Press Releases
Linda Darling-Hammond receives two Bammy Awards
On September 15, 2012, Linda Darling-Hammond received two awards at the inaugural Bammy Awards ceremony.
A tale of two districts: How Linked Learning is helping two school districts improve student learning
Case studies on two schools in the California Linked Learning District Initiative tell promising stories of district reform for student success.
Call for equal education wins Grawemeyer award
Linda Darling-Hammond has received the prestigious Grawemeyer Award, given each year for outstanding works in music composition, world order, psychology, and education.
Evaluating teacher performance should be a national initiative, report finds
This story from Diverse Issues in Higher Education discusses a report by Linda Darling-Hammond on effective way to measure and improve teacher quality.
New study on California schools identifies policy supports to address racial inequities and California's achievement gap
A new SRN study follows five California high schools that are successfully working to close the achievement gap and illustrates how their approaches can inform state policy.
United States making mixed progress in improving teacher learning
SRN and the National Staff Development Council release new report on the status of professional learning for teachers in the United States.
New report outlines international lessons for improving teacher effectiveness
SCOPE and the Alliance for Excellent Education publish report on highly effective teacher and leadership development systems in Finland, Ontario, and Singapore.
Education and civil rights experts discuss Kerner Commission 40-year report
Some of the nation's leading education and civil rights experts gathered for a daylong forum on education and equity on the 40-year anniversary of the report of the Kerner Commission.
SCOPE welcomes Janice Jackson as new executive director
We are pleased to announce the arrival of Dr. Janice Jackson to Stanford as Executive Director of SCOPE.
U.S. education secretary appoints equity and excellence commission
Linda Darling-Hammond is among 28 education advocates, civil rights leaders, scholars, lawyers, and corporate leaders appointed to the Department of Education’s Equity and Excellence Commission.
