Addressing the K-12 Crisis
Is the American K-12 school system in crisis? Yes, says this panel of educators, administrators, academics, business people, and politicians concerned about the matter. The experts talk about potential solutions, what’s working, and what isn’t. They also debate the merits of options like school choice, charter schools, and home schooling. The panel was part of the Global Education Conference, held in partnership with Goldman Sachs and the Stanford School of Education.
Audio lectures brought to you by Social Innovation Conversations, co-hosted by Stanford Social Innovation Review's Managing Editor Eric Nee.
Solnechny Mir (Our Sunny World) is a Russian rehabilitation center that hosts more than 250 children and their families each week.
With hard data and soft skills, Communities in Schools fine-tunes its model to reduce dropout rates.
Social Finance Inc. offers a network-based alternative to government-sponsored student loan programs.
Racial integration in US schools has declined in the wake of recent court decisions to release districts from earlier desegregation orders.
A cross-sector initiative aims to develop 21st-century skills in secondary school students—highlights from a recent survey.
Public and private schools are failing to give children in India a good education—we need an alternative approach.
Engaging communities of learners in massively open online courses to use their knowledge—and numbers—for good.
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
The nonprofit Erste Foundation is an engine behind the for-profit Erste Group as well as its largest shareholder.
