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Colleges Crack Open the Admissions Door to Consider Students' Skills

Feb 05 2019
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Education Week by Catherine Gewertz | More schools are becoming interested in using performance assessments —such as senior theses and portfolios—to produce a fuller picture of student learning. Gewertz higlights the work of LPI's Reimagining College Access Initiative to lower a key barrier to considering performance assessments in college admissions: colleges' software systems.
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Report aims to 'untangle' conflicting research on early learning programs

Jan 31 2019
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Education Dive by Linda Jacobson | Jacobson covers LPI's new report, “Untangling the Evidence on Preschool Effectiveness: Insights for Policymakers,” which seeks to clarify the research on impacts of early learning programs, especially those that are publicly funded.
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Redesigning Public Education Systems for Today’s (and Tomorrow’s) World

Jan 25 2019
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City Club of Cleveland | "Most of learning should not be finding one answer out of five that might be right. That’s not life." On January 25, LPI President Linda Darling-Hammond presented at the City Club of Cleveland on the current state of today’s society and economy and the implications for redesigning public schools and systems.
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What Happens When Teachers Leave Mid-Year?

Jan 18 2019
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NEA Today by Tim Walker | In surfacing the less well-known problem of mid-year teacher turnover, Walker highlights LPI research that found that more than 100,000 classrooms across the nation were staffed by underqualified instructors at the beginning of the 2017-18 school year.
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California’s housing affordability crisis looms over the state’s problems with teachers

Jan 17 2019
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CNBC Online by Jeff Daniels | California's housing affordability crisis has made it more difficult for school districts to attract and retain teachers. "The cost of housing is a key driver of whether teachers' compensation is going to be adequate to meet their needs," said Tara Kini, LPI Director of State Policy.
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K12 district leaders build diversity in teaching staffs

Jan 16 2019
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District Administration by Matt Zalaznick | All students benefit when they learn from a diverse group of educators. Zalaznick spotlights different programs around the country that promote diversity of educators and speaks to Desiree Carver-Thomas, LPI Research and Policy Associate, about LPI's research on the benefits of diversifying the teaching profession.
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Bay Area teachers working second jobs to make ends meet

Jan 16 2019
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KABC-TV, channel 7, San Francisco | In the Bay Area, many teachers have to work second jobs to make ends meet. KABC shares stories from some of these teachers and cites LPI's Getting Down the Facts II research on teacher shortages in California.
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Nation is at a Watershed Moment in Understanding How Learning Happens

Jan 15 2019
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Global Newswire by The Aspen Institute | “Integrating social, emotional, and academic learning is the bedrock of an excellent education,” said Linda Darling-Hammond, co-chair of the Aspen Institute's National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development and president of the LPI. The Commission released a new report on translating knowledge from the science of learning and development into practice to help students develop skills like collaboration, empathy, and perseverance.
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Bringing the Science of Learning Into Classrooms

Jan 14 2019
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Edutopia by Heather Riley and Youki Terada | Contrary to previous beliefs, we now know that our brains are malleable and continue to change dramatically well into our 20s, which has profound implications for learning throughout the school-age years. Edutopia's video series explores bringing the science of learning into classrooms.
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The Community School Comes of Age

Jan 10 2019
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New York Times by David Kirp | New York City has become the epicenter of the community school movement, doubling the number of community schools since 2016. Kirp writes about how these schools serve the highest-need students and promising evaluations of their impact on student outcomes.

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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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