LPI In the News

In the National Governors Association's new School Leadership Hot Topics Podcast series, LPI’s Jessica Cardichon and Stephanie Levin discuss new reports on principal turnover, the impact of principal leadership and support on teacher shortages, and ways that states are using the Every Student Succeeds Act to develop and support principals and school leaders.

KQED MindShift by Katrina Schwartz | "If you're fearful, if you're anxious, if you're distracted about something that's happened to you, you literally can't learn. Your brain shuts down,” LPI President Linda Darling-Hammond explains in this article and accompanying video on trauma-informed instruction. This story is part of a series by KQED's Mindshift and Edutopia and features videos from Edutopia’s “How Learning Happens” series.

AACTE Ed Prep Matters by Hanna Melnick | Decades of research show that incorporating social & emotional learning into instruction can lead to positive outcomes, but how can we best prepare teachers for this important work? Read LPI Researcher Hanna Melnick’s guest post on AACTE’s Ed Prep Matters blog.  

Greater Good Magazine by Lorea Martinez & Hanna Melnick | Studies suggest that regular physical activity supports healthy child development by improving memory, concentration, and positive outlook—making students better able to focus on learning. This article explores how Lakewood Elementary, an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse school district in California, incorporates social and emotional practices in the classroom.

EdSource Podcast with Linda Darling-Hammond | For it's weekly podcast, EdSource interviewed Linda Darling-Hammond to talk about a new study that focuses on school districts in California that achieved higher test scores for all or most students than their demographics predicted.

San Diego Union Tribune by Kristen Taketa | LPI Researcher and Policy Analyst Anne Podolsky spoke to the concern of high percentage of underprepared teachers assigned to students of color and low-income students for a story on the new "positive outlier" report.

Education Week by Christina Samuels | In discussing California's "positive outlier" districts, in which students achieve at unexpectedly high levels, LPI President Linda Darling-Hammond noted employing experienced and fully-credentialed teachers is one of the major factors contributing to student success.

Forbes by Linda Darling-Hammond | Policies to improve school safety by arming staff and suspending and expelling students make our schools more like prisons and ultimately far less safe, says Linda Darling-Hammond. She writes about the research on school safety and the restorative approaches that actually make schools safe.

NASSP School of Thought by Jessica Cardichon | A new guest post by LPI Director of Federal Policy Jessica Cardichon for NASSP’s School of Thought blog discusses the role school principals have in creating relationship-centered schools that support strong family and community engagement. How is that progress threatened by the Trump administration’s rescission of Obama-era school discipline and safety guidance? Read more >

On April 30, 2019, six expert witnesses testified at the House and Labor Committee hearing, "Brown v. Board of Education at 65: A Promise Unfulfilled," including LPI President Linda Darling-Hammond. Her written testimony is available at this link.  Watch the recording >