Professor Linda Darling-Hammond

Speaker Summary

Linda Darling-Hammond is one of the world’s foremost authorities on school reform, equity in learning and professional development. She is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University and founding president of the Learning Policy Institute, which she created to provide high-quality research for policies that enable equitably and empowering education for each and every child. Perhaps the USA’s top educationalist and regularly touted for the role of the nation’s Secretary of Education, Linda led the Obama education policy transition team in 2008 and the Biden education transition team in 2020. A prolific, best-selling author and President of the California State Board of Education on top of all this, there are very people worldwide who know more about learning than Professor Darling-Hammond.

Areas of Expertise

Educational Theory and Policy – Equity and Inclusion – Professional Development – System Reform