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The Nevada Independent by Eric Neugeboren | Susan Kemper Patrick discusses the positive relationship between teaching experience and student outcomes, noting the importance of “trying to keep people in the profession for longer because they're going to get better, and students are going to benefit in a lot of different ways when they have more experienced teachers.”
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A rise in the number of school shootings over time has driven increasing attention to school safety, but the policies states might enact to promote safe schools are hotly debated. With two broad approaches—increasing physical security and building supportive school communities—it's imperative to review what the evidence shows as effective.
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Student access to high-quality learning should not be predetermined by race, yet racial disparities in education persist. The State Handbook for Advancing Racial Equity offers a framework that state education leaders and policymakers can use to assess and advance racial equity in education through state-level strategies.
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The American education system has made limited progress towards the dream of equity envisioned by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. more than 60 years ago. Exemplary schools across the country offer a blueprint for building schools in which all students thrive regardless of zip code, family income, or race and ethnicity.
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The Baltimore Banner by Kristen Griffith | Maryland schools—where one third of students are Black, and 20% of teachers are Black—are struggling to retain Black teachers. This article featuring insight from Linda Darling-Hammond explores why Black teachers are leaving the profession and offers solutions to improve teacher diversity.
Emma GarcíaWesley WeiSusan Kemper PatrickMelanie Leung-GagnéMichael A. DiNapoli Jr.
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With low salaries and high levels of student loan debt, many teachers are feeling the pinch of financial strain and job-related stress, making it more difficult to diversify, prepare, and retain teachers, and potentially exacerbating nationwide teacher shortages.
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Austin American-Statesman by Keri Heath | “Teachers that are better prepared are not only more effective in their teaching and more effective for students but are more likely to stay in the profession.” Emma García discusses key factors of teacher retention in this article focused on teacher shortages in Austin, TX, schools.
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The Relationship Centered Schools (RCS) campaign seeks to transform schools by creating opportunities for relationship-building, valuing student voice, and investing in staff. The experiences of two RCS sites in California shed light on factors that enable or hinder relationship-centered practices as well as implications for practice and policy.
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UCLA Community School (UCLA-CS), a public school in central Los Angeles, serves a large immigrant population, almost all of whom use a language other than English to communicate with their families. Six key practices contribute to UCLA-CS’s positive school-level outcomes, including above average graduation rates and teacher retention.
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In recognition of her profound impact in improving public education for 5.8 million California students and their families, the National Association of State Boards of Education has named LPI President Linda Darling-Hammond as its 2023 Policy Leader of the Year.
