The service of democratic education
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This commencement address, delivered by Linda Darling-Hammond at Teacher's College, was reproduced in the Nation.
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Teaching Quality
Speaking of Salaries: What It Will Take to Get Qualified, Effective Teachers in All Communities
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May 20, 2011
Center for American Progress
Frank Adamson and Linda Darling-Hammond examine how and why well-qualified teachers are inequitably distributed to students in the United States.
What ESEA Should Do to Improve Teacher Quality and Equity: Judy Chu
May 20, 2011
Elected officials and education and civil rights experts discuss much-needed changes in federal education statutes to ensure equity and quality in low-income classrooms.
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Investigating Teaching Policy Around the World
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July 2008-June 2010
This project examines how high achieving nations around the world have steeply improved student achievement and equity and to identify how those approaches can be replicated in the United States.
Transforming Schooling and Teaching: Teacher Professional Development Series
Project Dates:
June 2009-June 2011
This comprehensive project on teacher professional development identifies policies and practices states are using to effectively prepare and support teachers.
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Teacher and Leader Effectiveness in High-Performing Education Systems
Project Dates:
July 2010-February 2011
The Alliance for Excellent Education and SCOPE teamed up to look at ways other nations have enhanced teacher effectiveness and to see if the lessons learned could be applied in the U.S. context, producing a report and a webinar on their findings.
Preparing School Leaders for a Changing World
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December 2003-June 2007
This project examines eight exemplary pre- and in-service program models that address key issues in developing strong leaders.
Colloquium Provocation Paper: The State of Equity in Canadian Education
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October 27, 2010
Mary-Lou Donnelly examines equity in the Canadian education system, focusing on the roles that teachers and teacher organizations play in Canada's high-achieving schools.
Colloquium Provocation Paper: New Ideas on Teacher Education for Achieving Equity in Education
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October 27, 2010
Dennis Sumara and Brent Davis approach equity from the angle of learning theory, attending to some of the dramatic developments in research and theory that have transformed the playing field of formal education.
Colloquium Provocation Paper: Teachers Unions as Agents of Change
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October 27, 2010
Rebecca Pringle discusses ways that unions are collaborating with parents, communities, school districts, and students to improve education and address inequities in educational opportunities for poor and minority students.
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