Publications
A Future Worthy of Teaching for America
In an article for Phi Delta Kappan, Linda Darling-Hammond advocates for a teaching residency as part of the Teach for America program.
Accountability Texas Style: The Progress and Learning of Urban Minority Students in a High-Stakes Testing Context
Linda Darling-Hammond and Julian Vasquez Heilig examine student progress and achievement in relation to accountability policy incentives in an urban district in Texas.
Creating Excellent and Equitable Schools
In this article, authors Linda Darling-Hammond and Diane Friedlaender discuss design features and policies that can promote exceptional high schools on a broad scale.
Keeping the Promise? The Debate Over Charter Schools
Keeping the Promise? examines one of the most complex reforms in education: charter schools.
Creating Inclusive Campus Environments for Cross-Cultural Learning and Student Engagement: Intentionality in Diversity, Learning and Engagement
Shaun Harper's and Anthony Antonio's book shows how to capitalize on the diversity that exists on U.S. campuses in educationally meaningful ways.
Don't Disparage Students' Own Cultural Codes: Rather, Help Them Become Fluent in Multiple Cultural Codes
A chapter by Prudence Carter in the book "Everyday Antiracism."
High Schools for Equity: Policy Supports for Student Learning in Communities of Color
Diane Friedlaender et al. take a look at the lessons we can learn from the schools that are successfully addressing the achievement gap in California.
Testimony before the House Education and Labor Committee on the Re-Authorization of No Child Left Behind
A transcript of Linda Darling-Hammond's 2007 testimony before the House Education and Labor Committee on the draft bill to re-authorize No Child Left Behind.
All Things Being Equal: Instigating Opportunity in an Inequitable Time: Educational Quality and Equality: What It Will Take to Leave No Child Behind
A chapter by Linda Darling-Hammond addressing the opportunity gap in American classrooms.
Race, Inequality, and Educational Accountability: The Irony of 'No Child Left Behind'
In this article, Linda Darling-Hammond explores the negative consequences of the No Child Left Behind Act.
The Flat Earth and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future
In this article, Linda Darling-Hammond outlines current disparities in educational access and proposes reforms needed to equalize opportunities to learn.
High School Size, Organization, and Content: What Matters for Student Success?
Darling-Hammond, Ross, and Milken examine competing findings about the effects of smaller schools across a wide range of studies over the last thirty years.
Securing the Right to Learn: The Quest for an Empowering Curriculum for African American Citizens
Linda Darling-Hammond et al. chronicle a journey to achieve the type of education that focused on the battles to secure access to schooling and a curriculum for full citizenship.
Preparing School Leaders for a Changing World: Case Studies of Exemplary Programs
These case studies examine eight exemplary pre- and in-service program models that address key issues in developing strong leaders.
Preparing School Leaders for a Changing World: Lessons from Exemplary Leadership Development Programs
Linda Darling-Hammond et al. draw lessons from eight exemplary programs to help other educational administration programs as they strive to develop and support school leaders.
Leadership Development in California
Over two decades of research has established that school leadership is critical to improving academic achievement. Linda Darling-Hammond and Stelios Orphanos address the question that naturally follows: If leadership matters, how can it be developed?
Analysis and Recommendations for Alternatives to the Washington Assessment of Student Learning
Linda Darling-Hammond et al. examine the pros and cons of Washington's provision of alternatives for its exit exam, the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL).
Windows on Conversions: A Multi-Media Exploration of Redesign at Four Comprehensive High Schools
This multimedia study kit looks at the promising practices of four comprehensive high schools that have been redesigned into small schools and learning communities.
Securing the Right to Learn: Policy and Practice for Powerful Teaching and Learning
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.
If They'd Only Do Their Work!
Darling-Hammond and Ifill-Lynch ask, What can teachers do about students who fail to complete their assignments?
