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Can Forgivable Loans and Service Scholarships Help Attract and Retain Quality Teachers?

May 20 2016
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States are seeking remedies to the shortage of teachers and the increasing need to recruit and retain teachers in underserved rural and urban communities and in specific subject areas. Forgivable loans and service scholarships are two promising solutions, especially given the high level of student debt.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention
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Designing New Accountability: Leveraging the Promise of ESSA

Apr 21 2016
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Two new reports, published jointly by the Learning Policy Institute (LPI) and the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE), provide timely research and evidence-based examples for educators and policymakers looking to leverage ESSA to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for all children.

Topics Accountability and Improvement, Deeper Learning, Equitable Resources and Access
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Measuring True College and Career Readiness

Mar 23 2016
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The Learning Policy Institute was named as one of 12 organizations nationwide to receive a grant award from the Assessment for Learning Project (ALP) to fundamentally rethink the role of assessments in advancing student learning and improving our k-12 education system.

Topics Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: College, Career & Civic Participation, Deeper Learning: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
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California Teacher Shortages Trends

Jan 19 2016
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If current trends persist, emerging teacher shortages in California will continue to increase—unless policymakers address both sides of the supply and demand equation. This is according to a report released by the Learning Policy Institute, a new national education research and policy organization based in Palo Alto, California and Washington, DC.

Topics Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality, Equitable Resources and Access
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California Voters See Emerging Shortage of Teachers as Very Serious Problem; Believe State Should Take Action

Nov 17 2015
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California registered voters regard the emerging shortage of k-12 teachers as a very serious problem and think that the state should be taking decisive action to rectify the situation, according to a poll released today by EdSource and the Learning Policy Institute. The survey was conducted by The Field Poll following recent reports showing that the number of new teaching credentials issued in California has declined steadily for more than a decade, along with even more precipitous reductions in enrollments in teacher preparation programs enrollments.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention
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New National Education Think Tank to Focus on Learning

Sep 03 2015
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The Learning Policy Institute, a new national education think tank, was announced on September 3, 2015. Its mission is to conduct high-quality research to inform evidence-based policies that can prepare all students for the challenges of our fast-changing, knowledge-based society.

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New Report Urges Shift in School Choice Debate to Focus on Quality, Access, and Equity

Oct 25 2018

In recent years, the country has been rocked by debates about school choice. For some, school choice, in and of itself, is viewed as a major goal of policy. For others, the term raises concerns about privatization of public schools. Often forgotten in the policy debates are the fundamental questions of whether and how choice influences access to high-quality schools for all students, and whether, in our diverse democracy that requires common ground, choices promote or undermine integration. Rather than debate school choice as an end, a new research report shifts the focus to choice as a means to an end.

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

Sep 07 2018

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

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How Some States are Using Their New Accountability Systems to Leverage Equity in Education

Sep 05 2018

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.

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