Linda+Darling-Hammond

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Linda Darling-Hammond is author or editor of more than a dozen books and more than 300 articles on education policy and practice. Her work focuses on school restructuring, teacher education, and educational equity.

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Darling-Hammond has been engaged in efforts to redesign schools so that they focus more effectively on learning and to develop standards for teaching. As Chair of the Model Standards Committee of the [|Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC)], she led the effort to develop licensing standards for beginning teachers that reflect current knowledge about what teachers need to know to teach diverse learners.

Linda Darling-Hammond has been an activist for providing all children, no matter what background, a quality education with well-trained and qualified teachers. She has established numerous programs at Stanford University's School of Education and has served on ground-breaking councils to reconfigure how teachers are trained and students are assessed. She was the education advisor for now-president Barack Obama's campaign, and many thought the prime candidate for Secretary of Education.

In addition, Linda is against [|Teach for America]. She feels teachers do not receive adequate training to equip them for the future.

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Equally as compelling is the educational career of Linda Darling-Hammond. Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1951, Darling-Hammond has been a crusader for developing national standards and providing students at all income levels and ethnic backgrounds a competitive and quality education. She has spent a large portion of her career as a professor of Education at Stanford University. Notably, Darlng-Hammond has served as the Chairwoman for the Model Standards Committee of the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium. This is a network of different states developing standards to ensure that new teachers are properly certified and qualified to provide a proper education for all students. In this respect, Darling-Hammond is a notable critic of the unconventional program "Teach for America". Her concerns are based upon a need for certification and support for new teachers. This program provides mainly in-classroom experience without much training outside of practicum, recruiting new college graduates who do not necessarily hold education-related degrees. Despite criticism of her views, she co-authored a ground-breaking proposal entitled "What Matters Most" while executive director of the National Commisson on Teaching and America's Future. This forum brought about organizational reforms while integrating extensive teacher education programs in over 25 states. Recently, Ms. Darling-Hammond served as the education advisor to now-president Barack Obama during his 2008 campaign. Her ideas on educational reform, implementation of teacher training and support, as well as the importance of increasing standards in the United States to compete internationally pushed her to the forefront as prime candidate for Secretary of Education. Linda Darling-Hammond believes in the necessity of a thorough, meaningful education for all students. Through her numerous writings of books and articles, she fights for a system where students are actively learning, not being taught at.

Linda Darling-Hammond Philosophy (in her writings)- wants to ensure that the US will be able to compete at an international level in the future. · Darling-Hammond often sites that US does not place well when compared to other nations, and the scores are continually lowering. o US often places in the mid-30’s out of the top 40 industrialized nations · Wants students to be self-motivated, able to collaborate with others, utilize information for different purposes and be able to develop new products and ideas. · Does not think that at this time the US is able to compete with the rest of the world in ways of technology and science and mathematics · US is having to bring in people from other nations because there are not enough well trained individuals in the US · Wants teachers to be trained and be experts in their fields · Darling-Hammond is an advocate for closing the gap between rich schools and poor schools o Sites this as one of the reasons that the US is so far behind other nations · “Our future will be increasingly determined by our capacity and our will to educate all children well – a challenge we have very little time to meet if the United States is not to enact the modern equivalent of the fall of Rome” =Speaking Points= Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 Video
 * __Linda Darling-Hammond__**
 * Equally as compelling is the work of Linda Darling-Hammond
 * Born in Cleveland, OH in 1951
 * Currently longtime Professor of Education at Stanford University
 * Crusader for developing national standards and equity among all ethnicities and income levels
 * Chairwoman of Model Standards Committee of the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium
 * This is network of states developing teaching standards to ensure that teachers are properly certified and trained
 * Critic of Teach for America
 * Most in program do not hold education-related degrees
 * Does not provide enough training prior to practicum or continuing support
 * Despite criticism of views, served as Executive Director of National Commission on Teaching and America's Future
 * Forum made organizational reforms in schools with extensive teacher education programs in over 25 states
 * Co-authored "What Matters Most", a proposal for reform
 * Also served as Educational Advisor to now-president Barack Obama during 2008 campaign
 * Ideas on educational reform, teacher training and support, and increasing standards to compete globally made her forerunner for Secretary of Education
 * Has written numerous books on her research and authored or edited over 300 articles
 * In her writings, Darling-Hammond wants to ensure that the U.S. can compete on an international level in the future
 * Does not think that at this time the U.S. can compete globally in fields of science, mathematics and technology
 * U.S. often places in mid 30s of the top 40 industrialized nations on standardized and international tests
 * Scores continuing to decline
 * U.S. is having to bring in individuals from other nations because they are better trained than those in our own country
 * Ultimately, Darling-Hammond wants students to be:
 * Self-motivated
 * Able to collaborate with others
 * Able to utilize information for differet purposes
 * Able to develop new products and ideas
 * She is an advocate for closing the gap between rich and poor schools
 * She wants teachers to be trained and to be experts in their fields
 * She eloquently stated that "[o]ur future will be increasingly determined by our capacity and our will to educate all children well - a challenge we have very little time to meet if the United States is not to enact the modern equivalent of the fall of Rome".