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Educator Quality Resources

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Early Childhood Education

High-quality early learning provides young children with the foundation for healthy development and academic success.
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African American female teacher interacting with students.
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Educator Diversity

Growing research demonstrates the benefits for all students of teachers of color. Evidence also points to promising practices to help teachers of color overcome the unique barriers they face and expand diversity in the teaching workforce.
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Improving Education in Texas

Texas has implemented various initiatives aimed at strengthening the quality of its teacher preparation pathways and improving teacher retention, including large-scale, multi-year, statewide efforts to establish support, and sustain teacher residencies.
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Teacher Preparation and Professional Learning

Teachers who receive thorough preparation and are supported with high-quality professional learning opportunities throughout their careers are better equipped to meet the needs of all their students.
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Racial Equity Leadership Network

The Racial Equity Leadership Network (RELN) is a fellowship program for district leaders who are committed to addressing persistent disparities in their systems and ensuring that race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status are not predictors of student success.
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Male teacher showing a female teacher a chart.
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School Finance

Evidence shows that adequate and equitable financing of public schools improves a range of outcomes for all students, yet disparities in school funding shortchange many children in the United States.
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Three teachers engaged in a discussion in a library.
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Teacher Recruitment, Retention, and Shortages

Teacher turnover and shortages hurt student outcomes and well-being. Research identifies a number of evidence-based strategies to recruit and retain a diverse, high-quality teacher workforce.
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Principal Turnover Research Series

A series of research projects by LPI and the National Association of Secondary School Principals identified the causes of turnover and the policies and practices that encourage principals to remain.
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diverse group of adult students participating in a class
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Educator Preparation Laboratory

The Educator Preparation Laboratory (EdPrepLab) is an initiative developed to support and strengthen high-quality educator preparation in the United States.
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Improving Education in North Carolina

LPI—in partnership with WestEd and the Friday Institute—has developed a series of research reports, associated briefs, and an overall Action Plan to provide a research base to inform North Carolina policy reform.