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Twitter Chat: Reducing Toxic Stress in Schools

Jul 25 2019
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Don't miss a Twitter chat on reducing toxic stress in schools on Thursday, July 25th at 10:00 AM (PT). We're partnering with the Center for Youth Wellness, Stress Health, America's Promise, Turnaround for Children, and others to get you the latest research and resources for combating students' toxic stress. Join the conversation at #CYWTownHall.

Topic Deeper Learning
Blog

Positive Outliers: Understanding Extraordinary School Districts

Anne Podolsky

Jul 25 2019
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The report, California’s Positive Outliers: Districts Beating the Odds, provides insight into the California districts that are most successful at advancing the academic achievement of African American, Latino/a, and White students, as measured by standardized tests. Lead author Anne Podolsky discusses the study's key findings and their implications for local and state policymakers.

Topics Accountability and Improvement, Educator Quality
Brief

Principal Turnover: Insights from Current Principals

Stephanie Levin,

Kathryn Bradley,

Caitlin Scott

Jul 18 2019
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High quality principals are essential to students' educational opportunities and outcomes, but principal turnover is an ongoing problem in the United States. A 2017 survey of public school principals found that approximately 18% had left their position since the previous year. In high poverty schools, the turnover rate was 21%. This brief includes insights, experiences, and expertise from school leaders on the challenges associated with being a school principal and strategies to address those challenges.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Professional Learning, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality: Evaluation & Career Development
Video

Unintended Consequences of Testing

Jul 10 2019
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In this video, LPI President Linda Darling-Hammond explains why a focus on the whole child is essential in education. “Education has to evolve to meet the needs of the age that it’s in. Now we’re in a technological age—we need people to be able to work with knowledge that hasn’t been invented yet to solve problems that are much more complex and require critical thinking and problem solving at every turn.”

Topic Deeper Learning
Blog

Technology In The Classroom: The Question Is Not "If" But "How"

Linda Darling-Hammond

Jun 16 2019
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What is the place of technology in the classroom? Some would say it doesn't belong. But a number of states, including California, are investing in technology—and for good reason.

Topics Deeper Learning, Equitable Resources and Access
Brief

Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning

Linda Darling-Hammond,

Jeannie Oakes,

Steve Wojcikiewicz,

Maria E. Hyler,

Roneeta Guha,

Anne Podolsky,

Tara Kini,

Channa Cook-Harvey,

Charmaine Mercer,

Akeelah Harrell

Jun 10 2019
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Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning summarizes a recent book of the same name that describes the work of pioneering teacher education programs to prepare their graduates to create personalized, inquiry-based learning for all students. They provide examples for teachers, teacher educators, and policymakers interested in making preparation for deeper learning the standard for today's teachers. The programs are also profiled separately in individual briefs which provide more detail.

Topics Educator Quality, Deeper Learning
Blog

Invest in California’s Children by Investing in Early Childhood Educators

Samantha Tran

Jun 05 2019
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California has an opportunity to invest in its children by investing in its educators. To do so effectively, the state should consider a multi-dimensional approach that includes a true infrastructure of support, higher professional standards, and competitive compensation. With these investments and holistic approach, California will be one step closer to setting its youngest learners on a path to good health, academic success, and economic security later in life.

Topics Early Childhood Learning, Equitable Resources and Access, Educator Quality
Book

Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning

Linda Darling-Hammond,

Jeannie Oakes,

Steve Wojcikiewicz,

Maria E. Hyler,

Roneeta Guha,

Anne Podolsky,

Tara Kini,

Channa Cook-Harvey,

Charmaine Mercer,

Akeelah Harrell

May 28 2019
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In today’s knowledge economy, teachers must prioritize problem-solving ability, adaptability, critical thinking, and developing interpersonal and collaborative skills over rote memorization and the passive transmission of knowledge. This has significant implications for teacher preparation programs. This book examines those implications and several programs that are preparing their graduates to provide students with the "deeper learning" that prepares them for college, career, and civic participation.

Topics Educator Quality, Deeper Learning, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
Blog

Keeping Students at the Center With Culturally Relevant Performance Assessments

Maya Kaul

May 28 2019
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Teachers and district leaders are leveraging performance assessments to provide students with opportunities to explore interests and issues of their own choosing as they show what they know and are able to do. These authentic assessments create structures and processes for students to bring their full selves to the learning, creating culturally relevant and context-rich projects that can also address community concerns.

Topics Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design
Report

Preparing Teachers to Support Social and Emotional Learning

Hanna Melnick,

Lorea Martinez

May 21 2019
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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.

Topics Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment, Educator Quality: Professional Learning

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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.

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.

Report

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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