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How California Can Entice Young People Back to Teaching

Feb 08 2016
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Los Angeles Times Capitol Journal by George Skelton | The growing teacher shortage, being felt nationally, is hitting California particularly hard. LPI's Teacher Shortage report provides the statistics.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality: Evaluation & Career Development, Equitable Resources and Access, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
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California Faces a Dire Teacher Shortage. Should Other States Worry, Too?

Feb 03 2016
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Hechinger Report by Jackie Mader | Two of the seven recommendations of LPI's Teacher Shortage report to mitigate a chronic teacher shortage include encouraging high school students to consider a teaching career and offering clear pathways to the classroom for aspiring educators who transfer from other careers or states.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Deeper Learning: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment, Early Childhood Learning, Equitable Resources and Access, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
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State Legislators Pitch 3 Ideas to Combat California Teacher Shortage

Feb 03 2016
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KPCC-FM by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez (with audio) | In illustrating the depth of California's teacher shortage and the need for policy interventions, LPI's recent report pointed out that the teacher job board EdJoin had nearly 4,000 open teaching positions in the Golden State.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality: Evaluation & Career Development, Equitable Resources and Access, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
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Legislators Challenge Sacramento to Tackle Teacher Shortage

Feb 02 2016
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EdSource by Louis Freedberg and John Fensterwald | Three California lawmakers introduced bills designed to attract new teachers, offer loan forgivenes, and provide year-long residencies under the guidance of a master teacher. Linda Darling-Hammond is quoted on the importance of forgivable loans and teacher residencies in order to bring and keep teachers in the profession.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality: Evaluation & Career Development, Equitable Resources and Access, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
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The Politicians May Be Quiet on K-12, But Foundations Are Busier Than Ever

Feb 02 2016
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Inside Philanthropy by L.S. Hall | In the philanthrosphere, the quest to improve public schools is hot or hotter than ever. The second half of 2015 saw the launch of the Learning Policy Institute, backed by the Sandler Foundation and other funders.
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Sacramento Bee Story on Teacher Shortage Features Our School’s Student Teacher Support Program

Feb 01 2016
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Larry Ferlazzo’s Edublog by Larry Ferlazzo | Ferlazzo highlights articles on California's teacher shortage, including the Sacramento Bee story that references LPI's Teacher Shortage report.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality: Evaluation & Career Development, Equitable Resources and Access, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
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Help Wanted: California School Districts Scramble to Hire Teachers

Jan 31 2016
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Sacramento Bee by Dianne Lambert | A growing teacher shortage has California school districts offering subsidized housing and signing bonuses in an effort to woo potential recruits.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality: Evaluation & Career Development, Equitable Resources and Access, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
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Local School Districts Hope to Offset Teacher Deficiency

Jan 29 2016
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Turlock Journal by Alysson Aredas | After years of disseminating pink slips to teachers, California is now scrambling to hire more teachers in the face of an emerging teacher shortage.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality: Evaluation & Career Development, Equitable Resources and Access
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Statewide Teacher Shortage Hits the Bay Area Hard

Jan 25 2016
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San Francisco CBS5 by Maria Medina (with video) | Some Bay Area school districts are working hard to attract new educators amid a statewide teacher shortage.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality: Evaluation & Career Development, Equitable Resources and Access, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
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Why California’s Teaching Shortage Could Worsen — and How to Reverse It

Jan 24 2016
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Washington Post The Answer Sheet with Valerie Strauss | A new report says that California’s teaching shortage — the supply of new teachers is at a 12-year low even as demand is starting to rise — is likely to get worse unless targeted steps are taken to stem it.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality: Evaluation & Career Development, Equitable Resources and Access, Educator Quality: Professional Learning

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Four Ways Schools Can Support the Whole Child

Apr 24 2019

Greater Good Magazine by Lisa Flook | Currently, our education system often focuses on a narrow sliver of children’s cognitive development with an emphasis on transmitting content knowledge. Recent research in neuroscience, developmental and learning sciences, education, sociology, and many other fields confirms that a “whole child” approach is not only desirable but necessary to ensure that children learn well.

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Diversifying for the Duration

Mar 15 2019

Principal by Desiree Carver-Thomas and Ryan Saunders | The number of teachers of color entering classrooms has been on the rise, yet high turnover rates undermine efforts to increase teachers of color in the workforce. In this article, LPI authors Desiree Carver-Thomas and Ryan Saunders examine research and policies on how school administrators can sustainably diversify the teacher workforce.

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Why Education Needs a 'Whole Child' Approach

Mar 04 2019

Governing Magazine by James Comer and Linda Darling-Hammond | In 2018, mayoral and gubernatorial candidates throughout the country committed part of their campaigns to an education focus. Two leading education researchers deliver an education policy priority that all leaders can rally around in 2019, regardless of their political beliefs: "whole child" education.

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