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Roberta C. Furger

Senior Writer and Director of Storytelling

Roberta C. 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
Janel George

Senior Policy Advisor

Janel George is a Senior Policy Advisor who co-leads the Equitable Resources and Access team and is the lead author of the report, The Federal Role and School Integration: Brown’s Promise and Present Challenges. Her work focuses on community schools, racial equity, education as a civil right, school choice, and other issues that shape equity and access in public schools. Read more >

Topics Equitable Resources and Access, The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Terry Godfrey

Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

Terry Godfrey serves as LPI’s Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. Godfrey brings to LPI more than 25 years of experience in consulting, finance, human resources, and venture capital. Read more >
DeAnna Duncan Grand

Director of Development and Policy Analyst

DeAnna Duncan Grand develops and stewards LPI’s relationships with philanthropic partners. She is also a member of LPI’s Deeper Learning and Policy teams. Read more >

Topic Deeper Learning
Laura E. Hernández

Senior Researcher

Laura E. Hernández is a Senior Researcher and co-leads LPI's Deeper Learning team. A former teacher in both traditional public and charter school settings in New York City and Los Angeles, her work now focuses on local, state, and federal education policies and their equitable and democratic impact on districts, schools, and communities. Read more >

Topic Deeper Learning
Shawnice Hood

Manager of Office Operations

Shawnice Hood is the Manager of Office Operations. She provides leadership across LPI on administrative, operational, and event planning activities. Read more >
Amber Hu

Communications Associate

Amber Hu is a Communications Associate. Previously, she served as a Communications and Marketing Associate at the Center for High Impact Philanthropy, where she managed several of its communications channels. Read more >
Maria E. Hyler

Deputy Director, Washington DC Office and Senior Researcher

Maria E. Hyler serves as the Deputy Director of the Learning Policy Institute (LPI)’s Washington, D.C. office. She co-leads LPI’s Educator Quality team and directs the Educator Preparation Laboratory (EdPrepLab), LPI’s center on teacher and leader preparation for deeper learning and equity. Read more >

Topics Educator Quality, Deeper Learning
Tara Kini

Director of State Policy

Tara Kini serves as the Learning Policy Institute’s Director of State Policy. She has co-authored several LPI reports, including serving as lead author of a comprehensive analysis of the impact of experience on teacher effectiveness, Does Teaching Experience Increase Teacher Effectiveness? A Review of the Research. Read more >

Topics Educator Quality, Equitable Resources and Access, The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Sarah Klevan

Senior Researcher

Sarah Klevan is a member of LPI’s Deeper Learning team, where she works on projects focused on whole child education. Read more >

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California’s Special Education Teacher Shortage

Feb 18 2020

A severe special education teacher shortage threatens the ability to improve outcomes for students with disabilities, who often have the greatest needs but receive the least expert teachers. LPI researchers review the factors contributing to special education teacher turnover and provide evidence-based policy strategies aimed at resolving the shortage.

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Inequitable Opportunity to Learn: Student Access to Certified and Experienced Teachers

Feb 12 2020

Access to fully certified and experienced teachers matters for student outcomes and achievement, yet many states have hired uncertified and inexperienced teachers to fill gaps created by persistent teacher shortages. These teachers are disproportionately found in schools with high enrollments of students of color, according to LPI analysis of the most recent U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Data Collection, which has proposed cutting key data collection questions related to school funding and educator experience.

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Promising Models for Preparing a Diverse, High-Quality Early Childhood Workforce

Dec 10 2019

The first years of a child’s life provide a foundation for long-term health and well-being. As states consider policy proposals to update credential or degree requirements for early childhood educators, they can look to promising programs and state policies that recruit and prepare diverse cohorts of educators to teach in early childhood education programs. This report includes case studies of distinct approaches offering innovative, affordable pathways to preparation for diverse candidates.

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