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Linda Darling-Hammond

Linda Darling-Hammond

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Best Female Scientists
2025
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Social Sciences and Humanities
USA
2026

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Best Female Scientists

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121
Citations
111703
World Ranking
512
National Ranking
301

Social Sciences and Humanities

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123
Citations
112615
World Ranking
19
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2009 - Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award, American Educational Research Association
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 1985 - Review of Research Award, American Educational Research Association

Overview

Linda Darling-Hammond is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a focus on education, developmental and educational psychology, law, social psychology, and human factors and ergonomics.

Their scholarly work includes a strong emphasis on teacher education and leadership studies, early childhood education and development, educational and psychological assessments, parental involvement in education, collaborative teaching and inclusion, teacher education and assessments, and legal issues in education.

Frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • European Journal of Teacher Education
  • Journal of Teacher Education
  • Action in Teacher Education
  • Applied Developmental Science
  • ECNU Review of Education

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Preparing educators for the time of COVID... and beyond," 2020, European Journal of Teacher Education
  • "Accountability in Teacher Education," 2020, Action in Teacher Education
  • "Defining teaching quality around the world," 2021, European Journal of Teacher Education
  • "Educating teachers to enact the science of learning and development," 2023, Applied Developmental Science
  • "Reinventing Systems for Equity," 2024, ECNU Review of Education

Linda Darling-Hammond has collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Maria E. Hyler
  • Abby Schachner
  • Steven K. Wojcikiewicz
  • Lisa Flook
  • Arthur E. Wise

Their book publications include a title published by the Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology:

  • "A License To Teach: Building A Profession For 21st Century Schools," 2022

Linda Darling-Hammond's career has been recognized with multiple awards, such as:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2014
  • Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award, American Educational Research Association, 2009
  • Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, 2008
  • Review of Research Award, American Educational Research Association, 1985

Best Publications

  • Teacher Quality and Student Achievement

    Linda Darling-Hammond

  • Preparing teachers for a changing world : what teachers should learn and be able to do

    Linda Darling-Hammond;John D. Bransford

  • The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future

    Linda Darling-Hammond

  • Policies That Support Professional Development in an Era of Reform

    Linda Darling-Hammond;Milbrey W. McLaughlin

  • CONSTRUCTING 21st-CENTURY TEACHER EDUCATION

    Linda Darling-Hammond

  • Effective Teacher Professional Development

    Linda Darling-Hammond;Maria E. Hyler;Madelyn Gardner

  • Teacher Quality and Student Achievement: A Review of State Policy Evidence

    Linda Darling-Hammond

  • Powerful Teacher Education: Lessons from Exemplary Programs

    Linda Darling-Hammond

  • Implications for educational practice of the science of learning and development

    Linda Darling-Hammond;Lisa Flook;Channa Cook-Harvey;Brigid Barron

  • KEEPING GOOD TEACHERS: WHY IT MATTERS, WHAT LEADERS CAN DO

    Linda Darling-Hammond

  • How Teacher Education Matters

    Linda Darling-Hammond

  • Teacher Education and the American Future.

    Linda Darling-Hammond

  • Defining “Highly Qualified Teachers”: What Does “Scientifically-Based Research” Actually Tell Us?

    Linda Darling-Hammond;Peter Youngs

  • Doing what matters most : investing in quality teaching

    Linda Darling-Hammond

  • The Right To Learn: A Blueprint for Creating Schools That Work. The Jossey-Bass Education Series.

    Linda Darling-Hammond

  • Professional learning in the learning profession: A status report on teacher development in the United States and abroad.

    Linda Darling-Hammond;Ruth Chung Wei;Alethea Andree;Nikole Richardson

  • Variation in Teacher Preparation: How Well Do Different Pathways Prepare Teachers to Teach?

    Linda Darling-Hammond;Ruth Chung;Fred Frelow

  • Does Teacher Preparation Matter? Evidence about Teacher Certification, Teach for America, and Teacher Effectiveness

    Linda Darling-Hammond;Deborah J. Holtzman;Deborah J. Holtzman;Su Jin Gatlin;Julian Vasquez Heilig

  • Teaching as the Learning Profession : Handbook of Policy and Practice

    Linda Darling-Hammond;Gary Sykes

  • The Right to Learn: A Blueprint for Creating Schools That Work

    Linda Darling-Hammond

  • Policies That Support Professional Development in an Era of Reform; Policies Must Keep Pace with New Ideas about What, When, and How Teachers Learn and Must Focus on Developing Schools' and Teachers' Capacities to Be Responsible for Student Learning

    Linda Darling-Hammond;Milbrey W. McLaughlin

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph Murphy
Joseph Murphy Vanderbilt University
Milbrey W. McLaughlin
Milbrey W. McLaughlin Stanford University
Jesse Rothstein
Jesse Rothstein University of California, Berkeley
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang University of Southern California
David C. Berliner
David C. Berliner Arizona State University
Deborah Loewenberg Ball
Deborah Loewenberg Ball University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Dan Goldhaber
Dan Goldhaber University of Washington
Ann Lieberman
Ann Lieberman Stanford University
Robert C. Pianta
Robert C. Pianta University of Virginia
Robert L. Linn
Robert L. Linn University of Colorado Boulder

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