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    Event Video: Improving Quality in California’s Early Childhood Education System

    Feb 29 2016
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    The Learning Policy Institute released its California policy brief, The Building Blocks of High-Quality Early Childhood Education Programs, at a convening co-hosted by Early Edge California and Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) in Sacramento.
    Topic Early Childhood Learning
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    California Teacher Shortage by County

    Feb 15 2016
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    This interactive map sheds light on the causes and consequences of California’s teacher shortage by exploring indicators at the county level in comparison with statewide averages. Browse and compare key indicators, such as the percentage of underqualified teachers, the number of teachers needed to reduce student-teacher ratios, and student enrollment, to understand how your county is experiencing the teacher shortage relative to other counties and the state as a whole.
    Topic Educator Quality
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    Event Video: California’s Emerging Teacher Shortage: New Evidence and Policy Responses

    Jan 19 2016
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    This conference, co-sponsored by the Learning Policy Institute, Policy Analysis for California Education, and the Education Policy Center at AIR, featured new evidence on the scale of California’s teacher shortage, with a particular focus on already critical shortages of teachers in specific fields and regions. Policymakers, researchers, and educators participated in panel discussions on teacher recruitment, preparation, and retention.
    Topic Educator Quality

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The Power of Performance Assessments: Oakland Unified’s Graduate Capstone Project
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The Power of Performance Assessments: Oakland Unified’s Graduate Capstone Project

Oct 26 2017
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In the Oakland Unified School District, a yearlong Graduate Capstone Project provides an opportunity for students to research, analyze, and become experts in a topic of their own choosing. LPI’s video shows how this complex project, which is used as a districtwide performance assessment, is building students’ ownership of their own learning and helping them develop and use critical thinking and communication skills.
Video Series: Reflections on Oakland’s Graduate Capstone Project
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Video Series: Reflections on Oakland’s Graduate Capstone Project

Oct 26 2017
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Oakland students, teachers, and school and district administrators reflect on the district’s Graduate Capstone Project and its impact on teaching and learning. This rigorous, yearlong performance assessment culminates with a research paper and a formal presentation before teachers, school staff, and members of the community.
In Their Own Words: Policymakers and Practitioners on Teacher Shortages
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In Their Own Words: Policymakers and Practitioners on Teacher Shortages

Oct 19 2017
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Speaking on a panel at a recent LPI forum on teacher turnover, Newark school science teacher Antonio Iglesias described turnover at his school as being “like Defense of the Dark Arts in Harry Potter…every year it's a new teacher.” At the event, district and state policymakers, students, and researchers echoed his sentiments and described the ways in which teacher turnover affects students, schools, communities, and states, and what must be done to solve it.