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For California schools, we need less testing and more assessing
For California schools, we need less testing and more assessing
Feb 14, 2012

In this Sac Bee op-ed, Linda Darling-Hammond commends Gov. Jerry Brown's call for less testing and more focus on meaningful learning as a welcome breath of sanity in the American education landscape.
Why is Congress redlining our schools?
Why is Congress redlining our schools?
Jan 12, 2012

Linda Darling-Hammond argues that the new Senate vision for ESEA will weaken schools in the most vulnerable communities and further contribute to their failure.  
NCLB: Perspectives on the law
NCLB: Perspectives on the law
Jan 5, 2012

Linda Darling-Hammond argues that after 10 years of missed opportunity under NCLB, we must learn from our experience to accelerate academic progress and improve the quality of learning in American schools.
Let citizens vote on raising taxes to fund schools
Let citizens vote on raising taxes to fund schools
Dec 19, 2011

California faces more cuts in education funding but, as Linda Darling-Hammond writes in this San Francisco Chronicle op-ed, Californians are willing to pay higher taxes to support education.

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The double binds of economic and racial inequality
Dec 5, 2011
By: Prudence Carter

In this op-ed for the Boston Review, Prudence Carter asks, Is there sufficient discussion in the Occupy movement about race?
Restoring our schools: The quest for equity in the United States
Nov 23, 2011
By: Linda Darling-Hammond

In this blog for the Canadian Education Association, Linda Darling-Hammond explores why the gap between the U.S. and high-achieving nations like Canada is growing. 
Addressing stereotype threat to improve academic achievement
Nov 18, 2011
By: Barbara McKenna

As part of SCOPE's Brown Bag Seminar Series, Dean Claude Steele talked about stereotype threat and its effect on academic achievement to an overflow crowd at Stanford.
Teachers paid much less than their peers
Nov 9, 2011
By: Linda Darling-Hammond

In this piece, cross-posted from U.S. News & World Report's Debate Club, Darling-Hammond responds to the claim that American teachers are overpaid.
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