LPI In the News

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

EdSource (webinar video) | Linda Darling-Hammond participated in this webinar hosted by EdSource and Partners for Each and Every Child, which looked at the implications of the new federal Every Student Succeeds Act for California and the effort to ensure that every child has an equal opportunity to succeed in school.

EdWeek Politics K-12 blog by Andrew Ujifusa | How should the U.S. Department of Education regulate under the Every Student Succeeds Act?  More than 200 comments were received by the department in January 2016. Linda Darling-Hammond is quoted in the article on testing: "High-quality assessments are critical in helping educators and students master deeper learning. No single assessment can evaluate all of the kinds of learning we value for students, nor can a single instrument meet all of the goals held by parents, practitioners, and policymakers."

Epoch Times by Feng-Pro (in Chinese) | The Learning Policy Institute report on Teacher Shortages is discussed in this article.