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Building School Communities for Students Living in Deep Poverty
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Cookson, Peter W., Jr.; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2022
Deep poverty is the result of economic and social policies that inhibit the life chances and opportunities of children experiencing material hardship. These barriers to success are compounded when children are discriminated against because of their race, ethnicity, English learner status, religion, dis/ability status, and immigration status.…
Descriptors: Poverty, Social Discrimination, Access to Education, Educational Environment
Improving Education the New Mexico Way: An Evidence-Based Approach
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Oakes, Jeannie; Espinoza, Daniel; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Gonzales, Carmen; DePaoli, Jennifer; Kini, Tara; Hoachlander, Gary; Burns, Dion; Griffth, Michael; Leung, Melanie – Learning Policy Institute, 2020
For more than a year, the Learning Policy Institute (LPI) conducted research in New Mexico, including interviews, site visits, document review, and new analyses of data provided by the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED). The purpose of the study was to provide New Mexico leaders a research perspective on the challenges facing education…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Policy, State Policy
Improving Education the New Mexico Way: Summary Report
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Oakes, Jeannie; Espinoza, Daniel; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Gonzales, Carmen; DePaoli, Jennifer; Kini, Tara; Hoachlander, Gary; Burns, Dion; Griffth, Michael; Leung, Melanie – Learning Policy Institute, 2020
For more than a year, the Learning Policy Institute (LPI) conducted research in New Mexico, including interviews, site visits, document review, and new analyses of data provided by the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED). The purpose of the study was to provide New Mexico leaders a research perspective on the challenges facing education…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, State Policy, Evidence Based Practice
New Standards and Old Inequalities: School Reform and the Education of African American Students.
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Darling-Hammond, Linda – Journal of Negro Education, 2000
Outlines disparities in educational access, proposing reforms for equalizing opportunities to learn and examining social and economic challenges; reducing achievement gaps; inequality and achievement; the influence of funding on achievement (particularly among African American students); what matters in teaching (e.g., access to quality teaching,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Access to Education, Black Students