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Just as schools were becoming safer, Trump ‘safety’ commission likely to halt progress

Linda Darling-Hammond

Christopher Edley, Jr.

Jan 08 2019
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In late December, 2018, the Trump administration rescinded Obama-era guidance on school discipline that has helped improve school safety and student achievement across the country. In advance of that decision, Linda Darling-Hammond and Chris Edley cautioned against this move in a commentary in The Hill. They explained that after states adopted the guidance, suspensions and expulsions—which are given at much higher rates to students of color—were reduced significantly as were school-based firearms incidents.

Topic Equitable Resources and Access
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What Detroit and Chicago Can Teach Us About Student Growth and School Rating Systems

Chris Minnich

Dec 13 2018
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Historically, U.S. schools have been rated based largely on student performance on an annual summative test. With the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), state accountability systems now feature additional measures of student and school success, including academic growth. These factors are critical if we are to create accountability systems that recognize the contributions that schools make to student progress, while reducing bias against educators and schools serving students in diverse, high-poverty communities.

Topics Accountability and Improvement, Equitable Resources and Access
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Newsletter: December 2018

Dec 11 2018
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This edition of the Reimagining College Access newsletter contains an update on the RCA project, information on the convening of the RCA National Advisory Board, NACAC School Profile examples, and a recap of the RCA session at NACAC’s 74th Annual Convening.

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

Essential Building Blocks for State School Finance Systems and Promising State Practices

David Hinojosa

Dec 05 2018
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The cost for failing to properly invest in a high-quality public education for all children has grave implications for both the students and society at large. A new report shares essential state-level strategies and examples to help policymakers develop equitable and effective school finance systems.

Topics Equitable Resources and Access, Accountability and Improvement
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Essential Building Blocks for State School Finance Systems and Promising State Practices

David Hinojosa

Dec 05 2018
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Creating equitable and adequate school finance systems is a challenging-but-achievable task. It's also an essential one, as the cost of failing to properly invest in high-quality public education for all children impacts not just students but society at large. This new study shares essential state-level strategies and examples to help policymakers develop equitable and effective school finance systems.

Topics Equitable Resources and Access, Accountability and Improvement
Blog

Four-Year Graduation Rates Leave Off Where the Real Work Begins

Julie Kessler

Nov 28 2018
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Under the Every School Succeeds Act (ESSA), states are able to use 5-, 6-, and even 7-year graduation rates in their accountability systems. This expanded measure of student success creates new opportunities for students who need extra time to earn a diploma, often the most vulnerable in our schools, including English Learners, students with special needs, and homeless and transitional youth.

Topics Accountability and Improvement, Deeper Learning: College, Career & Civic Participation
Blog

Suspended Education: How Accountability Systems Can Address Inequitable Suspension Practices and Support Whole Child Education

Susan Bonilla

Brian Lee

Nov 14 2018
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Thanks to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states are beginning to develop accountability systems that are focused on multiple measures of student success, including one key driver of inequity—the overuse of suspension, particularly for students of color, as a discipline tactic.

Topics Accountability and Improvement, Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design
Blog

The Power of Educational Justice Movements

Mark Warren

Nov 01 2018
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Grassroots organizing and movement building to combat the school-to-prison pipeline has focused on ending zero-tolerance and exclusionary discipline policies and implementing more humane alternatives, such as restorative justice. This movement is winning policy victories through the combination of research-based evidence and the personal stories of parents and students who are directly impacted by injustice, and by building broader alliances to bring more resources and clout to their efforts.

Topics Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design, Accountability and Improvement
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Event Video: Equity, Quality, and Access: How Do We Create Schools Worth Choosing for All?

Oct 25 2018
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This forum was designed to spur dialogue among stakeholders—parents, education experts, community advocates, researchers, legal advocates, policymakers, and school leaders—in order to shift the public narrative on school choice from one that is politically polarizing to one that is focused on evidence-based solutions that can help ensure all children have access to quality educational opportunities, regardless of race, income, or ability.

Topic Equitable Resources and Access
Report

The Tapestry of American Public Education: How Can We Create a System of Schools Worth Choosing for All?

Peter W. Cookson, Jr.

Linda Darling-Hammond

Robert Rothman

Patrick M. Shields

Oct 25 2018
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Often forgotten in the policy debates on school choice are fundamental questions of whether and how choice influences access to high-quality schools, and whether, in our diverse democracy that requires common ground, choices promote or undermine integration. This report reviews research on a variety of school choice strategies and examines how public school choices can be managed to ensure all students have excellent schools to choose from and are chosen by excellent schools.

Topics Equitable Resources and Access, Accountability and Improvement

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Closing the Opportunity Gap: How Positive Outlier Districts in California Are Pursuing Equitable Access to Deeper Learning

Sep 10 2019

This report examines the commonalities among seven diverse "positive outlier" school districts in which students are achieving at higher-than-predicted levels. The seven districts are among more than a hundred California school districts in which African American, Latino/a, and White students achieved at higher-than-predicted levels, controlling for their socioeconomic status.

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Preparing Teachers to Support Social and Emotional Learning

May 21 2019

Well-implemented programs designed to foster social and emotional learning (SEL) are associated with positive outcomes, ranging from better test scores and higher graduation rates to improved social behavior. This LPI study examines San Jose State University's successful teacher preparation program and a California school district's in-service program that incorporate SEL instruction in an effort to inform policymakers, practitioners, and teacher educators about the components of strong, SEL-focused teacher preparation and development systems.

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California’s Positive Outliers: Districts Beating the Odds

May 16 2019

LPI studied 156 California school districts of significant size in which students of color, as well as White students, consistently achieve at higher levels than students from similar racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds. What are these "positive outliers" doing to raise achievement and support students of all backgrounds?

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