From the unique perspective gained heading Obama’s education policy transition team, Darling-Hammond describes President Obama’s commitment to making the education of every child a collective responsibility and reviews the major tenets of the new administration’s plans for education. She reflects on the importance of suggested policy changes, particularly focusing on the importance of legislation to improve teacher capacity and retention. Finally, she considers how the field of education might look in 2016 should the Obama administration’s education agenda succeed as planned.

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Linda Darling-Hammond’s work focuses on issues of school restructuring, teacher quality, and educational equity. She recently served as the leader of President Obama’s education policy transition team. She is a former president of the American Educational Research Association and founder of the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education and the School Redesign Network. Darling-Hammond is author of more than 300 publications.