LPI In the News

Global Newswire by The Aspen Institute | “Integrating social, emotional, and academic learning is the bedrock of an excellent education,” said Linda Darling-Hammond, co-chair of the Aspen Institute's National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development and president of the LPI. The Commission released a new report on translating knowledge from the science of learning and development into practice to help students develop skills like collaboration, empathy, and perseverance. 

Edutopia by Heather Riley and Youki Terada | Contrary to previous beliefs, we now know that our brains are malleable and continue to change dramatically well into our 20s, which has profound implications for learning throughout the school-age years. Edutopia's video series explores bringing the science of learning into classrooms.

New York Times by David Kirp | New York City has become the epicenter of the community school movement, doubling the number of community schools since 2016. Kirp writes about how these schools serve the highest-need students and promising evaluations of their impact on student outcomes.

Education Week by Rick Hess | The Rick Hess Straight-Up Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings highlight the university-based scholars in the U.S. who did the most in the past year to shape educational practice and policy. In 2019, LPI President and CEO Linda Darling-Hammond was ranked second, and Senior Fellows Howard Gardner and Gloria Ladson-Billings also made the top 10.

CalMatters by Judy Lin | Gavin Newsom campaigned on the goal of universal preschool to become the new governor of California, and his proposed budget includes $750 million to expand kindergarten facilities. LPI researchers Hanna Melnick and Beth Meloy offer insights into what early education facilities should look like. 

EdSource by Louis Freedberg | Part of Jerry Brown's legacy as governor of California is the Local Control Funding Formula, the landmark school finance reform law passed in 2013. Edsource reviews the path to LCFF and cites LPI research by Sean Tanner and Rucker Johnson on its impact on student outcomes.

The Hill by Linda Darling-Hammond and Christopher Edley | The Trump administration's school safety commission released a report December 18, 2018, that recommends rescinding the Obama administration's guidance on school discipline, which has helped states substantially improve school safety. Previous to the release, Linda Darling-Hammond and Chris Edley warned that rescinding the guidance will make schools less safe, and that solid research on children’s safety should trump politics.

NBC Chicago by Chris Coffey and Ron Campbell | The solution to keeping your school’s best and brightest teachers from fleeing the classroom: better working conditions, more administrative support and higher salaries. That’s according to education policy experts who are urging the nation’s school districts to invest in teachers now in order to reverse troubling turnover rates.

Insider by Kelly McLaughlin | Educators are seeing record-high turnover in their schools in recent years. An LPI study found that turnover rates are higher for teachers in schools serving large concentrations of students of color. The study also suggests that the reasons teachers leave include lack of administrative support, low salaries, accountability pressures, working conditions, and lack of advancement.

WTMJ by Phil Pruitt and Chance Seales | America's demographics are rapidly changing, but the racial and ethnic representation of teachers is not keeping pace. Why does this matter? Research from the Learning Policy Institute explains that teachers of color boost the performance of students of color, helping to close the achievement gap.