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Long-awaited Leandro report calls for setting new course for North Carolina’s schools

Dec 10 2019
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NC Policy Watch by Kris Nordstrom | In 2017, the Leandro v. State court case found that North Carolina is obligated to provide a sound basic education that benefits all children, and that it had long been failing to do so. As court-appointed consultants, LPI and WestEd, in collaboration with NC State’s Friday Institute, conducted a comprehensive examination of North Carolina’s public school system and made recommendations for how to change it to fulfill the court mandate.
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Education experts talk concerns, suggest improvements during Legislators' Forum in Charleston WV

Nov 24 2019
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West Virginia News by Kailee E. Gallahan | A recent forum brought together local and national education experts and state lawmakers to inform decision-making during the next session of the West Virginia Legislature. Gallahan talked to LPI Policy Advisor Ryan Saunders about how the state is focusing on the issue of teacher preparation.
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Burdensome Student Loan Debt Is Contributing to the Country's Teacher Shortage Crisis

Linda Darling-Hammond

Nov 17 2019
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Forbes by Linda Darling-Hammond | U.S. student debt has roughly tripled since 2006. This widespread problem hits many sectors hard, including up-and-coming teachers and, especially, teachers of color. Darling-Hammond points to some of the most effective policy solutions—among them service scholarships and loan forgiveness programs.
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Teacher Residency and Federal Dollars: One Approach to Solving the Rural Teacher Shortage

Nov 05 2019
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The 74 Million by Mikhail Zinshteyn | Due to the teacher shortage in Tulare County in rural California, 600 educators are licensed through emergency credentials. The 74 Million writes about a new federal grant that will be used to establish a teacher residency program to bolster the ranks of educators in the area, and cites LPI research on teacher residencies.
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Putting the 'Professional' Back in Teacher Professional Development

Oct 22 2019
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Education Week by Madeline Will | Teachers are the experts of the classroom, educators agreed at a recent forum. So why aren't they leading most professional development? Will shares five takeaways from teacher-led professional development from LPI's recent report and related forum.
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How Can We Prepare Teachers for Deeper Learning?

Oct 13 2019
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TeachThought Podcast by Drew Perkins| In this podcast, Maria Hyler talks about teacher preparation for deeper learning and equity, discussing the ways that teachers can create powerful learning environments for students that pair challenging academic content with engaging, experiential, and relevant learning experiences in ways that reach diverse learners and promote equity.
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What will it take to make headway on student achievement?

Oct 09 2019
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EdSource by Linda Darling-Hammond | California student test scores show that students are making progress, but it is slow and uneven and gaps in achievement still remain. LPI President Linda Darling-Hammond writes how the state can improve educational opportunities for the students who are furthest from opportunity.
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The Secret to High-Achieving Schools: Supporting the Educators Who Support Students

Sep 20 2019
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“It’s not magic, or expensive curriculum, or great social media. The key to high-achieving classrooms, where students across racial and ethnic groups achieve at higher-than-predicted levels, are…teachers.” This NEA Today article features new research from LPI on districts where teachers are well-supported and students are achieving at higher-than-average rates.

Topics Deeper Learning, Educator Quality
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7 California districts highlighted as 'positive outliers'

Sep 10 2019
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Education Dive by Linda Jacobson | Hawthorne School District was included in LPI's "positive outliers" study of California school districts that are closing the achievement gap. Jacobson talks to district representatives about factors they attribute the Hawthorne's positive growth.
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Report highlights Chula Vista Elementary, San Diego Unified whose students outperformed districts statewide

Sep 10 2019
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San Diego Union-Tribune by Kristen Taketa | Chula Vista Elementary School District and San Diego Unified School District were included in LPI's "positive outliers" study of California school districts that are closing the achievement gap. Taketa talks to LPI researcher Laura Hernández about the research, highlights successful strategies the districts have used, and shares policy recommendations from the LPI report.

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Less Siloed, More Inclusive: Changes to Special Education Teacher Preparation Expected to Have Big Impact on School

Nov 30 2020

EdSource by Carolyn Jones | This article highlights an LPI report written by Naomi Ondrasek, Desiree Carver-Thomas, Caitlin Scott, and Linda Darling-Hammond on the state’s special education teacher shortage. It notes that, "As the pandemic has drawn more attention to the needs of students in special education, [California] is moving forward with changes to teacher preparation programs intended to improve learning conditions for California’s nearly 800,000 students with special needs.”

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What Do Principals Want From Professional Development?

Nov 19 2020

Education Week by Denisa R. Superville | Research has found that high-quality professional learning opportunities for principals—including preparation programs, induction supports for early career principals, ongoing training, one-on-one support through coaching and mentoring, and peer networks—can build leadership capacity. This Education Week article highlights key findings from an LPI and NAESP report written by Stephanie Levin, Melanie Leung, Adam K. Edgerton, and Caitlin Scott exploring the current status and future needs for elementary school principals’ professional learning.

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School Funding Could Be a Concern Beyond Next Year

Nov 19 2020

District Administration by Charles Hendrix | In this interview, Michael Griffith explores the financial challenges states and district face due to to COVID-19-related drops in state and local revenues. "Some districts have been forced to 'tap into' their budgets or their reserve funds to cover the increase in expenses," Griffith said.

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