Education and Skills
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Education: A universal solution to global development challenges?
King Center scholars are reshaping how we measure learning, foster innovation, and harness technology to spark opportunity across the globe.
October 22, 2025
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The rise of universities as engines of innovation
For two decades, Chuck Eesley has studied how entrepreneurship, education, and government investment drive innovation.
August 15, 2025
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Tropical cyclones are preventing children from starting school
A study led by Faculty Affiliate Eran Bendavid reveals that these climate events are quietly but deeply damaging schooling, especially for young girls.
May 16, 2025
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Missed school is an overlooked consequence of climate change-caused cyclones
In low- and middle-income countries, Stanford-led research reveals how children in the path of hurricanes are set back in their schooling.
April 29, 2025
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New Stanford initiative aims to close a culture gap in measuring kids’ foundational skills
Supported by the King Center, a global network led by Stanford education professor Jelena Obradović works to help promote executive function skills in children around the world.
September 30, 2024
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The economics of education with Eric Hanushek
Faculty Affiliate Eric Hanushek speaks on the Top Class podcast about how smarter public spending on education would improve learning outcomes and make societies better off.
August 22, 2024
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Reframing girls’ education as valuable family legacy
Graduate Student Research Funding recipient Ayodele Dada is exploring how linking education to the idea of legacy affects girls’ access to education in northern Nigeria.
May 15, 2024
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Global determinants of education reform
Faculty Affiliate Patricia Bromley speaks on a FreshEd podcast about the World Education Reform Database she co-developed.
February 18, 2024
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A world unprepared: Missing skills for development
In VoxDev, Faculty Affiliate Eric Hanushek and co-authors address questions around the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal of universal quality education.
November 24, 2023
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Skill versus voice in local development
Incoming Faculty Director Katherine Casey discusses if delegation to technocrats or inclusive decision-making can improve local development outcomes in Sierra Leone.
November 01, 2023
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Toward a better theory of learning
With support from the King Center, Anirudh Sankar traveled to Uganda to study how small-holder farmers learn about farming practices through a novel irrigation system.
June 05, 2023
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Targeted interventions by private and public sector are redefining healthcare
Professor Pascaline Dupas' research on the link between health and education in India is featured in APN News.
November 30, 2022
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Stanford undergrad examines efforts to make classrooms in Guatemala more welcoming to traditionally marginalized groups
What does it mean to make a school inclusive?
June 16, 2022
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Stanford’s Erik Jensen on the future of legal education in Afghanistan
Faculty Affiliate Erik Jensen discusses the state of legal education in Afghanistan amid the withdrawal of troops from the still struggling country.
August 10, 2021
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Gaokao, ability, and occupation choice
In China, the college entrance exam score is predictive for both firm success and wage-job success in the future, yet higher-score individuals are less likely to create firms.
July 28, 2021
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Investigating the dual nature of disability
Alfredo J. Artiles has long studied what he calls “the dual nature of disability."
March 24, 2021
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The benefits of acing China’s most important academic exam
High scorers in the gaokao go to better universities and earn higher wages says Faculty Affiliate Hongbin Li.
February 23, 2021
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Q&A with economics PhD candidate Cauê Dobbin
Cauê Dobbin, a PhD candidate in economics at Stanford, answers questions about his research on the economics of Brazil's higher education sector.
February 12, 2021
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How does shame and embarrassment impact social learning? Evidence from India
People are less likely to ask questions in their communities if it exposes the limits of their knowledge, says Faculty Affiliate Arun Chandrasekhar.
January 06, 2021
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China’s rural population will play an instrumental role in its economic future
Faculty Affiliate Scott Rozelle explains why China’s wealth gap may make the transition from a middle- to high-income country more difficult than it seems.
November 17, 2020
