All Resources

Browse By

Showing 61 - 70 of 179 resources

Blog

Why Addressing Teacher Turnover Matters

Linda Darling-Hammond,

Leib Sutcher,

Desiree Carver-Thomas

Nov 13 2017
|
Over the last three years, thousands of news stories and dozens of studies from LPI and other organizations have documented teacher shortages across the country. Yet some critics argue that turnover is not generally a problem and shortages may not even be real. In this blog, Linda Darling-Hammond, Leib Sutcher, and Desiree Carver Thomas break down the research and explain that solving turnover and shortages is not a pipedream; it’s a policy question.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention
Video

Video Series: Reflections on Oakland’s Graduate Capstone Project

Oct 26 2017
|
Oakland students, teachers, and school and district administrators reflect on the district’s Graduate Capstone Project and its impact on teaching and learning. This rigorous, yearlong performance assessment culminates with a research paper and a formal presentation before teachers, school staff, and members of the community.

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

The Power of Performance Assessments: Oakland Unified’s Graduate Capstone Project

Oct 26 2017
|
In the Oakland Unified School District, a yearlong Graduate Capstone Project provides an opportunity for students to research, analyze, and become experts in a topic of their own choosing. LPI’s video shows how this complex project, which is used as a districtwide performance assessment, is building students’ ownership of their own learning and helping them develop and use critical thinking and communication skills.

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

Oakland’s Graduate Capstone Project: It’s About Equity

Oct 26 2017
|
By Young Whan Choi | What should a high school student be able to do upon graduation? In this guest blog, Young Whan Choi, manager of performance assessments for the Oakland Unified School District, discusses how the use of a districtwide Graduate Capstone Project is an integral part of the district’s commitment to graduating all students prepared for college, career, and community.

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

Beyond the Numbers: How Teacher Turnover and Shortages Undermine Teacher-Student Relationships

Oct 19 2017
|
By Jiawen Wang | How are students impacted by teacher turnover and shortages? Oakland High School junior and guest blogger Jiawen Wang, a student leader with Californians for Justice (CFJ), discusses how she and her classmates experience these issues and why a strong and stable teacher workforce is key to creating relationship-centered schools.

Topic Educator Quality
Video

In Their Own Words: Policymakers and Practitioners on Teacher Shortages

Oct 19 2017
|
Speaking on a panel at a recent LPI forum on teacher turnover, Newark school science teacher Antonio Iglesias described turnover at his school as being “like Defense of the Dark Arts in Harry Potter…every year it's a new teacher.” At the event, district and state policymakers, students, and researchers echoed his sentiments and described the ways in which teacher turnover affects students, schools, communities, and states, and what must be done to solve it.

Topic Educator Quality
Webinar

Using CalED Funds to Strengthen & Sustain Your Educator Workforce

Sep 27 2017
|
This webinar was designed to inform LEAs (school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools) and partner organizations (institutions of higher education and nonprofits) about the latest research and promising practices in recruiting and retaining excellent educators, particularly in high-need fields and locations. The webinar and associated materials will serve as a resource to LEAs and their partners as they develop CalED proposals.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention
Blog

Where Have All the Teachers Gone?

Linda Darling-Hammond

Sep 20 2017
|
Across the country, districts and schools continue to struggle to meet the growing demand for qualified teachers. Since 2012, when Recession-era layoffs ended, the teacher workforce has grown by about 400,000, as districts have sought to reclaim the positions they had previously cut and replace teachers who have left. But even with intensive recruiting both in and outside of the country, more than 100,000 classrooms are being staffed this year by instructors who are unqualified for their jobs.

Topic Educator Quality
Blog

For High-Quality Early Childhood Education, Invest in a Skilled and Supported Workforce

Beth Meloy

Sep 20 2017
|
An effective, stable, and diverse workforce provides the critical foundation for the other building blocks of high-quality early childhood education programs. In this LPI Blog, Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst Beth Meloy outlines key elements of a high-quality system to achieve this goal, including improvements to teacher preparation and supports for ongoing professional development.

Topic Early Childhood Learning
Video

Event Video: Understanding Teacher Turnover Forum

Sep 19 2017
|
Watch a recording of this forum, at which new data on the extent, nature, and cost of teacher turnover was presented and recommendations offered for addressing the issue, including evidence-based policies at the federal, state, and local levels to create a strong pipeline into the profession and provide ongoing support to increase retention.

Topic Educator Quality

Pages

Report

Educating the Whole Child: Improving School Climate to Support Student Success

Sep 07 2018

Each year in the United States, 46 million children are exposed to violence, crime, abuse, homelessness, or food insecurity—experiences that can affect attention, learning, and behavior. This report looks at neuroscience, science of learning, and child development research on whole child approaches to education that improve learning for all students, especially those living with trauma.

Report

Making ESSA’s Equity Promise Real: State Strategies to Close the Opportunity Gap

Sep 05 2018

Under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), in addition to the required indicators of schools performance, states can select indicators to measure schools’ efforts to support students and provide equitable opportunities or to identify places where additional investments need to be made to improve education and support underserved students. This report documents how states are taking advantage of this opportunity to address disparities, make schools more inclusive, and help all students succeed.

Report

Taking the Long View: State Efforts to Solve Teacher Shortages by Strengthening the Profession

Aug 29 2018

Most states have been struggling to address teacher shortages for several years, often filling the vacuum with underprepared teachers. Governors and legislators in many of these states are now working to turn the tide. A new report from the Learning Policy Institute focuses on six evidence-based policies that states are pursuing to address their teacher shortages that can help states build long-term sustainable systems to attract, develop, and retain a strong and stable teacher workforce.

Pages

Featured Resources