Publications
Reports & Report Series
Equal Opportunity for Deeper Learning
This report calls for fundamental changes in curriculum, assessment, and policy to ensure equity among students regardless of socioeconomic status.
Reports & Report Series
Whose Choice? Student Experiences and Outcomes in the New Orleans School Marketplace
Adamson, Cook-Harvey, and Darling-Hammond examine the experiences of students and families managing their way through a portfolio of charter schools in New Orleans.
Articles & Chapters
Male Teachers of Color Take a Lesson from Each Other
In Phi Deta Kappan, Travis J. Bristol writes about a social-emotional support network for male teachers of color.
Reports & Report Series
Centered on Results: Assessing the Impact of Student-Centered Learning
A series of studies by Nellie Mae examine how to ensure that all students get an opportunity to reach college and career readiness.
Reports & Report Series
Social Emotional Learning in High School: How Three Urban High Schools Engage, Educate, and Empower Youth — Full Series
A series of reports describe social emotional learning practices at three socioeconomically and racially diverse urban high schools.
Reports & Report Series
Social Emotional Learning in High School: How Three Urban High Schools Engage, Educate, and Empower Youth — Case Studies
Three case studies describe how highly effective schools design, implement, and practice school-wide social emotional learning.
Briefs
Social Emotional Learning in High School: How Three Urban High Schools Engage, Educate, and Empower Youth — Brief
This brief report highlights findings from SCOPE's study on effective social emotional learning practices at three urban high schools.
Articles & Chapters
Can Value Added Add Value to Teacher Evaluation?
Linda Darling-Hammond debates the benefits and difficulties of using value-added methods to evaluate educators and schools.
Reports & Report Series
Accountability and the Federal Role: A Third Way on ESEA
Amid a highly polarized debate on reauthorizing NCLB, two different school reform "camps" have found common ground on addressing Federal educational accountability policy.
Articles & Chapters
Differentiating PD for Male Teachers of Color
This article by Travis Bristol describes a professional development approach for male teachers of color.
Reports & Report Series
Developing Effective Communities of Practice Using the National Board Certification Process
Reports & Report Series
New Paradigm for Educational Accountability Series
This series on accountability features articles, commentaries, and videos by leading thinkers in business, policy, civil rights, schools, and academia.
Briefs
A District Linked Learning Principal Network Grows Leadership Capacity
Jaquith and Johnston identify five lessons for district leaders to support learning among Linked Learning principals.
Briefs
The Graduate Profile: A District Strategy for the Coherent Alignment of Student Outcomes
Elle Rustique describes how a graduate profile can help a Linked Learning district achieve coherence between school practices, district goals, state policies, and national standards.
Briefs
The District Office as a Site for Work-Based Learning
Jaquith and Johnston show how district and school leaders can help Linked Learning teachers better understand career-relevant knowledge and skills.
Briefs
Valuing Career and Technical Education
Jaquith and Johnston offer strategies for Linked Learning pathway instructors to integrate core academic and career technical subjects to truly prepare students for college and career
Reports & Report Series
Supporting Continuous Improvement in California’s Education System
A report from Darling-Hammond and Plank examines key elements of the education accountability system now being enacted by the state.
Briefs
Performance Assessments: How State Policy Can Advance Assessments for 21st Century Learning
Parsi and Darling-Hammond look at how states are changing strategies to better target 21st-century learning skills.
Articles & Chapters
Site-Based Leadership for Improving Instruction
Ann Jaquith describes how leaders can develop instructional capacity to improve teaching and learning
Reports & Report Series
Teaching Around the World: What Can TALIS Tell Us?
Burns and Darling-Hammond look at how the latest results of the international teacher survey can inform U.S. policy on teaching quality.
