LPI In the News

Washington Post by Fareed Zakaria | Zakaria points out that teaching was once recognized as one of the most important and laudable jobs in the U.S., but today, teachers are undervalued, underpaid, and under-resourced. It shouldn’t be this way. After all, teaching is the one profession that makes all others possible. 

NEW EDWEEK BLOG SERIES: Across the country, momentum is building for schools and communities to help young people develop the social, emotional, and academic skills that evidence shows are needed for success in school and in life. There's a deepening recognition that skills such as responsibility and problem-solving, empathy and service, self-control and persistence, all form a solid foundation for academic achievement and personal growth.

CNN by Linda Darling-Hammond | In a new CNN commentary, LPI’s Linda Darling-Hammond sheds light on the problems that have contributed to the teachers’ strikes taking place around the country and the solutions that could make a difference for teachers, their students, their schools, and our society.

EdSource by Louis Freedberg | A story on LPI’s new report Diversifying the Teaching Profession: How to Recruit and Retain Teachers of Color featuring researcher Desiree Carver Thomas.

Los Angeles Times by David Kirp | In this Los Angeles Times op-ed, UC Berkeley Professor and LPI Senior Fellow David Kirp explains how and why money matters in education, and points to new research that shows California’s Local Control Funding Formula is shrinking the achievement gap.

Forbes by Aviva Legatt | Leading universities aren't using just GPA and test scores for college admissions decisions anymore. Many are now incorporating performance assessments—evaluations that emphasize students' demonstrated learning and acquired skills.

This story, filed by Al Jazeera, provides a compelling overview of a recent LPI event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the landmark Kerner Commission report on race and equality in the United States. The report concludes that racial inequity is still a pressing concern and child poverty is worse.

Education Week by Catherine Gewertz | The Learning Policy Institute's new project, Reimagining College Access, aims to help colleges use more complex gauges of student learning in admission, course placement, and advising.

In this podcast, Linda Darling-Hammond discusses Empowered Educators: How high-performing systems shape teaching quality around the world. The book explores how several countries and jurisdictions have developed comprehensive teaching and learning systems that produce a range of positive outcomes, from student achievement to equity and from a professionalized teaching workforce to the integration of research and practice. 

LPI researchers are making a significant impact in shaping educational practice and policy, according to the latest RHSU Edu-Scholar rankings released last week by Education Week. The rankings, in their eighth year, recognize the top 200 university affiliated scholars whose work is impacting practice and policy in meaningful ways.