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School-Based Health Centers: Trusted Lifelines in a Time of Crisis

Jun 18 2020
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Oakland Unified's school-based health centers, part of the district's full-service community schools initiative, are a trusted source of information and services for students and families in the district. This institutional trust is essential to providing care in "typical" times, and became even more critical when schools closed due to the COVID-19 crisis, enabling staff to identify and support both ongoing and emerging student and family needs.

Topics Deeper Learning, Equitable Resources and Access
Newsletter

Newsletter: June 2020

Jun 17 2020
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In this issue of the Reimagining College Access newsletter: RCA webinar series, higher education institutions across the nation are choosing to go test optional, new report on school profiles.

Topics Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: College, Career & Civic Participation, Deeper Learning: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
Blog

County-Level Coordination Provides Infrastructure, Funding for Community Schools Initiative

Anna Maier

Jun 09 2020
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A community schools initiative, launched by the Los Angeles County Office of Education in September 2019, provides personnel, infrastructure, and funding support for 15 high schools throughout the county. The structures and relationships developed as a result of the initiative enabled schools’ rapid response to support students and families during the COVID-19 crisis.

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

How Will Each of Us Contribute to Racial Justice and Educational Equity Now?

Linda Darling-Hammond

Janel George

Jun 04 2020
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Those of us who work in education must acknowledge that our school systems have been complicit in perpetuating systemic racism, including through the criminalization and marginalization of Black children. Our goal in this moment must be to dismantle these discriminatory policies and replace them with approaches that honor the dignity of the lives of Black children as they do of all children.

Topic Equitable Resources and Access
Blog

Leveraging Social and Emotional Learning to Support Adults in the Time of COVID-19

Justina Schlund

May 27 2020
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Adults—including teachers, principals, and family members—play important roles in supporting children’s social and emotional development. But to create the relationships and learning environments that promote students’ SEL, adults themselves need to feel empowered, supported, and valued. This is especially true in the post COVID-19 world, given the disruption to lives and routines caused by the pandemic.

Topics Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design
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Healthy Child Development Depends on Quality Child Care—And So Does the Economy

Hanna Melnick

May 21 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced childcare and preschool providers around the country to temporarily close their doors and financial burdens may force thousands of centers to shut down permanently. This could lead to the loss of as many as 450,000 child care slots, jeopardize efforts to reopen the economy, and undermine the development of our youngest learners.

Topics Early Childhood Learning, Equitable Resources and Access
Webinar

Webinar: Supporting the Whole Child During COVOD-19 Restart & Recovery

May 19 2020
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Join the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) & LPI for a webinar with CCSSO Executive Director Carissa Moffat Miller, Linda Darling-Hammond, and several state education leaders to discuss how state chiefs are using the science of learning and development to inform restart and recovery plans to support student well-being and learning. Register >>

Topic Deeper Learning
Blog

A New “New Deal” for Education: Top 10 Policy Moves for States in the COVID 2.0 Era

Linda Darling-Hammond

Tara Kini

May 19 2020
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The Covid-19 pandemic puts a stark light on an emerging truth—education as we know it is over, and we must think of “school” in deeply different ways. Here is my top ten list of policies that could allow us to seize this moment to strengthen learning for our students—today and into the future.

Topics Equitable Resources and Access, Accountability and Improvement
Blog

Leveraging Social and Emotional Learning to Support Students and Families in the Time of COVID-19

Justina Schlund

Roger P. Weissberg

May 19 2020
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School systems have implemented a variety of practices to support students and families during the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting disruption to traditional schooling. These include developmentally appropriate strategies for understanding and regulating emotions and practicing self-care, guiding families on how to create supportive home environments, and fostering an overarching commitment to creating connectedness across physical distance.

Topics Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design
Brief

Reopening Schools in the Context of COVID-19: Health and Safety Guidelines From Other Countries

Hanna Melnick

Linda Darling-Hammond

Melanie Leung

Cathy Yun

Abby Schachner

Sara Plasencia

Naomi Ondrasek

May 15 2020
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Schools across the United States canceled in-person classes beginning in March 2020 to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In many states and districts, school buildings are closed for the duration of the school year. Policymakers and school leaders are making plans to reopen schools for the next academic year, and some are preparing to do so sooner. To reopen schools safely, state and district leaders will need to address several important health considerations.

Topic Equitable Resources and Access

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Measuring Student Socioeconomic Status: Toward a Comprehensive Approach

Jun 25 2020

Student poverty was a concern in the U.S. even before the COVID-19 pandemic, when 1 in 5 children already lived in low-income families. This study evaluates the shortcomings of commonly used child poverty measures, including the Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program, and proposes alternatives.

Report

Supporting a Strong, Stable Principal Workforce: What Matters and What Can Be Done

May 14 2020

With nearly 1 in 5 principals leaving their schools each year, turnover is high and concerning. A new report and brief by LPI and the National Association of Secondary School Principals look at the causes, impacts, and strategies for principal retention.

Report

California’s Special Education Teacher Shortage

Feb 18 2020

A severe special education teacher shortage threatens the ability to improve outcomes for students with disabilities, who often have the greatest needs but receive the least expert teachers. LPI researchers review the factors contributing to special education teacher turnover and provide evidence-based policy strategies aimed at resolving the shortage.

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