People

David L. Kirp

Senior Fellow in Residence

David L. Kirp is the Professor of the Graduate School, University of California at Berkeley. He brings his considerable expertise to LPI’s Early Childhood Learning team and an Institute project on community schools. He is co-author of the June 2016 report, The Road to High-Quality Early Learning: Lessons from the States. Read more >
Jeannie Oakes

Senior Fellow in Residence

Jeannie Oakes is Presidential Professor Emeritus in Educational Equity at UCLA. She focuses her time with LPI on projects related to community schools, deeper learning, teacher preparation, and resource equity. She plays a leadership role in both the resource equity work, as well as LPI’s work with the Partnership for the Future of Learning. Read more >

Topics Deeper Learning, Equitable Resources and Access
Susan Sandler

Chair, Board of Directors

Susan Sandler is a Trustee of the Sandler Foundation and leads funding related to education policy and other areas. Read more >
Linda Darling-Hammond

President and CEO

Linda Darling-Hammond is President and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute and the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University. She is author or editor of a number of award-winning books and more than 500 publications on education policy and practice. Her work focuses on achieving equitable and empowering education for all children through a focus on meaningful learning, educator quality, and adequate resources. Read more >

Topics Deeper Learning, Early Childhood Learning, Accountability and Improvement, Educator Quality, Equitable Resources and Access, The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Barbara Chow

Board of Directors

Barbara Chow is the director of the Education program at the Heising-Simons Foundation. Read more >
Kris D. Gutiérrez

Board of Directors

Kris D. Gutiérrez is Professor of Language, Literacy and Culture at the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Education. Read more >
Sherrilyn Ifill

Board of Directors

Sherrilyn Ifill is the seventh President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Read more >
David Lyon

Board of Directors

David Lyon is Founding President Emeritus of the Public Policy Institute of California. Read more >
David Rattray

Board of Directors

David Rattray is the Executive Vice President, Education and Workforce Development, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. Read more >
Liz Simons

Board of Directors

Liz Simons is the Chair of the Heising-Simons Foundation’s board of directors. Read more >

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Report

The Tapestry of American Public Education: How Can We Create a System of Schools Worth Choosing for All?

Oct 25 2018

Often forgotten in the policy debates on school choice are fundamental questions of whether and how choice influences access to high-quality schools, and whether, in our diverse democracy that requires common ground, choices promote or undermine integration. This report reviews research on a variety of school choice strategies and examines how public school choices can be managed to ensure all students have excellent schools to choose from and are chosen by excellent schools.

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Educating the Whole Child: Improving School Climate to Support Student Success

Sep 07 2018

Each year in the United States, 46 million children are exposed to violence, crime, abuse, homelessness, or food insecurity—experiences that can affect attention, learning, and behavior. This report looks at neuroscience, science of learning, and child development research on whole child approaches to education that improve learning for all students, especially those living with trauma.

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Making ESSA’s Equity Promise Real: State Strategies to Close the Opportunity Gap

Sep 05 2018

Under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), in addition to the required indicators of schools performance, states can select indicators to measure schools’ efforts to support students and provide equitable opportunities or to identify places where additional investments need to be made to improve education and support underserved students. This report documents how states are taking advantage of this opportunity to address disparities, make schools more inclusive, and help all students succeed.

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