Events

While every state has unique needs and different approaches to funding education, state policymakers face similar challenges, including declining student enrollment, the needs of different student populations, instability in state budgets, and the reduction of federal funds, and can learn from other states’ approaches.

Relationship-centered high school redesign fosters academic growth, emotional development, and student well-being. Experts discuss practical approaches to transform your educational setting in this insightful webinar.

As state policymakers consider solutions to chronic absence, much can be learned from community schools and other whole child approaches, which have emerged as research-based strategies to address barriers to attendance and help schools reengage students.

State policymakers are looking at teacher residencies, service scholarships, and other strategies discussed in this legislative prep session webinar as they look to simultaneously improve the quality of preparation and provide a long-term solution to teacher shortages.

At this in-person, invitation-only briefing attendees joined expert researchers, policymakers and practitioners to learn about new research on Calfiornia’s English Learners academic progress, policy impacts, and effective support strategies.

State policies impact both teaching conditions and equitable student access to well-qualified teachers. What policy approaches influence teacher supply, demand, and retention, and what can your state consider to better support teachers and students?

From strategies that help build and retain the teacher workforce to ones that re-engage students and address inequitable education funding, state policymakers have much to accomplish in the 2025 legislative session. LPI and partners offer a timely webinar series, offering nonpartisan research, tools, and state examples to help inform effective state policy solutions.

An overview of the 10 features needed to transform high school from the factory model to one supporting whole child learning, featuring examples from California schools.

Research shows that racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically integrated learning environments can lead to academic and social benefits for children, yet most early childhood education programs are remarkably segregated. Speakers discussed strategies for integration and explored city and state examples.

At this in-person, invitation-only event, state policymakers had the chance to learn about whole child policy and research, connect with peers, and engage in strategy sessions to identify and advance their whole child goals.