 Darling-Hammond has worked with dozens of schools and districts around the nation on studying, developing, and scaling up new model schools—as well as launching preparation programs for teachers and leaders.Through the School Redesign Network (SRN) at Stanford University, she worked with a network of urban districts to redesign schools and district offices.Darling-Hammond has said, "Lagging far behind our international peers in educational outcomes--and with one of the most unequal educational systems in the industrialized world--we need, I believe, something much more than and much different from what NCLB offers.” She also praised the law for drawing attention to achievement gaps and for the right of all children to well-qualified teachers.