LPI In the News

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."

Education Week Opinion by Marc Tucker | At an event in January 2016, NCEE released two reports on teachers' professional development commissioned by their Center on International Education Benchmarking. Panelists, including Linda Darling-Hammond, were interviewed for this blog.

LA School Report by Craig Clough | California’s teacher shortage is only going to grow more problematic unless the state takes action, according to a new report from the Learning Policy Institute. The report, Addressing California’s Emerging Teacher Shortage: An Analysis of Sources and Solutions, analyzes the origins of the shortage and also offers policy recommendations on how to fix it.

School Bytes blog by Claudia Meléndez Salinas | My recent story on the teacher shortage mentioned a study by the Learning Policy Institute, led by Linda Darling-Hammond, that predicts the problem could get worse if not tackled soon and offers possible solutions. The study comes with a snazzy, interactive chart of "teacher shortage" indicators, such as the percentage of teachers older than 50 (30 percent in Monterey County) and the percentage of 'underqualified' teachers (3.5 percent).

EdSource by John Fensterwald | Superintendents, teachers, advocates for students, and business and community leaders sounded a strong, though not unanimous, call Monday for federal officials to give California wide berth to fashion a school improvement system without micromanagement from Washington.

New York Times Sunday Review by David L. Kirp | A quarter-century ago, Newark and nearby Union City epitomized the failure of American urban school systems. Today Union City, which opted for homegrown gradualism, is regarded as a poster child for good urban education. Newark, despite huge infusions of money and outside talent, has struggled by comparison.

Monterey Herald by Claudia Meléndez Salinas | The teacher shortage in the K-12 system has become so critical that a local school district is offering a $10,000 signing bonus for its next math and science teachers.

The Record by Nicholas Filipas | Education leaders, experts, and policy makers came together Tuesday at the Sacramento Public Library to find solutions to combat an emerging teaching shortage, felt from up north in the Sierras to the beaches of San Diego and right here in the Central Valley.

California Teachers Association Blog by Capitol News | A panel on in-service solutions to the looming teacher shortage was one of four panels dealing with the scope of the problem and possible solutions at conference in Sacramento hosted by the Education Policy Center at AIR, the Learning Policy Institute, and Policy Analysis for California Education.

EdSource by Louis Freedberg | To cope with a widening shortage of teachers, California school districts are hiring an increasing number of teachers with “substandard” permits and credentials, as well as relying on short-term substitute teachers, according to a new report.