is the I. James Quillen Dean Professor of Education at Stanford University. Stipek's scholarship concerns instructional effects on children's achievement motivation, early childhood education, elementary education, and school reform. Stipek also has an interest in policies affecting children and education. She served for five years on the board of Children, Youth, and Families at the National Research Council, she was the chair of the National Research Council Committee for Increasing High School Students' Engagement and Motivation to Learn, and she directed the MacArthur Foundation Network on Teaching and Learning. Previously Stipek was a professor at UCLA, where she served as director of the Corinne Seeds University Elementary School and the Urban Education Studies Center. She is the author and editor of several books, including Motivation to Learn: From Theory to Practice.

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