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Stanford professor wins Grawemeyer award for book on inequity in education

Linda Darling-Hammond

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Chris Otts | The Courier-Journal

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School districts across the country often spend less on instruction for low-income and minority students, and it’s one of the main reasons the United States no longer leads the world in education, as it did 40 years ago.

So says Stanford University professor Linda Darling-Hammond, who has won the 2012 Grawemeyer award in education from the University of Louisville for her book, “The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future.”

The executive committee of the U of L Board of Trustees approved the award, which