Education Indicators Jill Barshay for the Hechinger Report echoes the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s annual report of education indicators, released last week, that compares education spending in countries around the world. The United States has been cutting its funding and other countries … Continued
Sometimes I feel like I am living in a partitioned country and other times I feel we are as one. But life here in the United States is not as simple as one or the other—it is a constant struggle … Continued
Moving Forward from Charlottesville A message from Linda Darling-Hammond We are all still reeling from the appalling events in Charlottesville last week, sparked by the white nationalist march that put bigotry on clear display. We at the Learning Policy Institute … Continued
The Arts The arts are a creativity generator. They open up children’s minds and help engage them in producing academic product that is more interesting and more explanatory of the content and skills they are learning. The arts are also … Continued
Arts Integration I spent last week in Florida helping the Center for Creative Education provide its summer workshop for teachers and teaching artists. These teacher partnerships will implement an arts integrated curriculum to more than 800 children next year. The … Continued
Arts Integration Helps Increase Learning Across all Disciplines I am taking a series of steps to introduce districts to the implementation of our arts integration model for school reform developed by our lab. This 7-year, two-trial, randomized, 35,000 student, treatment … Continued
Arts Integration Helps Increase Learning Across all Abilities I am taking a series of steps to introduce districts to the implementation of our arts integration model for school reform developed by our lab. This 7-year, two-trial, randomized, 35,000 student, treatment … Continued
Today we turn the spotlight on the school reform idea of community schools. Although it might be assumed that schools were always community products, this particular reform emphasis is linked to the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Community Schools provide … Continued
Education and the Arts I want to tell you a story about my life in education and the arts. I really can’t put a button on this, so don’t expect an easy ending, a clean through-line, or simple outcomes. I … Continued
