Events

January 19, 2016
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January 19, 2016

California’s Emerging Teacher Shortage: New Evidence and Policy Responses

This conference, co-sponsored by the Learning Policy Institute, Policy Analysis for California Education, and the Education Policy Center at AIR, featured new evidence on the scale of California’s teacher shortage, with a particular focus on already critical shortages of teachers in specific fields and regions. Policymakers, researchers, and educators participated in panel discussions on teacher recruitment, preparation, and retention.
November 6, 2015
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November 6, 2015

Deeper Learning and Equity: Preparing All Students for the 21st Century

On Friday, November 6, 2015, in Washington, DC, the Learning Policy Institute and Jobs for the Future held a timely discussion of how U.S. schools can provide a more equitable and empowering education for all young people. The event featured a discussion of two reports recently released by Jobs for the Future.
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Examining Models of Teaching for Candidate and Student Learning

| When approximations occur out-of-context by design, how can teacher educators position teaching practice as work that is both contextually-dependent and co-constructed with students? This presentation will explore this challenge using videos of novice teacher practice and through rich discussion with participants about teacher educator pedagogy.