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Using End-of-Year Assessments for Learning, Reflection, and Celebration

Monica Martinez

May 14 2020
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All students benefit from opportunities to reflect on their learning and work. Around the country, schools are adopting portfolios, showcases, and other forms of performance assessment to help students build essential metacognitive skills. Given the disruption caused by COVID-19, these strategies can also be an effective way to bring closure and add meaning to a tumultuous school year.

Topics COVID-19, Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
Blog

Community-Based Learning in the Time of COVID-19

Karen Hunter Quartz ,

Marisa Saunders

May 14 2020
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Community schools create opportunities for engaged and rigorous learning rooted in the assets and needs of students, families, and the larger community. As COVID-19 forced schools to close and shift to distance learning, teachers at two Los Angeles community schools adapted and created community-based learning projects that address issues currently affecting students’ lives.

Topics COVID-19, Deeper Learning
Brief

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

Stephanie Levin,

Caitlin Scott,

Man Yang,

Melanie Leung,

Kathryn Bradley

May 14 2020
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While teacher shortages are an increasingly critical issue in the United States, a lesser known but equally important shortage is also hampering the country’s efforts to provide quality educational opportunities for students — principal shortages. Nearly one in five principals leave their schools each year and the average tenure of a principal is only about four years.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Professional Learning, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Deeper Learning
Report

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

Stephanie Levin,

Caitlin Scott,

Man Yang,

Melanie Leung,

Kathryn Bradley

May 14 2020
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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.

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

What Will It Take to Stabilize Schools in the Time of COVID-19?

Michael Griffith

May 07 2020
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The pandemic and resulting school closures have made clear the essential role schools play in the lives of students, families, and communities. Besides their core role of advancing learning, they have fed millions of children and families, provided computers and connectivity to those without, and—in many cases—enabled child care for essential workers. Pandemic-related state budget cuts will make federal stimulus funds critical to ensuring that school systems can continue to fill these vital functions.

Topics COVID-19, Equitable Resources and Access, Deeper Learning
Blog

Remote Learning and Stone Soup

Chris Dede

May 06 2020
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Schools, districts, educators, and families are not equally empowered to switch to distance education in response to the pandemic. Educators, policymakers, and partners have taken on the essential work of bridging the technology gap, but tactical interventions alone are insufficient. Another challenge—and opportunity—brought on by the COVID-19 crisis is the need to shift to next-generation instructional models characterized by collaboration, student agency, and opportunities to learn in diverse settings.

Topics COVID-19, Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
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Webinar | State Policy to Support School Connectedness & Student Success

May 05 2020
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Tuesday, May 5, 3 PM ET: The Aspen Institute hosts a webinar with Linda Darling-Hammond and RISE Colorado’s Elizabeth Casillas to discuss why school connectedness is crucial to student success and how distance learning is placing immense strain on these connections. They will also address how state leaders can set policy and designate resources to prioritize social, emotional, and academic development & relationships.

Topic Deeper Learning
Article

Why School Climate Matters and What Can Be Done to Improve It

Jennifer DePaoli ,

Linda Darling-Hammond

May 01 2020
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A positive school climate—where students feel a sense of safety and belonging and where trust prevails—improves academic achievement, test scores, grades, and engagement and helps reduce the negative effects of poverty on academic achievement. To bring about such environments, teachers, paraprofessionals, and school and district leaders must be prepared to create the school and classroom structures that encourage secure relationships.

Topics Deeper Learning, Equitable Resources and Access, Educator Quality
Blog

The Impact of the COVID-19 Recession on Teaching Positions

Michael Griffith

Apr 30 2020
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Reductions in state revenue and corresponding cuts to state education budgets will mean significant cuts to teaching positions unless the federal government provides increased education funding to states. This blog explores the potential impact of state budget cuts on teaching positions. An accompanying interactive allows for a state-by-state analysis based on different funding scenarios.

Topics COVID-19, Equitable Resources and Access, Educator Quality
Blog

COVID-19 and School Funding: What to Expect and What You Can Do

Michael Griffith

Apr 22 2020
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This blog was updated August 7, 2020, to include state-by-state analysis of the CARES act and federal legislation currently under consideration. The blog and interactive explore how education funding can be impacted by COVID-19 related declines in state tax revenues and how federal stimulus aid can offset deep education cuts.

Topics COVID-19, Equitable Resources and Access

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Report

Improving Education the New Mexico Way: An Evidence-Based Approach

Dec 01 2020

In New Mexico, children and young people who face barriers to school success from poverty and marginalization are the norm, not the exception. A year-long study from LPI is designed to provide New Mexico policymakers, stakeholders, leaders, and other interested parties a research perspective on the challenges facing education in the state and to identify evidence-based policies that could build a high-quality, equitable system.

Report

Sustainable Strategies for Funding Teacher Residencies: Lessons From California

Nov 12 2020

High-quality teacher residencies have the potential to address workforce challenges, including teacher shortages, underprepared educators, and, when adequately funded, workforce diversity. In 2018-19, California provided seed funding to jump-start or scale such programs. Recognizing that state funding may not always be reliable, programs are also working toward greater financial sustainability. This report examines the current state of teacher residencies in California and strategies these programs use to sustain funding, particularly in the wake of COVID-19.

Report

Elementary School Principals' Professional Learning: Current Status and Future Needs

Oct 27 2020

Research has found that high-quality professional learning opportunities for principals can build leadership capacity. This study reports on findings from a survey of elementary school principals on access to high-quality professional learning. The survey showed that, while most had access to professional development, far fewer were able to participate in authentic learning opportunities addressing deeper learning, student well-being, and equity.

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