Racial gap confronted: Educators analyze how to aid black and Latino students
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November 14, 2007
The Sacramento Bee
This piece on the racial gap cites Darling-Hammond's presentation of "High Schools for Equity" study.
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Opportunities to Learn
Criteria for High-Quality Assessment
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Criteria for High-Quality Assessment
June 19, 2013
SCOPE, CRESST, and Learning Sciences Research Institute
A team of leading education researchers provide a set of criteria for assessment developers, policymakers, and educators to use to create high-quality student assessments.
It’s the opportunity gap, stupid
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In this op-ed, Prudence Carter and Kevin Welner ask, why do we ignore that poverty is what produces the achievement gap?
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Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance
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Closing the Opportunity Gap
April 23, 2013
Oxford University Press
Prudence Carter and Kevin Welner bring together leading education experts to discuss policy and reform efforts that tackle the inequality of learning opportunities in U.S. schools.
Next steps toward achieving equity in education
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An op-ed by Linda Darling-Hammond and Michael Honda on the findings of the congressionally appointed Commission on Equity and Excellence.
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School busing isn’t getting any simpler
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School busing isn't getting simpler
Prudence Carter examines the complex issue of school busing, desegregation, and educational inequities in this op-ed for MSNBC.
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Student-Centered Schools: Closing the Opportunity Gap
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January 2012-June 2014
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Diane Friedlaender
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This study looks at four exemplary California schools to understand the practices, approaches, and contextual factors that contribute to successful student-centered learning.
Stubborn Roots: Race, Culture, and Inequality in U.S. and South African Schools
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New Book: Stubborn Roots: Race, Culture, and Inequality in U.S. and South African Schools
April 6, 2012
Oxford Univerity Press
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
Take a Giant Step: A Blueprint for Teaching Young Children in a Digital Age
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November 1, 2011
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and Stanford University
Take a Giant Step details a multi-sector action plan to enhance teacher education and a higher quality, 21st-century approach to the learning and healthy development of children in preschool and the primary grades.
Addressing the Inequitable Distribution of Teachers: What It Will Take to Get Qualified, Effective Teachers in All Communities
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December 5, 2011
SCOPE
Frank Adamson and Linda Darling-Hammond examine how and why well-qualified teachers are inequitably distributed to students in the United States.
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