Linda Darling-HammondMichael A. DiNapoli Jr.Tara Kini
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Recent teacher shortages demonstrate the need to develop a stronger education profession in the United States. Experts have identified seven key areas the federal government can focus on to build a nationwide strategy for teacher recruitment, preparation, support, and retention.
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Although community schools have existed for 100-plus years, they have evolved over time to become a highly effective, research-based approach that improves education and equity.
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Not all school safety strategies are effective, and some can lead to unintended consequences. Existing research sheds light on the evidence base for two very different approaches to school safety and their effectiveness in creating safe schools.
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The National Desk by Cory Smith | “It's bringing the workforce development world together with the education world to try to solve this really huge challenge across the country of not having enough qualified teachers to teach our kids.” Tara Kini discusses the benefits of “earn while they learn” teacher apprenticeship programs that offer candidates valuable training and help to strengthen the teacher pipeline.
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District Administration by Matt Zalaznick | This analysis of LPI’s State of the Teacher Workforce map and related resources explores the data to offer insights into the teacher workforce. Using teaching attractiveness and teacher equity as the two key metrics, the map reveals trends in student access to qualified teachers, number of certified teachers, workforce characteristics, and teacher financial strain.
Melanie Leung-GagnéSusan Kemper PatrickEmma García
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Teacher working conditions and student access to qualified and diverse teachers vary greatly by state. Bringing together data from every state, the authors describe their findings on the state of the teacher workforce and the implications for addressing teacher shortages.
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A review of reports on the teacher workforce and state agency documents covering the 2020-21 or 2021-22 school years found that, at a minimum, there were 314,134 teaching positions either left unfilled or filled by teachers not fully certified for the subject matter they were teaching.
Emma GarcíaMelanie Leung-GagnéSusan Kemper Patrick
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This technical supplement provides details on the data and methodology of the State of the Teacher Workforce interactive map. The map provides state-level estimates of more than 40 indicators that reflect and influence the supply and demand for teachers in each state, including conditions of teachers’ work and equitable access to qualified teachers.
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In a comprehensive list, LPI policy experts outline how community schools can utilize a variety of federal programs with approximately $366 billion in available funding to provide services and advance whole child approaches to education.
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In the aftermath of the pandemic, as many children and youth are struggling with mental health and to reengage in learning, a growing chorus of people are calling for community schools as an approach to reinvent education to better serve students, educators, and families.
