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Schools Increasingly Turn to ‘Underprepared’ Teachers to Fill Vacancies

Jan 19 2016
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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.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality: Evaluation & Career Development, Equitable Resources and Access, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
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Federal Officials Urged Not to Step on State’s School Reforms

Jan 19 2016
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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.
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How to Fix the Country’s Failing Schools. And How Not To.

Jan 19 2016
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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.

Topics Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design, Equitable Resources and Access
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California Teacher Shortage Could Get Worse, Report Warns

Jan 19 2016
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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.

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 2016 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings

Jan 14 2016
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Education Next by Frederick Hess | Each year, on his blog Rick Hess Straight Up, EdNext executive editor and AEI scholar Rick Hess honors and ranks the 200 education scholars who had the biggest influence on the nation’s education discourse. Linda Darling-Hammond topped the list, which also included many Learning Policy Institute fellows.

Topic Educator Quality
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Public Engagement Is Essential to Scholarship

Jan 13 2016
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Education Week Commentary by Jeannie Oakes | Education policymaking must negotiate strongly held public perceptions and contested political terrain—factors usually far more influential than research findings.
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5 Sources of Support for New TESOL Teachers

Jan 11 2016
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TESOL blog by Kristen Lindhal | The author lists five online resources that focus on different strategies for supporting new teachers. The final two, which includes ASCD’s Interview with Dr. Linda-Darling-Hammond, are aimed at teacher educators, administrators, or mentors.

Topics Educator Quality: Professional Learning, Educator Quality: Evaluation & Career Development
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The Five Themes of ESSA Coverage

Jan 08 2016
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Education Next by Andy Smarick | In discussing the first of five themes on coverage of the Every Student Succeeds Act - the diminished role of Uncle Sam in schools - the author quotes David Kirp's New York Times December 2015 column.
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Stanford Faculty Named Among the Most Influential in Shaping Education Policy and Practice

Jan 08 2016
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Stanford News by Brooke Donald | The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC, released its annual list of 200 national education scholars who are contributing most substantially to discussions on schools and schooling policy and practices. Twenty scholars from Stanford, including 15 from the Graduate School of Education, are among those recognized. Linda Darling-Hammond, professor emerita of education, tops the list.

Topic Educator Quality
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Three Duke Researchers Rank as Highly Influential by Education Week

Jan 08 2016
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Triangle Business Journal by Jason deBruyn | Three Duke University professors, including LPI Research Fellow Helen Ladd, were placed on Education Week’s 2016 list of influential researchers.

Topic Educator Quality

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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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