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Community Schools: A Powerful Strategy to Disrupt Inequitable Systems

Christopher Edley, Jr.,

Linda Darling-Hammond

Aug 16 2018
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Fifty years after the Kerner Report, our nation still struggles with persistent disparities in child welfare, educational opportunities, and economic outcomes—but there is still hope for change. In this Education and the Path to Equity blog, Christopher Edley, President of the Opportunity Institute, and Linda Darling-Hammond discuss the potential of community schools to overcome the entrenched inequities of today’s education system.

Topics Equitable Resources and Access, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design
Video

Event Video: From Community Schools to Community Districts: Building Systems for Student Success

Aug 14 2018
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The Learning Policy Institute and our partners at the Coalition for Community Schools, Communities In Schools, and the Center for American Progress hosted a conversation with leaders on community schools. Panelists discussed how to implement a community schools strategy at scale and how local and state education policy can support this crucial work.

Topics Deeper Learning, Equitable Resources and Access
Blog

Kerner at 50: Who Will Be Bold and Courageous? Confronting Racism and School Funding Equity

Zakiyah Ansari

Aug 09 2018
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Education has the potential to be the "great equalizer" in society — mitigating the impacts of poverty and race. But that potential has yet to be realized in America. In this Education and the Path to Equity blog, Zakiyah Ansari, Advocacy Director with the New York State Alliance for Quality Education, discussed the progress made in investing in the right of every student to learn well.

Topic Equitable Resources and Access
Blog

Rich Schools, Poor Schools: Fifty Years of Pursuing the Promise of Equal Educational Opportunity

Aug 01 2018
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Fifty years ago, in his book, Rich Schools, Poor Schools: The Promise of Equal Educational Opportunity, Arthur Wise noted the glaring inequities in public school funding and suggested that examination by the courts would reveal they were unconstitutional. In his blog, Wise describes advocates’ efforts to redress those wrongs through a judicial strategy, legislatures’ responses to court rulings and judicial orders, where we stand now, and what remains to be done to achieve equal educational opportunity.

Topic Equitable Resources and Access
Brief

How Money Matters for Schools

Bruce D. Baker

Jul 17 2018
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This brief is based on a report reviewing research on the role of money in determining school quality. The research found that schooling resources that cost money are positively associated with student outcomes. In addition to summarizing the report, the brief offers these policy recommendations: Ensure school finance reforms are linked to thoughtful standards and supports for students and teachers, invest more in students who have greater needs, and invest in human resources.

Topic Equitable Resources and Access
Book

On the Road to High-Quality Early Learning: Changing Children's Lives

Marjorie Wechsler,

David L. Kirp,

Titilayo Tinubu Ali,

Madelyn Gardner,

Anna Maier,

Hanna Melnick,

Patrick M. Shields

Jun 22 2018
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The book provides a comprehensive examination of how states can build high-quality early education systems: It discusses design and implementation, themes to guide program development, effective management and collaboration with state agencies, and the central role that teachers play in improving children’s lives. There is no single roadmap to excellence, but the varied experiences of states can provide important insights into the policies and practices that lead to quality early learning.

Topic Early Childhood Learning
Brief

Encouraging Social and Emotional Learning: Next Steps for States

Jun 15 2018
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The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides an opportunity for states to include measures of students social, emotional, and academic development when assessing outcomes. This brief offers recommendations for ways state agencies can encourage social and emotional learning in schools to support the whole child, through their systems of accountability and continuous improvement under ESSA.

Topics Accountability and Improvement, The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Deeper Learning
Blog

Arming Teachers And Expelling Students Is Not The Answer To School Shootings, And It's Dangerous

Linda Darling-Hammond

Jun 14 2018
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As the US looks for ways to reduce school shootings, research shows that initiatives that reduce suspension, expulsion, and intervention from law enforcement and that focus on inclusion and social emotional learning show promise that arming teachers and expelling students do not.

Topics Accountability and Improvement, Deeper Learning: College, Career & Civic Participation, The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Blog

Fifty Years After Kerner, It’s Time to Finish What We Started

Anne Holton

Jun 13 2018
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Richmond, VA’s diversity is a point of strength, but the vast majority of its schools are still segregated by race and income. In the latest Education and the Path to Equity blog, Anne Holton writes about that reality and what one school is doing to change it. Holton is Visiting Professor of Public Policy and Education at George Mason University and former Virginia Secretary of Education.

Topics Equitable Resources and Access, Accountability and Improvement
Webinar

Webinar: Bridging the Continuum: Teacher Preparation and Induction for Deeper Learning

Jun 13 2018
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On June 13, LPI hosted the third webinar in the series, State Efforts for Building an Effective, Diverse Teacher Workforce series, in partnership with Learning Forward, the National Conference of State Legislatures, and the National Association of State Boards of Education. This webinar explored state and district efforts to connect quality teacher preparation and induction with the principles of deeper learning and will also look at ways that states and districts are aligning systems of quality professional learning and early career supports.

Topics Educator Quality, Deeper Learning

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Report

Diversifying the Teaching Profession: How to Recruit and Retain Teachers of Color

Apr 19 2018

More and more states and districts are recognizing that recruiting and retaining teachers of color can help meet their students' needs while also helping to curb critical teacher shortages. But prospective teachers of color encounter unique barriers to entering and staying in the profession. High-retention pathways—combining high-quality clinically rich preparation with financial support—can be especially effective at reversing those trends.

Report

Building an Early Learning System that Works: Next Steps for California

Jan 23 2018

There is overwhelming evidence that children’s early years, from birth through preschool, are a crucial time for their development, and that high-quality early learning opportunities support children’s school readiness, promote later life success, and yield a return of up to $7 for every $1 invested. Providing access to high-quality ECE for all children in California will require a comprehensive approach to turning an uncoordinated set of underfunded programs into a true system of supports for children, families, and providers. A complement to LPI’s earlier report Understanding California’s Early Care and Education System, this report examines the challenges California’s counties face in providing ECE and provides recommendations for improving access to high-quality ECE for all children.

Report

The Promise of Performance Assessments: Innovations in High School Learning and Higher Education Admissions

Jan 18 2018

A new study looks at the use of performance assessments for both K-12 learning and college admission, placement and advising. The study is the first research produced through Reimagining College Access, a national initiative of the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel that for the first time brings together k-12 and higher education policy and practice leaders to recognize and foster high-quality k–12 performance assessment systems.

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