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Building a Strong and Diverse Teaching Profession

May 03 2021
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The Partnership for the Future of Learning offers a set of strategies to recruit, prepare, develop, and retain high-quality teachers and bring greater racial, ethnic, and linguistic diversity to the profession. This in-depth playbook includes examples of legislation and research-based policies, a guide to talking about teacher shortages and strengthening the profession, and publications for further reading.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Equitable Resources and Access
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Video Series: Project-Based Learning

Apr 26 2021
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Project-based learning is a dynamic teaching approach that actively engages students in learning through real-world projects relevant to their lives and experiences. In these videos from Edutopia, education experts explore what the science of learning and development tells us about project-based learning.

Topics Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
Blog

Countering Racial Rhetoric And Violence By Stepping Up, Not Standing By

Linda Darling-Hammond,

Barbara McKenna

Apr 21 2021
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The guilty verdicts for George Floyd’s killer are a moment of hope on a backdrop of persistent race-based violence. And while we celebrate this moment as a major event in bending the arc of history toward justice, there is enormous work to be done to achieve racial justice and reconciliation for all, and each of us has a role to play in that work.

Topic Equitable Resources and Access
Brief

COVID-19 in Child Care and Preschool Settings

Hanna Melnick,

Sara Plasencia

Apr 13 2021
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Reopening efforts should consider child care and preschool programs alongside k–12. To clarify what is known about COVID-19 transmission in early education programs, LPI researchers synthesized studies from around the world that explore transmission rates and mitigation strategies in these programs. They found that, when appropriate health and safety precautions are in place, there is no increased risk of contracting COVID-19.

Topics COVID-19, Early Childhood Learning
Blog

Accelerating Learning As We Build Back Better

Linda Darling-Hammond,

Adam K. Edgerton

Apr 05 2021
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As we work to reopen schools safely and effectively, it’s important not to return to “normal” but to reinvent school in ways that center relationships and are grounded in the science of learning and development. We must move past remediation and, instead, turn to the research on how people learn.

Topics COVID-19, Equitable Resources and Access, Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
Brief

New York City Public Schools: Supporting School Reopening With a Focus on Testing and Tracing

Adam K. Edgerton ,

Naomi Ondrasek,

Natalie Truong ,

Desiree O'Neal

Mar 23 2021
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In March 2020, New York City was a pandemic hotspot. Yet NYC was also the first large U.S. city to reopen its schools. Researchers explore the various mitigation strategies the NYC Department of Education implemented to bring students back and offer useful resources that can support policymakers and educators navigating their own school reopening plans.

Topic COVID-19
Brief

A Restorative Approach for Equitable Education

Jennifer DePaoli ,

Laura E. Hernández,

Roberta C. Furger,

Linda Darling-Hammond

Mar 16 2021
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Multiple, ongoing crises—from the pandemic to systemic racism—are contributing to a collective and individual trauma that impacts the mental health, wellness, and education of students across the nation. These challenges also present an opportunity to redesign schools into restorative spaces where young people are known and nurtured. Research shows several practices school leaders can adopt to increase equity and help students thrive.

Topics Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design
Newsletter

Newsletter: March 2021

Mar 16 2021
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In this issue of the Reimagining College Access newsletter: RCA establishes Regional Collaborative in California, new commission on racial equity in admissions, and report urges University of California to not add a new admissions test.

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

An Unparalleled Investment in U.S. Public Education: Analysis of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Michael Griffith

Mar 11 2021
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The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 includes just over $170.3 billion for schools, making this the federal government’s largest-ever single education investment. Among approved uses for funds are initiatives to accelerate learning, such as through summer school, expanded learning time, or tutoring programs; upgrades to facilities and other improvements to ensure a safe school reopening; investments in wraparound supports, such as through community schools; and initiatives to stabilize and diversify the educator workforce.

Topics COVID-19, Equitable Resources and Access
Report

California Teachers and COVID-19: How the Pandemic Is Impacting the Teacher Workforce

Desiree Carver-Thomas,

Melanie Leung-Gagné,

Dion Burns

Mar 04 2021
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A year into COVID-19, critical teacher shortages may jeopardize the safe reopening of schools. Research from interviews with California urban and rural district leaders sheds light on sustainable strategies including high-retention pathways and financial supports.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Equitable Resources and Access, COVID-19

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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.

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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.

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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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