On the new tv series, "Inside California Education," Linda Darling-Hammond talks about the teacher shortage and efforts to solve it; the purposes of and approaches to the Common Core State Standards in California and other states; and how and why Smarter Balanced Testing works.
LPI President Linda Darling-Hammond provides insights into the reasons for the teacher shortage and some efforts to address it, on PBS’s “Inside California Education.” The segment focuses on San Francisco, where layoffs during the recession, the high cost of housing, and intra-state competition created a serious shortage of teachers.
Phi Delta Kappan | LPI Executive Director Patrick M. Shields teams up with Barnett Berry, CEO of the Center for Teaching Quality, on the lead story in Phi Delta Kappan magazine’s May issue on the teacher shortage. The authors look back at successful efforts in California and North Carolina to address earlier teacher shortages, which they suggest offer guidance for solving today’s challenges. The issue includes articles on teacher residencies and recruitment and retention strategies, also by LPI authors.
Leo Bottary, noted author and keynote speaker, interviewed LPI President Linda Darling-Hammond on March 16, 2017 in his weekly Year Of The Peer podcast.
Learning Policy Institute Researcher and Policy Analyst Anne Podolsky presented before California’s Assembly Education Committee on March 15. Her presentation was on research related to the use of service scholarships and loan forgiveness programs to attract and retain teachers.
US News & World Report by Lauren Camera | California legislators are hoping a proposal to eliminate income tax for teachers will help attract young people into the profession and keep them there at a time when the state is hemorrhaging educators and lacks a pipeline.
On Wednesday, February 22, Learning Policy Institute President Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond testified at a joint hearing of the California Senate and Assembly Education Committees on the state's teacher shortage. She discussed LPI's analysis of teacher workforce trends and a 2016 survey of California school districts, as well as evidenced-based policies to combat shortages. Watch the recording|Download the slides.
In this Voices in Urban Education interview, Linda Darling-Hammond discusses education under the new Trump administration, addressing charter schools, ESSA, state reform efforts, and more.
EdWeek released the Rick Hess Straight Up (RHSU) Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings which recognize university-based scholars in the U.S. who are doing the most to influence educational policy and practice. The rubric reflects both a scholar's larger body of work and their impact on the public discourse last year.
