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Research led by Professor Rebecca Silverman found that the effectiveness of edtech in improving literacy skills varied, indicating that schools districts should carefully evaluate any program before deciding to adopt it.

Professor Bryan Brown started Science in the City, a weeklong science camp at Stanford for fifth- and sixth-graders from inner-city Bay Area schools.

Stanford’s RAPID Survey Project has been gathering information monthly from parents and childcare providers for over six years. According to a report by the nonprofit Zero to Three, which compiled RAPID data from families with children under age 3, 44% of families with infants and toddlers reported challenges paying for basics such as food and housing in 2025. That represents the highest rate in the prior five years of survey data, including in 2020 when 42% of families reported the same difficulties.