Kristen Pilner Blair
Director of Research, Digital Learning Initiative
Mission
Our mission is to leverage the revolution in brain and learning sciences, data, and technology and to collaborate across disciplines and with partners to bring scalable and equitable solutions to all learners
The Stanford Accelerator for Learning supports researchers across disciplines with funding and other resources and brings together partners from outside and across Stanford to achieve true system change.
Why learning
We dedicate a tremendous percentage of our lives to learning.
Learning is correlated with most every positive life outcome – from better health and higher incomes to deeper community engagement. Societies that invest in learning benefit from lower crime rates and more stable governments, and experience more prosperity. Yet high quality learning opportunities remain out of reach for many across the globe with devastating consequences for families, societies, and economies.
Learning must be central to any plan to improve people’s lives.
The Stanford Accelerator for Learning will help usher in a new era of learning by harnessing the power of a research university, co-creating with those most engaged and aware in the field, and bringing knowledge, ideas, and solutions to the world.
Our Team
Philip Fisher
Faculty Director, Stanford Center on Early Childhood
Isabelle Hau
Executive Director
Elizabeth Kozleski
Faculty Co-Director, Learning Differences Initiative
Susanna Loeb
Faculty Director, Systems Change for Advancing Learning and Equity (SCALE) Initiative
Ira Lit
Faculty Co-Director, Learning Differences Initiative
Dan Schwartz
I. James Quillen Dean, Nomellini & Olivier Professor of Educational Technology, and The Halper Family Faculty Director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning
Candace Thille
Faculty Director, Adult and Workforce Learning Initiative
Angela Hall Watkins
Associate Dean for External Relations