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EdSource by Diana Lambert | As many states experience a decline in teachers, California is seeing an increase in credentialed teachers entering the profession. This article featuring Linda Darling-Hammond and Susan Kemper Patrick explores California’s investments in the teacher workforce that have increased the number of fully prepared teachers entering the profession and what strategies are still needed to improve shortages.
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Integrated Schools | Drs. Linda and Kia Darling-Hammond discuss their book, The Civil Rights Road to Deeper Learning: Five Essentials for Equity, which considers key civil rights actions and education policy conditions essential to ensuring access to a meaningful education that prepares all students to thrive in our modern society.
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CNN by Rene Marsh | As teacher shortages around the country persist, some states are lowering qualification requirements, which could ultimately exacerbate the issue. “When states respond to shortages by reducing standards rather than increasing salaries and improving working conditions... they get people in who are underprepared. Those people leave at two to three times the rate of those who have come in with preparation,” Linda Darling-Hammond said.
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Chalkbeat by Amy DiPierro and Corey Mitchell, Center for Public Integrity | Many districts are likely undercounting the number of students experiencing homelessness, which means these students are not receiving the essential services they are guaranteed under federal law. This article explores how students experiencing homelessness are undercounted and underserved and the financial costs associated with supporting them.
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K–12 Dive by Kara Arundel | Racial disparities in out-of-school suspensions have persisted over the years, and students with disabilities are suspended at higher rates than students without disabilities. This article highlights an LPI report focused on trends and disparities in exclusionary discipline practices.
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ASCD Connect | This ASCD Connect Podcast episode features Linda Darling-Hammond sharing innovative ideas to revitalize the teaching profession and solve deepening and persistent teacher shortages. “Nothing works in education well unless you have a stable, diverse set of well-prepared teachers who are able to enact it.”
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EdSource by John Fensterwald | A new California teaching credential for pre-kindergarten through third grade will require teacher candidates to show they are trained in how to teach reading. This article explores the implications of the new credential as well as the various sources to fill the thousands of vacant teaching positions.
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Forbes by Linda Darling-Hammond | If we genuinely want to ensure safer schools, we should follow the evidence about what works, rather than jeopardizing more lives with more guns where they clearly do not belong.
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EdWeek by Denisa R. Superville | Principal preparation and professional development programs have improved in recent decades, but principals still report a lack of access to critical training. “We did see a lot of changes in principal preparation over the last 10 or 15 years,” Linda Darling-Hammond told EdWeek. “That is part of the good news. And nationally, across the states, more principals [have access] to more of the key topics they should be learning about, in terms of how children grow and learn and how to organize a productive school environment.”
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Capital & Main by Laura Impellizzeri | Community schools have partnerships in place that allowed them to respond to the needs of students and families when the pandemic hit. This Capital & Main interview with Anna Maier explores the community school approach to advancing equity for students.
