SCOPE Blog Archive
Next steps toward achieving equity in education
An op-ed by Linda Darling-Hammond and Michael Honda on the findings of the congressionally appointed Commission on Equity and Excellence.
Linda Darling-Hammond's opening address as chair of the CTC
A report from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Chair, Linda Darling-Hammond.
A better way to grade teachers
Linda Darling-Hammond and Edward Haertel argue that effective evaluation requires rigorous, ongoing assessment by experts who review teachers' instruction, looking at classroom practice and evidence of student learning.
School busing isn’t getting any simpler
Prudence Carter examines the complex issue of school busing, desegregation, and educational inequities in this op-ed for MSNBC.
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.
Maybe it's time to ask the teachers?
In this Huffington Post blog, Linda Darling-Hammond assess current education policy and its impact on developing, recruiting and retaining great teachers.
Value-added evaluation hurts teaching
In this Education Week article Linda Darling-Hammond writes that value-added models are poor tools for evaulating teacher effectiveness and improving student achivement and mentions some effective alternatives.
Evaluating teacher evaluation
In this PDK article, leading researchers weigh in on value-added measures of teacher assessment.
For California schools, we need less testing and more assessing
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.
Why is Congress redlining our schools?
Linda Darling-Hammond argues that the new Senate vision for ESEA will weaken schools in the most vulnerable communities and further contribute to their failure.
