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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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The 2019 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings

Jan 09 2019
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Education Week by Rick Hess | The Rick Hess Straight-Up Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings highlight the university-based scholars in the U.S. who did the most in the past year to shape educational practice and policy. In 2019, LPI President and CEO Linda Darling-Hammond was ranked second, and Senior Fellows Howard Gardner and Gloria Ladson-Billings also made the top 10.
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Newsom wants more bathrooms for kindergartners

Jan 09 2019
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CalMatters by Judy Lin | Gavin Newsom campaigned on the goal of universal preschool to become the new governor of California, and his proposed budget includes $750 million to expand kindergarten facilities. LPI researchers Hanna Melnick and Beth Meloy offer insights into what early education facilities should look like.
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Landmark reforms championed by Gov. Brown leave deep imprint on California education

Jan 03 2019
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EdSource by Louis Freedberg | Part of Jerry Brown's legacy as governor of California is the Local Control Funding Formula, the landmark school finance reform law passed in 2013. Edsource reviews the path to LCFF and cites LPI research by Sean Tanner and Rucker Johnson on its impact on student outcomes.
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Op-ed: Trump “safety” commission proposals could undermine school safety

Dec 12 2018
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The Hill by Linda Darling-Hammond and Christopher Edley | The Trump administration's school safety commission released a report December 18, 2018, that recommends rescinding the Obama administration's guidance on school discipline, which has helped states substantially improve school safety. Previous to the release, Linda Darling-Hammond and Chris Edley warned that rescinding the guidance will make schools less safe, and that solid research on children’s safety should trump politics.
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Teacher Vacancies Impacting Chicago-Area Students and Taxpayers

Nov 27 2018
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NBC Chicago by Chris Coffey and Ron Campbell | The solution to keeping your school’s best and brightest teachers from fleeing the classroom: better working conditions, more administrative support and higher salaries. That’s according to education policy experts who are urging the nation’s school districts to invest in teachers now in order to reverse troubling turnover rates.

Topics Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality
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Teachers are seeing their colleagues leave the profession at an alarming rate, and this might be why

Nov 15 2018
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Insider by Kelly McLaughlin | Educators are seeing record-high turnover in their schools in recent years. An LPI study found that turnover rates are higher for teachers in schools serving large concentrations of students of color. The study also suggests that the reasons teachers leave include lack of administrative support, low salaries, accountability pressures, working conditions, and lack of advancement.

Topic Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention

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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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