Claude Goldenberg

Claude Goldenberg is the Nomellini-Olivier Professor of Education, Emeritus, in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. A native of Argentina, his research focuses on promoting academic achievement among language-minority children and youth. Prior to joining Stanford, he was professor of teacher education, associate dean of the College of Education, and executive director of the Center for Language Minority Education and Research at California State University, Long Beach. He began his career teaching junior high in San Antonio, Texas, and first grade in a bilingual elementary school in Los Angeles. Goldenberg has served on the National Research Council’s Committee for the Prevention of Early Reading Difficulties in Young Children and the National Literacy Panel, synthesizing research on literacy development among language-minority children and youth. He earned his MA and PhD in early childhood and developmental studies from the the University of California, Los Angeles.

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