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Redesigning School Accountability and Support: Progress in Pioneering States

Channa Cook-Harvey

Elizabeth Leisy Stosich

Apr 09 2016
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During 2015, a group of diverse states began to work together to redesign their accountability systems so as to better support school improvement and students’ acquisition of deeper learning skills to ensure all students are college, career, and life ready upon graduation. This report documents the progress made by 10 states to transform their systems of accountability to support more meaningful learning opportunities for all students.

Topics Deeper Learning, Accountability and Improvement, Deeper Learning: College, Career & Civic Participation, Deeper Learning: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design, Educator Quality: Professional Learning, The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
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Uncovering the Building Blocks of Preschool Quality

Joseph Bishop

Apr 05 2016
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The long-term rewards of quality early education continue to collect an impressive basket of evidence. An overwhelming majority of voters continue to call out the importance of quality preschool, even if the issue has not yet gotten much airtime in the 2016 presidential election. But how do parents know whether a preschool is of high quality?

Topic Early Childhood Learning
Brief

Evidence-Based Interventions: A Guide for States

Livia Lam

Charmaine Mercer

Anne Podolsky

Linda Darling-Hammond

Mar 31 2016
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The new Every Student Succeeds Act offers states flexibility to create new approaches to school accountability and to design appropriate interventions for schools in need of assistance. This brief provides an overview of four commonly used interventions that, when well implemented, have been shown to increase opportunities and improve performance, particularly for historically underserved students. It also identifies the conditions under which they have been effective.

Topics Accountability and Improvement, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design, Educator Quality: Professional Learning, Equitable Resources and Access, The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
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What California School Districts Can Do to Address Teacher Shortages

Mar 03 2016
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By Roberta Furger and David Robertson | School districts and county offices of education estimate they will need to hire about 22,000 new teachers for the 2016–17 school year. These projections, part of a multiyear rebuilding of the state’s teaching force, are a good sign. There’s just one problem: California is not preparing enough new teachers to meet the projected need. Even with re-entrants and an increase in out-of-state recruits, districts are experiencing shortfalls they cannot easily address.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
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Event Video: Improving Quality in California’s Early Childhood Education System

Feb 29 2016
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The Learning Policy Institute released its California policy brief, The Building Blocks of High-Quality Early Childhood Education Programs, at a convening co-hosted by Early Edge California and Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) in Sacramento.

Topic Early Childhood Learning
Brief

California: The Building Blocks of High-Quality Early Childhood Education Programs

Marjorie Wechsler

Hanna Melnick

Anna Maier

Joseph Bishop

Feb 29 2016
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This brief identifies important elements of high-quality early childhood education programs as indicated by research and professional standards, with a focus on factors that contribute to meaningful teacher-child interactions. With California the home to 493,877 preschool-age children living in or near poverty, these findings hold particular interest for the Golden State, as low-income children are most likely to benefit from high-quality pre-k programs.

Topics Early Childhood Learning, Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Professional Learning, Equitable Resources and Access
Blog

What California Can Do to Address Teacher Shortages

Linda Darling-Hammond

Patrick M. Shields

Feb 23 2016
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As California embarks on an ambitious journey to raise standards for student learning and rethink nearly every aspect of its educational system, one of the state’s most pressing challenges is hiring and retaining well-prepared, high-quality teachers who can teach the challenging new skills our society demands. This is especially true as the state faces emerging teacher shortages.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
Blog

Op-Ed: How New York Made Pre-K a Success

David L. Kirp

Feb 13 2016
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In 2013, Bill de Blasio campaigned for mayor on a promise of universal pre-K. Two years later, New York City enrolls more children in full-day pre-K than the total number of students in San Francisco or Boston. New York City’s experience instituting a high-quality program so quickly provides valuable lessons for pre-K efforts across the country.

Topic Early Childhood Learning
Brief

Teacher Residencies: Building a High-Quality, Sustainable Workforce

Roneeta Guha

Tara Kini

Jan 19 2016
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Recruitment and retention challenges are once again leading to teacher shortages across the nation, especially in urban and rural school districts. This brief looks at the teacher residency model, a promising approach to addressing recruitment and retention challenges in high-needs districts and in shortage subject areas. The teacher residency model creates long-term benefits for districts, for schools, and ultimately and most importantly, for the students they serve.

Topics Educator Quality: Professional Learning, Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Equitable Resources and Access
Brief

Teacher Residencies in California

Jan 19 2016
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As teacher shortages once again become widespread in California and across the nation, discussions of how to recruit and retain high-quality teachers are occupying center stage in policy circles. Newly emerging residency programs offer an innovative approach to recruiting and retaining high-quality teachers. Currently, the state has at least 10 such programs meeting critical hiring needs for a number of districts and charter schools in urban and rural areas.

Topics Educator Quality: Professional Learning, Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Equitable Resources and Access

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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.

Report

Inequitable Opportunity to Learn: Student Access to Certified and Experienced Teachers

Feb 12 2020

Access to fully certified and experienced teachers matters for student outcomes and achievement, yet many states have hired uncertified and inexperienced teachers to fill gaps created by persistent teacher shortages. These teachers are disproportionately found in schools with high enrollments of students of color, according to LPI analysis of the most recent U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Data Collection, which has proposed cutting key data collection questions related to school funding and educator experience.

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Promising Models for Preparing a Diverse, High-Quality Early Childhood Workforce

Dec 10 2019

The first years of a child’s life provide a foundation for long-term health and well-being. As states consider policy proposals to update credential or degree requirements for early childhood educators, they can look to promising programs and state policies that recruit and prepare diverse cohorts of educators to teach in early childhood education programs. This report includes case studies of distinct approaches offering innovative, affordable pathways to preparation for diverse candidates.

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