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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)
Desiree Carver-Thomas

Research and Policy Associate

Desiree Carver-Thomas is a member of LPI’s Educator Quality Team. She is the author of Diversifying the Teaching Profession: How to Recruit and Retain Teachers of Color and lead author of Addressing California’s Growing Teacher Shortage: 2017 Update. Read more >

Topic Educator Quality
Peter W. Cookson, Jr.

Senior Researcher

Peter W. Cookson, Jr. co-leads LPI’s Equitable Resources and Access team and provides leadership for several equity initiatives. In addition to teaching sociology at Georgetown University, he co-leads the National Poverty Study, a joint research project of Stanford University, John Hopkins University, and the American Institutes for Research. Read more >
Jennifer DePaoli

Senior Researcher

Jennifer DePaoli is a member of LPI’s Deeper Learning and Policy teams where she focuses on social and emotional learning, performance assessment, and putting the whole child at the center of policy and practice. Read more >
Carmen Drummond

Chief of Staff

Carmen Drummond is the Chief of Staff to LPI’s President and CEO, Linda Darling-Hammond. Additionally, Drummond is the point person for facilitating and supporting the implementation of the President and CEO’s strategic vision and management of key initiatives. Read more >
Danny Espinoza

Research and Policy Assistant

Danny Espinoza is a Research and Policy Assistant on the Educator Quality and the Equitable Resources and Access teams. He is the lead author of Taking the Long View: State Efforts to Solve Teacher Shortages by Strengthening the Profession. Read more >

Topic Educator Quality
Lisa Flook

Senior Researcher

Lisa Flook is a member of LPI’s Deeper Learning team where she is working to translate research on children's learning and development to inform practice and policy. Flook has conducted research in educational settings for over 15 years. Read more >

Topic Deeper Learning
Siobhan Flynn

Office Manager

Siobhan Flynn manages LPI’s Palo Alto office and works with the finance and operations unit. Read more >
Roberta Furger

Senior Writer and Director of Storytelling

Roberta Furger manages LPI’s blog and leads the Institute’s emerging storytelling work to inform and advance policy, and its work with the Partnership for the Future of Learning. Read more >

Topic Educator Quality
Madelyn Gardner

Research and Policy Associate

Madelyn Gardner 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 >

Topic Early Childhood Learning

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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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