Events

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.

As the landmark Brown v. Board decision turns 70, the country’s leading education researchers, civil rights advocates, legislators, community leaders and others convened for dozens of interactive sessions on what we have learned in the 70 years since the Brown v Board decision and where we go from here.

This invitation-only convening brought educator preparation professionals together from around the world to explore the ways in which teacher preparation programs are tackling the challenges of preparing teachers for transformative education in a time of rapid and revolutionary changes around the globe.

State leaders and preparation program faculty shared insights into how state policy can help build and sustain high-quality teacher apprenticeship programs.

The Learning Policy Institute was well represented at the AERA 2024 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, from April 11–14, 2024. Staff and research fellows presented their research on a range of topics, including community schools, school transformation, and the educator workforce.

Widespread teacher shortages have been a concern for decades and were greatly exacerbated by the pandemic. Experts discussed promising federal policy opportunities that can help ensure that every student has access to a well-prepared, diverse, and stable educator workforce.