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Whole Child Approaches to Education Especially Effective for Students Living With Trauma

Sep 07 2018
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A new study identifies policy and practice strategies that foster strong academic, social, and emotional learning, based on the science of learning and development.

Topics Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design
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How Some States are Using Their New Accountability Systems to Leverage Equity in Education

Sep 05 2018
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A new report and interactive map provide information on which states are using provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act to address students’ needs and ensure schools provide educational opportunity to all students, and how these efforts can be maximized.

Topics Equitable Resources and Access, Accountability and Improvement, The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
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The Long View: How States Can Solve Teacher Shortages and Improve Teaching

Aug 29 2018
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Most states have been struggling to address teacher shortages for several years now, often filling the vacuum with underprepared teachers who aren’t able to give children the high-quality learning they need and who leave at two to three times the rate of well-prepared teachers. Most often, these teachers are hired in schools serving students of color and those from low-income families. Governors and legislators in many of these states are now working to turn the tide, according to a new report from the Learning Policy Institute (LPI).

Topics Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality
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Resources: Teacher Shortages in the United States

Aug 17 2018
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As the U.S. school year begins, districts and schools are struggling to fill empty teaching positions with qualified staff and hundreds of thousands of students are being taught by unqualified or under-qualified instructors. This page gathers our latest resources on teacher shortages that can provide useful background and data on this serious issue.

Topics Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality, Equitable Resources and Access
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Research Shows That When it Comes to Student Achievement, Money Matters

Jul 17 2018
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Schools in the United States are among the most inequitably funded of any in the industrialized world. These inequities in funding — which impact everything from class sizes to course offerings to teaching quality — create dramatic disparities in educational opportunities and outcomes for children. Students from low-income families and students of color experience the greatest disparities.

Topic Equitable Resources and Access
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School Finance Resources for Reporters

May 14 2018
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Conventional wisdom has been that when it comes to improving student outcomes, money doesn’t matter, but the research doesn’t bear that out. So, what does research say about the impact of money on student outcomes? How do state finance systems operate? Which systems are proving to be most effective in providing equitable, high-quality school funding? This page contains resources on school finance produced by the Learning Policy Institute and other research organizations and leading school finance researchers.
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Teachers of Color: In High Demand and Short Supply

Apr 19 2018
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Research shows that teachers of color help close achievement gaps for students of color and are highly rated by students of all races—a fact that is all the more relevant in light of the release this month of data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress which show persistent achievement gaps between students of color and from low income families and their White and affluent peers. Unfortunately, although more teachers of color are being recruited across the nation, the pace of increase is slow and attrition rates are high, leaving growing gaps between the demand for such teachers and the supply.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Equitable Resources and Access
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Learning Policy Institute Researchers Garner Two Awards at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting

Apr 10 2018
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Learning Policy Institute researchers who examined community schools as an evidence-based strategy for school improvement and who explored charter school brand management are among the award winners who will be honored at the 2018 American Educational Research Association annual meeting in New York City this week.
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California’s Local Control Funding Formula Is Increasing Student Achievement and Graduation Rates

Feb 02 2018
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A new study shows that investments in schools based on the Local Control Funding Formula improve achievement and attainment, reduce racial and economic disparities in graduation rates. By examining high school graduation rates, and student achievement by grade and subject (mathematics and reading) in the years before and after the implementation of LCFF for all public schools in California, the authors found significant increases in all of these areas that track the implementation of LCFF. They also found that students who received higher “dosages” of LCFF (that is, attend school in highest-poverty districts, which receive greater funding under the formula) showed greater academic gains.

Topics Equitable Resources and Access, Accountability and Improvement
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Uncoordinated and Underfunded: How Do We Fix California’s Early Learning System?

Jan 23 2018
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Extensive research shows that early childhood education programs pay big dividends for children’s success in school and life, but according to a new report released today by the Learning Policy Institute, only a third of the one million California children who qualify for subsidized early childhood programs receive services—and the quality of care they receive is highly variable. The report, Building an Early Learning System that Works: Next Steps for California, documents these challenges and proposes comprehensive solutions.

Topic Early Childhood Learning

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Research Shows That When it Comes to Student Achievement, Money Matters

Jul 17 2018

Schools in the United States are among the most inequitably funded of any in the industrialized world. These inequities in funding — which impact everything from class sizes to course offerings to teaching quality — create dramatic disparities in educational opportunities and outcomes for children. Students from low-income families and students of color experience the greatest disparities.

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Teachers of Color: In High Demand and Short Supply

Apr 19 2018

Research shows that teachers of color help close achievement gaps for students of color and are highly rated by students of all races—a fact that is all the more relevant in light of the release this month of data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress which show persistent achievement gaps between students of color and from low income families and their White and affluent peers. Unfortunately, although more teachers of color are being recruited across the nation, the pace of increase is slow and attrition rates are high, leaving growing gaps between the demand for such teachers and the supply.

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California’s Local Control Funding Formula Is Increasing Student Achievement and Graduation Rates

Feb 02 2018

A new study shows that investments in schools based on the Local Control Funding Formula improve achievement and attainment, reduce racial and economic disparities in graduation rates. By examining high school graduation rates, and student achievement by grade and subject (mathematics and reading) in the years before and after the implementation of LCFF for all public schools in California, the authors found significant increases in all of these areas that track the implementation of LCFF. They also found that students who received higher “dosages” of LCFF (that is, attend school in highest-poverty districts, which receive greater funding under the formula) showed greater academic gains.

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