People

Stephan Turnipseed

Board of Directors

Stephan Turnipseed is Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Destination Imagination; the President Emeritus of LEGO Education North America; and former Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships for LEGO Education. Read more >
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Senior Advisor

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. Read more >
Patrick M. Shields

Executive Director

Patrick M. Shields is a member of LPI’s Early Childhood Learning Team, and is one of the co-authors of The Road to High-Quality Early Learning: Lessons from the States. Read more >

Topics Early Childhood Learning, Educator Quality, Equitable Resources and Access
Julie Adams

Research and Policy Associate

Julie Adams is a Research and Policy Associate on the Deeper Learning and Educator Quality teams, and works on the Reimagining College Access Initiative. Read more >
Titilayo Tinubu Ali

Consultant

Titilayo Tinubu Ali is a consultant for LPI and served as a Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst. She is one of the co-authors of The Road to High-Quality Early Learning: Lessons from the States. Read more >
Joseph Bishop

Joseph Bishop served as a Senior Policy Advisor for the Learning Policy Institute, and is now the Director of the Center for the Transformation of Schools (CTS) at UCLA.
Kathryn Bradley

Research and Policy Associate

Kathryn Bradley is a Research and Policy Associate on LPI’s Deeper Learning team. Read more >>
Dion Burns

Senior Researcher

Dion Burns is a member of the Deeper Learning Team. He presently conducts quantitative and qualitative research into issues of educational equity and the policies and practices that support the development of deeper learning competencies. Read more >

Topic Deeper Learning
Angela Button

Executive Assistant

Angela Button is the Executive Assistant to President and CEO, Linda Darling-Hammond. Read more >>
Jessica Cardichon

Director of Federal Policy and Director, Washington DC Office

Jessica Cardichon plays a leadership role in developing federal legislative and regulatory strategy and co-leads LPI’s policy team. Read more >

Topics Educator Quality, Deeper Learning, The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

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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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Taking the Long View: State Efforts to Solve Teacher Shortages by Strengthening the Profession

Aug 29 2018

Most states have been struggling to address teacher shortages for several years, often filling the vacuum with underprepared teachers. Governors and legislators in many of these states are now working to turn the tide. A new report from the Learning Policy Institute focuses on six evidence-based policies that states are pursuing to address their teacher shortages that can help states build long-term sustainable systems to attract, develop, and retain a strong and stable teacher workforce.

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