In this SCOPE Brown Bag Seminar, Na'ilah Suad Nasir examines how culture and race influence the learning and achievement of African American and other non-dominant students in urban settings. (3/04/13)

Race, Identity, and Learning: How Schools Can Support Students in Developing Productive Racial and Academic Identities

Yvette Jackson, chief executive officer of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, discusses how districts can apply a pedagogy of confidence to omprove the confidence and competence of students and teachers upon whom they rely. (1/28/13)

The Pedagogy of Confidence: Transforming Teaching to Improve Urban Student Achievement

In this SCOPE Brown Bag Seminar, Stanford Professor of Education Arnetha Ball discusses her "Model of Generative Change" in teacher education and professional development. (5/20/2013)

Re-opening a Silenced Dialogue: Placing Equity, Quality, and Education Opportunity at the Center of Teacher Education

In this SCOPE Brown Bag Seminar, Cynthia Coburn discusses the relationship between instructional policy and teachers' classroom practices in urban schools. (5/15/13)

Uncovering the Policy Implementation Process: Power and Learning in Instructional Reform

In this SCOPE Brown Bag Seminar, Michael Kirst, president of the California State Board of Education, provides a conceptual framework to understand the challenges of implementing the Common Core in California. (10/29/12)

State Common Core Implementation Policy: It Will Change Almost Everything

In this Brown Bag Seminar, Stanford professor of education Anthony Antonio and PhD candidate Jesse Foster present their findings from their study of college-going culture in high-needs schools across the United States. (4/15/13)

The Social Construction of College-Going Culture: Variation and Change in High-Need Schools in Transition

In this SCOPE Brown Bag Seminar, Jo Boaler, professor of mathematics education at Stanford University, discusses her research on equitable mathematics classrooms and obstacles to implementing them.

Equitable Mathematics Classrooms: What Do They Look Like and Why are They So Difficult to Achieve?

Kenji Hakuta discusses his research on the language gap, focusing on the challenges and opportunities of the Common Core standards for English Language Learners. (November 14, 2011)

ELLs and the Common Core Standards

Claude Steele

Claude Steele discusses his groundbreaking research on stereotype threat and how it applies a social-psychological lens to academic achievement. (October 31, 2011)

Claude Steele on Stereotype Threat

Martin Carnoy discusses a study he conducted examining school systems on either side of the border area of two neighboring South African countries. (May 16, 2011)

Teachers, Students, and the Low-Performance Trap: Lessons from Africa

Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education

Pasi Sahlberg

Psi Sahlberg explores the politics and practices of the Finnish educational reform and how he sees the lessons translating to the United States. (January 17, 2012)

Finnish Lessons: A Lecture with Pasi Sahlberg

Richard Banks discusses the achievement gap and asks why life outcomes of black boys are worse along almost any dimension than those of other groups. (March 3, 2011)

Why (Black) Boys Fail

Claude Steele discusses the affect stereotype threat has on performance and self-confidence and approaches that can mitigate that threat in academic settings. (October 31, 2011)

Girls, Math, and Other Clues About How Stereotypes Affect Academic Achievement

Brian Lowery addresses students' perceptions of inequality and the impact that has on their achievement in an academic setting. (March 14, 2011) e

Bye the Books: How Student Perceptions of Inequality Affect Academic Engagement

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