Restoring our schools: The quest for equity in the United States
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.
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.
This study looks at the staggering numbers of suspensions and expulsions between 7th and 12th grade in Texas and examines the impact of those removals on students' lives.
Prudence Carter and Kevin Welner brought together a team of experts to examine the causes of and remedies to the inequality of learning opportunities in America's schools.
A new SRN study follows five California high schools that are successfully working to close the achievement gap and illustrates how their approaches can inform state policy.
This commencement address, delivered by Linda Darling-Hammond at Teacher's College, was reproduced in the Nation.
Frank Adamson and Linda Darling-Hammond examine how and why well-qualified teachers are inequitably distributed to students in the United States.
This project supported multiple research efforts identifying and supporting equitable schools and examining teacher effectiveness and desegregation.
This project documents how the success of some California schools in closing the achievement gap can inform state policy.
This project examines large-scale performance assessment in the United States and abroad, including technical advances, feasibility issues, and policy implications.
Vanessa Siddle Walker invokes the voices of black educators who challenged the diluted and failed vision for an integrated South after 1954's Brown v. Board of Education.