PRESENTERS:

Daniel L. Schwartz is the I. James Quillen Dean and Halper Family Faculty Director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. The Accelerator for Learning is a major interdisciplinary initiative advancing the science and design of learning to render effective and equitable solutions to the world. As the Nomellini & Olivier Professor of Educational Technology, Schwartz also oversees a laboratory that creates instruction, technology, and assessments that prepare students to continue learning and adapting throughout their lifetimes. He has taught math in rural Kenya, English in south-central Los Angeles and multiple subjects in Kaltag, Alaska. As co-host of the Stanford podcast and SiriusXM radio show School’s In, Schwartz discusses current topics in teaching and learning with an aim of helping educators and parents understand and use the latest research. He is author of the award winning The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them.
 

Victor R. Lee is an Associate Professor in the Stanford Graduate School of Education. His research involves the study and design of STEM learning experiences with an emphasis on supporting teaching and learning with data, AI literacy, elementary computer science education, and science teaching and learning. He is past recipient of an NSF CAREER Award, AERA's Jan Hawkins Award, and a National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. He sits on the editorial boards of several leading journals and is past president and an elected Fellow of the International Society of the Learning Sciences. Lee completed his doctorate at Northwestern University.
 

Denise Pope specializes in curriculum studies, service learning, student engagement, school reform, and qualitative research methods. She is particularly interested in student voices and the students' perspectives of school. She focuses on academic stress and its consequences for students' mental and physical health, engagement with learning, and integrity. She co-founded Challenge Success to partner with schools and families to implement research-based strategies for student well-being and engagement. She is the author of "Doing School": How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students (Yale University Press, 2001), which was awarded Notable Book in Education by the American School Board Journal, 2001. She is co-author of Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids (Wiley, 2015). Dr. Pope co-hosts the podcast "School's In" on Sirius XM radio.

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