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Linda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University. Her books include The Right to Learn, Professional Development Schools, Learning to Teach for Social Justice, and Authentic Assessment in Action.

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Works by Linda Darling-Hammond

Learning to Teach for Social Justice (2002) — Editor — 25 copies

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Doing Race: 21 Essays for the 21st Century (2010) — Contributor — 40 copies
The Public Purpose of Education and Schooling (1997) — Contributor — 18 copies
Keeping the Promise? : The Debate Over Charter Schools (2008) — Contributor — 12 copies
Teaching for Intelligence (1999) — Contributor — 11 copies

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The most thorough analysis of why US schools underperform vis a vis the rest of the world.
 
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alancaro | 1 other review | Apr 20, 2015 |
Clear and cogent presentation of teacher prep research from a primarily ed psych stance. Some critical thinking included, but I'd add some outside readings in critical pedagogy were I to use this in a teacher prep program.
 
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woofrock | May 21, 2009 |
I expected a lot from this book. Linda Darling-Hammond has a stellar reputation in my circles, so I expected this title to be amazing. It wasn't.

The title was a rather pedestrian affair filled with lots of hackneyed phrases and trite observations. The book covers project-based learning in general with little in terms of practical advise. The book then covers project-based approaches to literacy, math, and science. There's a lot of ed-school jargon and tons of analyses of "the literature". I had hopes this book would help me better understand project-based learning. I really wanted to like this book, but I just couldn't.… (more)
 
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dmcolon | 1 other review | Feb 22, 2009 |

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