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...schools for the next century" should be "focused on the needs of learners, rather than the demands of bureaucracy," Darling-Hammond said. She said schools need to develop "communities of learners," adding that schools need to be personalized so students don't slip through the cracks...
Rudenstine has identified primary and secondary education as one area where closer cooperation between Harvard's different faculties can be helpful. Darling-Hammond endorsed that assessment, saying she looked forward to cooperation between the School of Education, the Kennedy School of Government and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...Darling-Hammond, 40, was an undergraduate at Yale University and received her Ed.D. from Temple University. Before going to Columbia, she served 10 years at the Rand Corporation, a Washington, D.C. think tank...
Rudenstine said in yesterday's press conference that he first discussed the past with Darling-Hammond in June 1991. He said Darling Hammond withdrew from consideration for the post in mid-winter. A three year appointment for Darling-Hammond's husband as a lecturer at the Kennedy School made the appointment possible, Rudenstine said...
Rudenstine said in a statement that Darling-Hammond "has the kind of intellectual power, insight and energy that not only makes her own work excellent, but has the capacity to motivate others...