Education, Social Entrepreneurship

SCORE Community Ventures

Greg Widmyer is contemplating the financial structure of a new for-profit company that provides after-school educational programs. He seeks funding for this venture, which he hopes to establish as a scalable and sustainable organization.

Resource: Academic Case

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Education, Philanthropy, Responsible Investing, Social Entrepreneurship

The New Schools Venture Fund (A )

In December 2000, New Schools Venture Fund was debating the role it should play in helping a for-profit investee, LearnNow, attract new capital. Should New Schools, a public charity seeking to improve K-12 education, be investing in for-profit ventures?

Resource: Academic Case

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Education, Philanthropy, Responsible Investing, Social Entrepreneurship

The New Schools Venture Fund (B)

In December 2000, New Schools Venture Fund was debating whether, as a public charity seeking to improve K-12 education, it should be investing in for-profit ventures. Part B of the case provides an update on how New Schools Venture Fund is approaching these questions.

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Education, Nonprofit Management

Coalition of Essential Schools

The new executive director of the Coalition of Essential Schools urgently needed to develop a new and sustainable fundraising strategy. He also faced other challenges around organizational structure, value proposition, marketing, and operations.

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Education, Nonprofit Management, Philanthropy, Responsible Investing

The Sand Hill Foundation

Planned Parenthood is looking for funding to assess the Sand Hill Foundation’s Teen Success Program for replication. Those involved in the program hope to more constructively engage stakeholders in the evaluation process, monitor the program’s impact, and take action on evaluation results.

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Reforming San Diego City Schools: 1998-2002

San Diego City Schools' leaders are faced with a choice: Should they continue reform efforts begun four years earlier, knowing that results so far have been mixed? Or should they modify their reform strategy?

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Economic Development, Education, Nonprofit Management, Philanthropy, Responsible Investing

Beginning with Children

An innovative public school’s foundation considers new strategic directions in the wake of the school’s conversion to an independent charter. Will it become an advocacy organization, a think tank, an educational consultant—or choose another path?

Resource: Academic Case

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Education, Social Entrepreneurship

Eastside College Preparatory

This case describes the formation, management, and challenges of a prep school founded in a depressed urban community. It focuses on fundraising, performance measurement, faculty recruiting, growth, and managing culture.

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Education, Nonprofit Management

Quest Scholars Program

The Quest Scholars Program faces strategic growth issues. Can the founders refine their mission, replicate their program, and support a financially responsible and sustainable organization?

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When Inequality Matters: The Effect of Inequality Frames on Academic Engagement

Research indicates that, among women and ethnic minorities, perceived inequality reduces the association between self-esteem and academic outcomes.

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What Ever Happened to Pragmatism?

The author critiques the decline of pragmatism and fact-based experimentation in U.S. education. He argues that while business education still has its roots in pragmatism, it has veered into ideology and intellectual dogma instead of fact-based methods.

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Long-term Effects of Subliminal Priming on Academic Performance

This research examines the temporal range of subliminal priming effects on complex behavior.

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Bad Preparation Puts Community College Students at Risk

Students heading for the nation’s community colleges are less likely to be prepared for the demands of college than their classmates heading for schools with competitive admissions standards, says education professor Michael Kirst. Lack of preparation means a higher dropout rate and poses a real threat to the future qualifications of the U.S. labor force.

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Teachers' Preferences for Where They Teach May Disadvantage Urban Schools

New teachers overwhelmingly want to teach in school districts near where they grew up, say researchers, thus creating a “cycle of poverty” for some urban schools where few graduates go on to earn teaching degrees. It’s not just that teachers prefer teaching higher-performing kids, it’s that they want a school like the one they attended, says Susanna Loeb, associate professor in the Stanford School of Education. (June 2005)

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Introduction to the Politics of Education: GSBGEN 349

Students learn about the relationship between political analysis and policy formulation in education. The course focuses on alternative models of the political process, the nature of interest groups, political strategies, community power, the external environment of organizations, and the implementation of policy.

Resource: MBA Course

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The Economics of Higher Education: GSBGEN 348

This course explores topics such as the value of college and graduate degrees and the utilization of highly educated graduates. It also looks at issues such as faculty labor markets, careers, and workload; costs, pricing, and discounting of education; merit aid; access to higher education; sponsored research; academic medical centers; and technology and productivity.

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An interview with Cormac Lynch (MBA '91)

Cormac Lynch is the founder of Camara, a volunteer-based organization that uses technology to deliver education and skill-building tools to disadvantaged communities in Africa and Ireland.

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Board Governance, Health Care, Education, Healthcare

An interview with Patty Einarson (MBA '86, MD '01)

With a high-tech background, an MBA, and an M.D., Dr. Patty Einarson has a unique perspective on the intersection of technology, business and medicine. She leverages this knowledge by contributing to math/science education in the public schools, encouraging the kids of today to become future innovators.

Resource: Alumni

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Economic Development, Education, Nonprofit Management, Social Entrepreneurship

An interview with J. Charitha ("Chari") Ratwatte (MBA '09)

One of the first two Stanford GSB Social Innovation fellows, Chari works to provide economic opportunities to farmers in Sri Lanka.

Resource: Alumni , Fellow

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Arts, Culture, and Religion, Corporate Social Responsibility, Economic Development, Education, Human Rights, Social Entrepreneurship

An interview with Dave DeForest-Stalls (EPNL '07)

Dave DeForest-Stalls wants to help kids stay out of gangs. He's providing mentorship and hip ways to keep youth on the straight and narrow.

Resource: CSI Affiliates

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Economic Development, Education, Government, Healthcare, Philanthropy, Responsible Investing, Social Entrepreneurship

An interview with Mark Cafferty (EPNL '07)

Mark Cafferty is passionate about empowering individuals to be all they can be. He channels funds to employment and youth service programs.

Resource: CSI Affiliates

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The Presidential Candidates on Education: Stanford Experts Analyze the Details

What would a Romney or Obama presidency mean for schools and universities? At Stanford's Education and Society Theme dorm recently, Hoover Fellow Eric Hanushek and School of Education Professor Emeritus Michael Kirst waded through the candidates' proposals.

Resource: News Article

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Education for Everyone

Co-founder Andrew Ng, also the Director of the Artificial Intelligence Lab and an associate professor in computer science at Stanford, presented at the Leading Education By Advancing Digital (LEAD) Symposium held at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in September 2012.

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Teaching the Teachers

A startup helps school-based instructors of math and English team up with digital teachers.

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Increasing the Bandwidth

U.S. schools are badly lagging in web connectivity; not because they aren’t connected, but because their pipes are too small.

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