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Introducing New Ideas
The Dangers of Mixing Foie Gras and Arugula
Categorical boundaries constitute ideological fault lines in all industries, but particularly in cultural industries such as music, food, wine, and art. Innovators associated with a genre or a category run the risk of being perceived as inauthentic by their audiences when they break categorical boundaries, according to GSB Professor Hayagreeva Rao. Introducing New IdeasDetails

Teachers' Preferences for Where They Teach May Disadvantage Urban Schools New research shows that teachers seeking their first jobs overwhelmingly choose to teach in school districts near to where they grew up. According to Susanna Loeb GSB associate professor of economics, the labor market for teachers is quite local. A full 61 percent of teachers first teach in schools located within 15 miles of their hometown. Teachers' Preferences for Where They TeachDetails

Bad Preparation Puts Community College Students at Risk
Based on a study funded by the Bridge Project, GSB Professor Michael Kirst concludes that currently an estimated 88 percent of high school students aspire to attend college, the highest percentage in the nation's history. Yet their desire is being undermined by a disconnect between what post-secondary schools expect from students and what high schools prepare students for. Bad Preparation Putting Community College Students at RiskDetails

Schools Need More than High Test Scores
Raising standardized test scores is a laudable goal, but if a school really wants to thrive in the long term, it needs to pay close attention to its values, argued speakers including GSB Professor Jerry Porras, at a program discussing K-12 education. Schools Need More than High Test ScoresDetails

Schools Need More VideoSchools Need More Video (35:55 minutes)

Relationship Building is Key to Educational Success
In spite of the mounting problems with today's schools, author and educational leader Deborah Meier finds a steady stream of ideas and leaders bent on improving education. Her talk was sponsored by the Stanford Educational Leadership Institute. March 2003.

Key to Educational Success Video Key to Educational Success Video (11:52 minutes)