Join the LEARN Network for a summer conversation series with education leaders to discuss a vision for an evidence-based education ecosystem. As part of this visioning, we’ll consider the entire ecosystem of actors, organizations, processes, and resources that work together to shape education.
Part 2, “National Perspectives on Scaling Evidence Use,” features national education research community leaders Linda Darling-Hammond and Vivian Tseng. Learn more about the conversation and the panelists below.
A conversation featuring the perspectives of national leaders from the education research community. Linda Darling-Hammond and Vivian Tseng will discuss the role of researchers in the education ecosystem and in translating evidence into actionable policy and practice changes to improve teaching and learning.
Panelists
- Linda Darling-Hammond, Chief Knowledge Officer, Learning Policy Institute
- Vivian Tseng, President, Foundation for Child Development
Moderator
- Victoria A. Schaefer, Senior Principal Education Researcher and Technical Assistance Provider, SRI Education
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About the Panelists
Linda Darling-Hammond
Linda Darling-Hammond is the chief knowledge officer at Learning Policy Institute and founded the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. Darling-Hammond’s early research focused on how to level the playing field for underserved students. This was driven by seeing first-hand how inequality in school funding directly shapes teaching capacity and students’ learning outcomes. Since then, she’s worked with education and policy leaders across both the US and more than 15 countries worldwide, helping inform teacher-development programs and policies. These have centered on how teachers can learn evidence-based teaching methods that are effective for even the most underserved students. Darling-Hammond’s work ensures that research informs real-world educational practices, making her a key figure in both scholarly and policy-making circles.
Vivian Tseng
Vivian Tseng, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation for Child Development, a private foundation that works at the nexus of research, policy, and practice to advance equity and justice for young children and their families. Prior to joining the Foundation, Tseng served as senior vice president, programs, at the William T. Grant Foundation where she pioneered initiatives to advance evidence-informed policy and practice. She launched the Foundation’s focus on the use of research evidence in policy and practice. She is widely recognized for her leadership role in building an interdisciplinary field of research on research use in policy and practice, expanding research-practice partnerships, and supporting a broader movement to democratize evidence.
The LEARN Network is funded by the Institute of Education Sciences.
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