LPI In the News

Monterey Herald by Claudia Meléndez Salinas | The teacher shortage in the K-12 system has become so critical that a local school district is offering a $10,000 signing bonus for its next math and science teachers.

The Record by Nicholas Filipas | Education leaders, experts, and policy makers came together Tuesday at the Sacramento Public Library to find solutions to combat an emerging teaching shortage, felt from up north in the Sierras to the beaches of San Diego and right here in the Central Valley.

California Teachers Association Blog by Capitol News | A panel on in-service solutions to the looming teacher shortage was one of four panels dealing with the scope of the problem and possible solutions at conference in Sacramento hosted by the Education Policy Center at AIR, the Learning Policy Institute, and Policy Analysis for California Education.

EdSource by Louis Freedberg | To cope with a widening shortage of teachers, California school districts are hiring an increasing number of teachers with “substandard” permits and credentials, as well as relying on short-term substitute teachers, according to a new report.

Education Next by Frederick Hess | Each year, on his blog Rick Hess Straight Up, EdNext executive editor and AEI scholar Rick Hess honors and ranks the 200 education scholars who had the biggest influence on the nation’s education discourse. Linda Darling-Hammond topped the list, which also included many Learning Policy Institute fellows.

Education Week Commentary by Jeannie Oakes | Education policymaking must negotiate strongly held public perceptions and contested political terrain—factors usually far more influential than research findings. 

TESOL blog by Kristen Lindhal | The author lists five online resources that focus on different strategies for supporting new teachers. The final two, which includes ASCD’s Interview with Dr. Linda-Darling-Hammond, are aimed at teacher educators, administrators, or mentors.

Education Next by Andy Smarick | In discussing the first of five themes on coverage of the Every Student Succeeds Act - the diminished role of Uncle Sam in schools - the author quotes David Kirp's New York Times December 2015 column.

Stanford News by Brooke Donald | The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC, released its annual list of 200 national education scholars who are contributing most substantially to discussions on schools and schooling policy and practices. Twenty scholars from Stanford, including 15 from the Graduate School of Education, are among those recognized. Linda Darling-Hammond, professor emerita of education, tops the list.

Triangle Business Journal by Jason deBruyn | Three Duke University professors, including LPI Research Fellow Helen Ladd, were placed on Education Week’s 2016 list of influential researchers.