Why teach for America?
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September 30, 2007
New York Times Magazine
Darling-Hammond cited in New York Times article on Teach for America.
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Teaching Quality
Securing the Right to Learn: Policy and Practice for Powerful Teaching and Learning
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June 21, 2006
Educational Researcher
Darling-Hammond describes the kind of preparation and policy system needed to build a coherent system that can provide well-trained teachers in all communities.
Student success linked to certification
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April 20, 2005
Stanford Report
Study led by Darling-Hammond shows that elementary students performed better when taught by certified teachers rather than by instructors lacking formal preparation.
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Study stirs teaching controversy
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April 15, 2005
USA Today
An article in USA Today on Darling-Hammond's publication, "Does Teacher Preparation Matter?"
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Does Teacher Preparation Matter? Evidence about Teacher Certification, Teach for America, and Teacher Effectiveness
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October 12, 2005
Education Policy Analysis Archives, Vol. 13, N. 42
This multi-authored study examines whether certified teachers are, in general, more effective than those who have not met the testing and training requirements for certification.
Funding Disparities and the Inequitable Distribution of Teachers
February 25, 2013
Frank Adamson and Linda Darling-Hammond discuss their research on funding disparities and the inquitable distribution of teachers.
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Funding Disparities and the Inequitable Distribution of Teachers: Evaluating Sources and Solutions
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November 19, 2012
Education Policy Analysis Archives
Adamson and Darling-Hammond examine the inequitable distribution of teachers by reviewing school funding, salaries, and teacher qualifications from California and New York.
What teachers need and reformers ignore: time to collaborate
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In this Washington Post op-ed, Linda Darling-Hammond writes about why teacher collaboration time is so important to the profession.
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Developing and Assessing Beginning Teacher Effectiveness: The Potential of Performance Assessments
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Developing and Assessing Beginning Teacher Effectiveness: The Potential of Performance Assessments
October 12, 2012
In this quantitative study on the PACT assessment, Darling-Hammond, Newton, and Wei find that PACT scores are significant predictors of teaching effectiveness.
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Real teacher ed reform
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Real Teacher Ed Reform
In this Inside Higher Ed article Linda Darling-Hammond describes rigorous, authentic performance assessments that measure whether prospective teachers are ready to teach.
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