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Welcome to the latest episode of MathsTalk by AMSI schools. In this conversation, Leanne McMahon, the Schools Maths Advisor at AMSI, discusses the vital aspect of great mathematics teaching, making connections. Leanne is joined by Michaela Epstein, the founder and director of Maths Teacher Circles, who challenges conventional thinking in maths education. They explore the importance of focusing on the "big ideas" in maths and how to help students make connections between different mathematical concepts. Michaela provides practical strategies for educators to implement in their classrooms and encourages a more creative and connection-based approach to teaching mathematics. To stay updated and get access to valuable resources, you can subscribe to Michaela's email newsletter, follow her on social media, and explore her professional learning program for teachers. Join this engaging conversation to discover new ways to foster mathematical understanding and encourage your students to connect the dots in maths. Resources: Mathstalk@amsi.org.au @AMSISchools Juggling As A Way of Building Deep Understanding: https://www.mathsteachercircles.org/blog/juggling/  (blog post related to our conversation) Charles, R.I. (2005). ‘Big Ideas and Understandings as the Foundation for Elementary and Middle School Mathematics', Journal of Mathematics Education Leadership, Vol.7 (3). Siemon, D. (2022). ‘Teaching with the Big Ideas in Mathematics', Issues in the Teaching of Mathematics. State of Victoria (Department of Education and Training). Bransford, J., Derry, S., Berliner, D., Hammerness, K., & Beckett, K. (2005). Theories of learning and their roles in teaching. In L. Darling-Hammond & J. Bransford (ed.), Preparing teachers for a changing world: What  teachers should learn and be able to do. Jossey-Bass. (quiz questions re Easter Bunny etc came from) Cryptoshifts: https://www.engagememathematics.com/product/cryptoshifts/  Contact Michaela: My email newsletter: https://www.mathsteachercircles.org/amsi Twitter: https://twitter.com/MathsCirclesOz LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maths-teacher-circles Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MathsTeacherCircles

In this episode we're joined by Dr. Kia Darling-Hammond, a researcher, educator and coach with a specific focus on thriving. Kia's work helps create a path for us to imagine and dream - to envision a thriving life for ourselves and our communities. This conversation invites us to sense into those possibilities of thriving and aliveness.Learn more about Dr. Kia here.

For many, the words "civil rights" conjure images of the past, focusing on politicians, lawyers, activists. However, our guests today ask us to consider the civil rights implications we face today in the fight for a quality, 21st century education for all kids. Dr. Kia Darling-Hammond was recently commissioned to write about the importance of civil rights in the fight for educational equity, particularly the importance of the data collected by the Civil Rights Data Collection. Through that work, she enlisted her mother, Dr. Linda-Darling-Hammond, to co-author a new book, The Civil Rights Road to Deeper Learning: Five Essentials for Equity. With a focus on classrooms, as well as many factors outside of classrooms, the book asks us to consider the ongoing fight for civil rights, and how it plays out in our education system every day. While there continue to be important roles for political leaders, lawyers, and activists, the book also highlights the roles we can all play in pushing for an educational system that truly creates the world we want our kids to inherit. LINKS: The Civil Rights Road to Deeper Learning: Five Essentials for Equity Civil Rights Data Collection Sean Darling-Hammond, Jason Okonofua, Amanda Perez - When policy and psychology meet: Mitigating the consequences of bias in schools Lisa Delpit - Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom Hewlett Foundation - Deeper Learning Defined John Dewey - The Child and the Curriculum Including, the School and Society Ep 2 - The Bordon Family Use these links or start at our Bookshop.org storefront to support local bookstores, and send a portion of the proceeds back to us. Join our Patreon to support this work, and connect with us and other listeners to discuss these issues even further. Let us know what you think of this episode, suggest future topics, or share your story with us – @integratedschls on twitter, IntegratedSchools on Facebook, or email us podcast@integratedschools.org. The Integrated Schools Podcast was created by Courtney Mykytyn and Andrew Lefkowits. This episode was produced by Andrew Lefkowits and Val Brown. It was edited, and mixed by Andrew Lefkowits. Music by Kevin Casey. We're thrilled to share some final thoughts on the episode from Drs. Darling-Hammond on our website.

Today we are joined by Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond. Joining us on election day, there's frankly a lot of anxiety around the current state of our world…not just who will win the election but if those results will be accepted, a general cynicism about our future, and especially in the classroom, teachers are reporting extraordinary rates of burnout and nihilism.Dr. Darling-Hammond has done a ton of work to improve educational policy: both by supporting teachers and by changing systems in schools to support learners, she's advocated for higher standards of the profession and fighting back against authoritarian, behaviorist methods. Yet, given the state of the world today and all the things going on, how do we inspire hope and restore that humanity to professional development?In this podcast, we discuss:Where should we go next? We know that many schools are shifting to more rote practices. This was already happening through various “back to basics” movements, and is reemerging in force in the “learning loss” debate. This is further complicated by the politicization of teaching to new levels, between outcries about CRT, LGBTQIA+ rights, antiracism, etc. - even just using the term “progressive education” at all.How do we navigate those waters? What do we build professional development that address this in 2022? How can teachers and administrators build these practices?How can professional development be used to combat those who wish to discredit educator expertise and shift to hiring unlicensed teachers and/or gig-based workers? How can we ensure that we maintain a high standard for the profession?At a systemic level…what does this look like for school administrators? Attempts to do school reform at a national level seems to have always centered on national testing and teacher evaluations, and it's been a “back to basics” way of looking at education that goes to those non-supported-by-research practices.GuestDr. Linda Darling-Hammond, the Charles E. Docummun Professor of Education Emeritus at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. She founded the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education and served as the faculty sponsor of the Stanford Teacher Education Program, which she helped to redesign. She is the President and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute. Also, she's the former President of the American Educational Research Association. She's written over 25 books and 500 articles including The Right to Learn, Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning, and The Flat World and Education. She was the leader of the education transition team for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. And, she began her career as a public school teacher and co-founded a preschool and public high school.*In the recording, it was incorrectly mentioned that Dr. Darling-Hammond is the former president of LPI, she is the current president. She led both Barack Obama's and Joe Biden's US Dept of Education transition teams.ResourcesDr. Linda Darling-Hammond at StanfordLearning Policy InstitutePreparing Teachers for Deeper Learning by Linda Darling-Hammond et. al.The Civil Rights Road to Deeper Learning by Kia Darling-Hammond & Linda Darling-Hammond Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we explore Dr. Kia Darling-Hammond's Bridge to Thriving Framework© as a pathway to healing and restoration. With a focus on vibrancy and joy, Kia shares the power of balancing surviving and thriving and how thriving is truly a return to the self.

En la sección “la moda al día” discutimos el reporte, no el paper (sergio pone atención please), “desarrollando directores efectivos” (Darling-Hammond et al., 2022), el cual estirando algo el chicle es un spin-off de los directores fantásticos (Galdames & Gonzalez, 2019). Conversamos sobre que, como, porque, donde y sobre todo quienes, en el desarrollo de excelentes líderes escolares. Ademas, relevamos pq Mauro-Pino es Monterrey-Jack   Referencias: Darling-Hammond, L., Wechsler, M. E., Levin, S., Leung-Gagne, M., & Tozer, S. (2022). Developing effective principals: What kind of learning matters? (Issue May). https://doi.org/10.54300/641.201 Galdames, S., & Gonzalez, A. (2019). Directores fantásticos y dónde encontrarlos: lecciones sobre la promoción interna de directivos elegidos por Alta Dirección Pública en Chile. Calidad En La Educación, 51(2), 131–163. https://doi.org/10.31619/caledu.n51.673

NCEE CEO Anthony Mackay spoke with Linda Darling-Hammond, the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University, president and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute, and a member of NCEE's Center on International Education Benchmarking advisory board. The two discussed what it might take, in this post-pandemic moment, to strengthen our public education system and ensure that it supports social cohesion, economic prosperity, and individual and collective well-being. Darling-Hammond explained that historically there is an “anatomy of inequality” in the U.S. education system. Poverty and segregation, unequal school resources, inequitable distribution of well-qualified educators, and lack of access to a rigorous curriculum work against too many of our students.

As a public educator, you want the truth. As a conservative teacher, you also want facts. Some conservative educators have not been happy with President Trump’s work in education in our country. The election is still not settled, although the media would tell you otherwise. As court battles loom over who will be our next president, educators want to know how a new administration will affect them. Episode #7 will discuss what a Biden presidency could be like for conservative educators and public education, and who will be the Education Secretary.What A Biden Presidency Could Mean For TeachersThe media has proclaimed Joe Biden as the next President of the United States. What a Biden presidency could look like for public teachers may get your attention. Organizations like AFT and NEA have thrown large amounts of money towards getting Biden elected. Keep in mind that NEA and AFT support Planned Parenthood, “SeXXX-ed”, transgender theory, BLM/Critical Race Theory, etc. Even some public school teachers who are conservative-leaning have thrown their support towards Biden because they did not like Betsy Devos. The spending proposed by the Biden administration will hit every taxpayer, including teachers in the hip pocket.Joe Biden has promised that he wants to look at forgiving student loan debt. This would come at an estimated cost of $1.3 trillion dollars. Someone has to pay that bill. So what a Biden presidency would initially mean is large federal spending. Biden’s transition committee for education is being led by Linda Darling-Hammond. Darling-Hammond is the President of the California State Board of Education. A state board that still has students locked down and not attending in-class schooling. The state of California is now teaching a radical program called “sexx-ed.” Which tears down scientific-based knowledge of sexuality and gender identification. Not to mention this state is not reflective of most teachers across America.The Biden administration has also promised to name a Secretary of Education that is a person of color. The two top candidates are Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and Lily Eskelsen Garcia, the former president of the National Education Association. Sounds like pay-for-play to me, but you can make your own determination. What a Biden presidency teaches everyone is that if your union or organization donated large amounts of money, we will make sure you receive a spot in our cabinet as the education secretary.Important links for What A Biden Presidency Could Mean For Conservative Public EducatorsBiden’s Administration and Public EducationJoe Biden’s Education PlanDeVos out, Biden Plans Series of reversals on educationMore Interesting Podcast like What a Biden Presidency Could Mean for TeachersWhy Public Education should be state-funded, not Federally FundedPart One Biden’s America: The Joe Biden Plan on Immigration in AmericaConservative Educator PodcastRobert Mueller’s Report Should Be Released to the PublicCalifornia Removes Kamala Harris Records While Attorney General

This episode explores a conversation with Dr. Kia Darling-Hammond on the importance of centering conversations and practices that support people with thriving and flourishing, especially in light of structural inequality. She draws from her research with LGBTQIA youth of Color to think through a robust and unique framework on thriving. Kia Darling-Hammond, PhD, is the former associate director of educational programs at Stanford University’s Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education. She has more than twenty years’ experience as an administrator, researcher, teacher, consultant, and mentor in education and education-adjacent spaces. Kia’s scholarship explores the circumstances and beliefs that make thriving possible for Black LGBTQ+ and same-gender-loving people.

This fall, millions of American students and teachers will head back to school. In California, for most kids that will mean continuation of remote learning. Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond believes that, if done right, this giant online learning experiment we’ve all been thrust into could revolutionize the future of education. Dr. Darling-Hammond is the President of the California’s State Board of Education and the first Black woman to hold this role. In our final episode of our week-long series Coronavirus and the Classroom, Trymaine Lee talks with Dr. Darling-Hammond about the depth and severity of the digital divide and learning loss, along with the opportunities to close those gaps. According to Dr. Darling-Hammond, the next few months will force California schools to test out new learning models, teachers to innovate, and kids to think and learn outside the box. For a transcript, please visit https://www.msnbc.com/intoamerica.Further Reading: California school districts brace for an online back-to-school season Where online learning goes next A New “New Deal” For Education: Top 10 Policy Moves For States In The Covid 2.0 Era

NOTE: Audio starts at the 1:05 minute mark School districts across California have closed their doors as communities go on lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, and instructional time for millions of the state’s K-12 students is now spent at kitchen tables instead of classrooms. This new reality has created obstacles for teachers who are experimenting with distance learning on a massive scale, parents who are juggling homeschooling with working remotely and other stressors, and students who are used to face-to-face instruction. CalMatters K-12 education reporter Ricardo Cano talks to Linda Darling-Hammond, president of California’s State Board of Education, and Cindy Marten, superintendent of San Diego Unified School District, about what the state is doing to prepare parents, students and educators for homeschooling and distance learning during this unprecedented chapter in California’s history. A written summary of Darling-Hammond and Marten's advice is at: https://calmatters.org/education/2020/04/how-to-help-students-during-coronavirus-lockdown Photo Credit: Sharyn Ortega

As the Science of Learning and Development becomes better understood – the discoveries that connect how children develop and learn and how their environments can make or break their progress – a next challenge becomes clear: Turning that research into practice. So what exactly will it take from schools in communities and through public policy to make education work for every child in America? Linda Darling-Hammond, to put it mildly, has some ideas. Linda is president and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute and President of the California State Board of Education. She also is Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University. With many other leadership roles, award-winning books, more than 500 publications and education experience from preschool through higher ed, Darling-Hammond is simply one of this country's leading thinkers and doers in the field. In fact, in 2006 she was named one of the nation's 10 most influential people affecting educational policy, and in 2008 she headed President Obama's education policy transition team. For more information, go to www.turnaroundusa.org/podcast/

Dr. Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University Join Dr. Darling-Hammond and Jill Abbott as they discuss educational equity, accountability systems, biggest challenges in education, how private enterprise can help the education system, and more.

Linda Darling-Hammond, President and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute, is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University where she founded the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education and served as the faculty sponsor of the Stanford Teacher Education Program, which she helped to redesign. In 2006, Darling-Hammond was named one of the nation’s ten most influential people affecting educational policy.

Show Notes: During the first segment of Episode 4, the crew discusses a recent piece by Valerie Strauss entitled: Linda Darling-Hammond VS Diane Ravitch and Carol Burris (https://wapo.st/2ziklcc) Darling-Hammond's side takes exception in this piece that there is room for charters in America. She takes up "the issues of choice in public education from a different perspective from the one that has been driving debates since the election of President Trump." This piece comes in response to what Diane Ravitch wrote about charter schools: Does it matter who operates America’s public schools? (https://wapo.st/2qU3iZF) "That’s a central question in the national debate about education and the movement to find alternatives to school districts that are publicly funded and operated. While charter schools are publicly funded, they are privately operated and are not required in most places to be as transparent as publicly operated schools. The public also has little say in key operations of private and public schools that accept publicly funded vouchers."

Keri Randolph, former Assistant Superintendent for Innovation in Hamilton County, shares her own reluctant journey into the classroom and tries to find out why so few people are taking that path. Asking why no one wants to teach anymore to the following experts: Pete Fishman, Vice President for Strategy Deans for Impact @psfishman Kate Walsh, President of National Council on Teacher Quality @nctqkate Tiffanie Robinson, President and CEO of Lamp Post @LampPostBldgs Barnett Barry, Founder and CEO for Center for Teaching Quality @teachingquality Rickteyzia, Aspiring Teacher and Lasell College Graduate Carole Basile , Dean of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State Teachers College @asueducation Lance Huffman, former principal Mariel Novas, former community organizer Shanna Peeples, 2015 National Teacher of the Year and author of Think Like Socrates The dread color-coded sheets. They always started arriving around January. The Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources would prepare weekly updates on anticipated job openings at schools in the district and distribute them to the district leadership team. Green meant a school was fully staffed; yellow meant more than 50% of openings had been filled; and red meant more than 50% of openings had not been filled. During my first January in the district, I was shocked to see the abundant red lines and numbers of anticipated openings. Over the next few months, the red lines increased with more than 300 teachers needed to fill openings for the following school year. Our conversations as a leadership team were rarely about quality or effective teachers, but rather a growing lack of certified candidates. Through these conversations, I learned that, some classrooms in our highest poverty schools went without a permanent teacher for months or even a year in high needs areas like math and science. But, we were starting to experience shortages across the board except in our most affluent schools. We moved back the hiring season so that it started in December in hopes of signing teacher early before they could be recruited away. We partnered with our local university to improve teacher preparation and strengthen the student-teaching experience. We started a mentoring pilot to support new teachers in hopes they would stay, but through all of this, I saw a bigger problem. Not enough people wanted to teach in our schools. See below for some references and additional resources to accompany the content in the podcast. The Situation: Framing the Issue. Do we really have a teacher shortage? a. 2017-18 Teacher Shortage Area Nationwide List from the Office of Postsecondary Education at the US Department of Education. Urban, rural, high poverty and low-achieving schools have the biggest staffing problems. b. Some schools and districts (for example, South Carolina) are looking to teacher exchange programs to fill vacancies. c. Retention is a huge issue, but it is outside of the scope of this podcast. We plan to release an episode solely on retention soon. d. We have a national shortage of minority teachers. Teaching is local, and so are shortages. a. Teaching is more local than most professions. Teachers are more likely to teach near where they grew up and receive their training locally, as well. Read more about Deans for Impact on Peter Fishman’s blog, 13 Miles: The Inherent Localism of Teaching. b. Check data from your state here. Shortages can vary within states, within communities and even within districts. Teacher preparation programs are lacking in numbers and quality. a. Declining enrollment in teacher preparation in some parts of the country raise concerns that local supply won’t meet local demand. More on the data included in the podcast from the Learning Policy Institute. b. Teacher preparation program- the quality debate. The National Council on Teaching Quality reviews and ranks teacher preparation programs including traditional and alternative certification programs, though, there’s debate over how to measure the quality of teacher preparation programs. Here’s the link to the Third Way survey, Teaching: The Next Generation, Kate Walsh mentions in the podcast. Here’s the list of alternative teacher preparation programs in Texas. There’s a lot about teaching in many communities that isn’t attractive. a. North Carolina salary schedule referenced in podcast, and blog article on the high numbers of North Carolina who work additional jobs outside of the regular school day. b. The OECD 2017 Education at a Glance report released in September found that the US pays our teachers on average less than 60% of the salaries of similarly educated professionals- the “lowest relative earnings across all OECD countries with data” and the report also noted that US teachers work longer hours than their international counterparts, and this makes the profession “increasingly unattractive to young students.” c. More on Tiffanie Robinson and Lamp Post. d. More on the Center for Teaching Quality’s Barnett Berry. De-professionalization and the Low and High Roads a. The 2017 American Federation of Teachers and Badass Teachers Union Teacher Worklife Survey report decreasing teacher morale and mental health. b. National Education Policy Center’s 2015 brief, Reversing the Deprofessionalization of Teaching c. For more on de-professionalization of the teaching profession: i. Darling-Hammond, L. (2007). Images of teaching: Cultivating a moral profession. In Arcilla, et al (Eds.), A life in classrooms (pp. 16-33). New York: Teachers College Press. ii. Mehta, J. (2013). The allure of order: High hopes, dashed expectations, and the troubled quest to remake American schooling. Oxford University Press. d. Marc Tucker, President and CEO of the National Center of Education and Economy, writes extensively on the education labor market and has been a leader in the standards movement in the United States. He led the writing of America’s Choice: High Skills or Low Wages, informed the high road, low road discussion in the podcast. Reimagining the Teacher Workforce and the Profession a. Read more about Dr. Carole Basile and the work at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University to reimagine teacher preparation and the teaching profession. This blog offers more information on some of the work Dr. Basile discussed. b. More on the The Behavioural Insights Team in the UK and their work can be found on their website. The work referenced in the podcast on what motivates the talented young people to join the teaching profession was from personal communications with members of the BIT team during a visit to Chattanooga in the spring of 2016. c. For more on the value and importance of diverse teams, check out this article. There wasn’t time to go international in the podcast, but it is important to note that there are bright spots internationally with high-performing education systems and a professionalized teacher workforce. Finland is one of the most often cited and striking examples, partly because of the success of Finnish reforms but also because of the fairly rapid professionalization of teaching with key policy changes about 40 years ago. Teacher training shifted to Finland’s university system from a teacher college model. Rigorous entrance standards raised the bar for those entering the profession, and teacher preparation programs were designed to be high quality and challenging. By elevating teacher training to the university system, the profession became prestigious and more equal in clout with doctors and lawyers. This high road approach has been accompanied by policy changes to support professionalization such as government funded training for teachers and protected time for teachers to plan, collaborate and hone their craft. It is no surprise that Finland does not have teacher pipeline or teacher shortage problems. In the United States, we do not have the federalized system that supported Finland’s transformation, but one can imagine that there are states and communities who could mimic Finland’s professionalization strategy. Since teaching a local labor market and most teachers are trained locally, states or local communities could work with higher education to raise the bar on teacher candidates. I think it will take policy to make changes, because there is little impetus for higher education to raise standards and admit less students to their programs. The pressure will have to come from the state government as the teacher certification entity and/or from districts who demand higher quality candidates. References: Darling-Hammond, L. (2010). Steady work: How countries build successful systems. In The flat world of education. (pp.164-172). New York: Teachers College Press. Schwartz, R.B. & J. Mehta. (2011). Finland: Superb teachers- how to get them, how to use them. In M.S. Tucker (Ed.) Surpassing Shanghai. (pp. 51-78). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.

American Ninja Warrior host Akbar Gbajabiamila sits down with ninja Sean Darling-Hammond, who talks about taking charge of his happiness, living up to his fitness potential through mental training, his vision for his future career and his love of basketball. NBC Entertainment Podcast Network © 2018

Rachelle Savitz discusses current research and her own research on Response to Intervention or RTI. What is RTI? What are researched-based interventions? Find out in this episode! References: Allington, R. L. (2009a). What really matters in Response to Intervention: Research-based designs. Boston, MA: Pearson Education. Ayers, R., & Ayers, W. (2014). Teaching the taboo: Courage and imagination in the classroom. New York, NY: Teachers College Press. Berkeley, S., Bender, W. N., Peaster, L. G., & Saunders, L. (2009). Implementation of response to intervention: A snapshot of progress. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 42(1), 85-95. Brozo, W. G., & Hargis, C. H. (2003). Taking seriously the idea of reform: One high school’s efforts to make reading more responsive to all students. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 47(1), 14-23. Brozo, W. G. (2009). Response to intervention or responsive instruction? Challenges and possibilities of response to intervention for adolescent literacy. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 53(4), 277-281. Brozo, W. G. (2011). RTI and the adolescent reader: Responsive literacy instruction in secondary schools. New York: Teachers College Press. Buly, M.R., & Valencia, S.W. (2002). Below the bar: Profiles of students who fail state reading assessments. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 24(3), 219-239. Capella, E., & Weinstein, R. (2001). Turning around reading achievement: Predictors of high school students’ academic resilience. Journal of Educational Psychology, 93(4), 758-771. Coalition for Evidence-based Policy. (2003). Identifying and implementing educational practices supported by rigorous evidence: A user-friendly guide. US Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. Darling-Hammond, L. (1996). The right to learn and the advancement of teaching: Research, policy, and practice for democratic education. Educational Researcher, 25(6), 5-17. Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (2001). Access to the core curriculum: Critical ingredients for success. Remedial and Special Education, 22(3), 148-157. Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (2013). Implementing RTI in a High School. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 46(2), 99-114. Fraatz, J. M. B. (1987). The politics of reading: Power, opportunity, and prospects for change in America's public schools. New York: Teachers College Press. International Reading Association. (2002). Evidence-based reading instruction: Putting the National Reading Panel report into practice. Newark, DE: Author. International Reading Association. (2010). Response to intervention: Guiding principles for educators from the International Reading Association. Newark, DE: Authors. International Reading Association. (2012). Adolescent literacy: A position statement of the International Reading Association. Newark, DE: Author. Lai, M. K., Wilson, A., McNaughton, S., & Hsiao, S. (2014). Improving achievement in secondary schools: Impact of a literacy project on reading comprehension and secondary school qualifications. Reading Research Quarterly, 49(3), 305-334. Lang, L., Torgesen, J., Vogel, W., Chanter, C., Lefsky, E., & Petscher, Y. (2009). Exploring the relative effectiveness of reading interventions for high school students. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2(2), 149-175. Shanahan, T., & Shanahan, C. (2008). Teaching disciplinary literacy to adolescents: rethinking content-area literacy. Harvard Educational Review, 78(1), 40-59. Tatum, A. W. (2004). A road map for reading specialists entering schools without exemplary reading programs: Seven quick lessons. The Reading Teacher, 58(1), 28-39.

Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, Professor of Education at Stanford University, Faculty Director of the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education and Chair of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing discusses the benefits of college and career ready standards for improving conditions for both teacher and student learning. Darling-Hammond also speaks to the need for performance assessments that better measure student achievement and growth.

Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, Professor of Education at Stanford University, Faculty Director of the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education and Chair of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing discusses the benefits of college and career ready standards for improving conditions for both teacher and student learning. Darling-Hammond also speaks to the need for performance assessments that better measure student achievement and growth.

Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University, spoke and received the TC medal at the doctoral hooding ceremony on Wednesday, May 18th. Darling-Hammond, who taught for many years at Teachers College and is also a former president of the American Educational Research Association, is known as a leading architect of whole school reform and changes in teacher education. A former public school teacher, she has founded a charter school in one of the nation?s poorest communities that sends 90 percent of its students to college. At TC, where your work remains a touchstone, you co-founded the National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools and Teaching, which has conducted pioneering analyses of successful schools. And through the School Redesign Network at Stanford, you have developed, implemented and evaluated new school models across the country. Under her direction in the late 1990s, the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future built a national coalition of states that made sweeping changes to teacher education. Education Week ranked the commission's report, "What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future," among the most influential research studies affecting American education, and named Darling-Hammond among the decade's 10 most influential people affecting U.S. education policy. Darling-Hammond also served as education advisor to Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential election, memorably debating her counterpart in the McCain campaign on the stage of Teachers College's Cowin Conference Center.

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