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[email protected]. CREDITS Deborah Stipek, Dean Marguerite Rigoglioso, Erica Gilbertson, Elaine Ray, Stanford Design Group, Rebecca Tseng Smith, and Rebecca Tseng Smith , Design & Production Associate Dean for External Relations Contributing Writers Amy Yuen, Editor Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 28 Palo Alto, CA Address Services Requested INSIDE PAGE Bridging the Gender Divide 1–4 Stanford Schools Corp. Launches New Charter 5 Forum Question: Technology and Learning 6–7 The Stanford Challenge Special Section 8–11 Gumport Named Vice Provost for Graduate Education 12 Faculty News 13 –14 Alumni News 15 –17 Student and Staff News 18 –19 School of Education Website Launch 20 Stanford EDUCATOR STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION ALUMNI NEWSLETTER FAL‘L 06 http://ed.stanford.edu MBridging the Gender Divide BY MARGUERITE RIGOGLIOSO chool of Education Researchers Help Girls SBecome Tech Savvy When Stephanie was 11, she Brigid Barron . It ’s also about YouthLAB (Youth Learning stumbled into computer providing resources and Across Boundaries). She and programming the way many girls encouragement outside of school School of Education students do—through her friends.