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California’s investment in universal prekindergarten has increased the capacity of local education agencies to expand the accessibility of transitional kindergarten across the state. Ongoing challenges center on staff recruitment and retaintion, meeting the developmental and behavioral needs of younger students, securing facility space, and sustaining funding.
Linda Darling-HammondJulie FitzMaría Virginia GianiMolly F. GordonMarjorie Wechsler
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Public schools face mounting challenges, including student mental health, chronic absenteeism, academic achievement, and teacher shortages. Yet the principal's impact is often overlooked. Effective leadership strengthens instruction, builds positive climate, and stabilizes the workforce. Investing in principal preparation, support, and retention is a powerful strategy for improving outcomes and advancing equity.
Linda Darling-HammondJulie FitzMaría Virginia GianiMolly F. GordonMarjorie Wechsler
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Public schools face mounting challenges, including student mental health, chronic absenteeism, academic achievement, and teacher shortages. Yet the principal's impact is often overlooked. Effective leadership strengthens instruction, builds positive climate, and stabilizes the workforce. Investing in principal preparation, support, and retention is a powerful strategy for improving outcomes and advancing equity.
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Public schools face mounting challenges, including student mental health, chronic absenteeism, academic achievement, and teacher shortages. Yet the principal's impact is often overlooked. Effective leadership strengthens instruction, builds positive climate, and stabilizes the workforce. Investing in principal preparation, support, and retention is a powerful strategy for improving outcomes and advancing equity.
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This brief from EdPrepLab explores how integrating play as both a mindset and a pedagogical approach can strengthen teacher preparation and influence how candidates design learning experiences for their PreK–12 students.
Susan Kemper PatrickChazz HigginbothamRyan SaundersTiffany S. TanSteve Wojcikiewicz
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Texas is navigating high teacher attrition and relying on uncertified teachers who can fill vacancies quickly. While the share of uncertified teachers tripled across the state between 2019–20 and 2024–25, some districts maintained high rates of certified teachers. This study sought to identify those districts and understand the local contexts that might encourage hiring and retention of certified teachers. These findings are especially relevant in the context of newly passed state legislation enabling a significant financial investment in retaining and recruiting credentialed teachers.
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Investing in school principals may be the highest-leverage strategy to address education's most pressing challenges — from teacher retention to student achievement. Strong preparation, ongoing professional development, and better working conditions help principals build the thriving schools every student deserves.
Mary Helen Immordino-YangLinda Darling-HammondDouglas Knecht
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Research points to adolescence as a critical period of opportunity and development. School design that centers relationships, meaningful inquiry, civic reasoning, and identity development can foster powerful adolescent learning. Policies supporting systemic and structural redesign across California can create environments that honor adolescents’ needs and help develop their full potential.
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Over the past two decades, California has implemented policy reforms to support multilingual learners of English. New research provides an overview of the state's progress, examines remaining challenges, and provides policy recommendations for key actors in the state.
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California's revenue system critically shapes TK-12 funding for nearly six million students. State and local revenue constraints create instability and limit adequate support. This report examines where education funding comes from, why it fluctuates, how it is allocated, and how it can be improved.
