In a blog for Huffington Post, Linda Darling-Hammond says we have international evidence about something that has a greater effect on learning than testing: teaching.
Leading Educational Change is comprised of 25 short articles on system-wide reform and addresses issues in 15 different countries.
Ann Lieberman, a featured author in Leading Educational Change, discusses what it means to be a teacher in different countries.
This brief by Linda Darling-Hammond describes the strategies used to develop and support high-quality teaching in three cities from different nations on three separate continents.
In her new book, Prudence Carter looks to the U.S. and South Africa to examine why students of color are more successful at some schools than others.
"Prudence Carter's work is simultaneously scholarly and compassionate. It helps us see, in ... two benighted but globally important societies, how easily things break, but also how well, when structures are in place and when human agency takes flight, individuals and the groups to which they belong flourish and grow."
— Crain Soudien, Professor of Education, University of Cape Town
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.
Part two of Dan Rather's report on Finland's education system asks, What can the United States learn from Finland's success?
Top-Ed's Kathryn Baron covers the highlights of Stanford's two-day conference, which brought together Finnish and American educators.
Pasi Sahlberg's Finnish Lessons is a first-hand, comprehensive account of how Finland built a world-class education system during the past three decades.
Linda Darling-Hammond on what the United States can learn from Finland's successful school reform.
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