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  • Aaron Reeves

    Aaron Reeves

    Graphic Designer
    Aaron Reeves is the Graphic Designer. He also helps produce and edit LPI’s videos and supports the Institute’s online work. Read more >
  • Sara Robertson

    Sara Robertson

    Manager for Marketing and Outreach
    Sara Robertson is a veteran communicator with nearly 20 years of experience in strategic communications and content marketing. As Manager for Marketing and Outreach, Robertson helps promote and gain traction for LPI’s research and policy proposals with a range of audiences. Read more >
  • Mandy Rodrigues

    Mandy Rodrigues

    Web Manager
    Mandy Rodrigues is a member of LPI’s Communication team and leads the web development and management work. Read more >
  • Ryan Saunders

    Ryan Saunders

    Policy Advisor
    Ryan Saunders is a Policy Advisor who works on the Policy and Educator Quality Teams. Read more >

  • Abby Schachner

    Senior Researcher
    Abby Schachner is a member of LPI’s Deeper Learning and Early Childhood Learning teams where she is working to translate research on children’s social, emotional and academic development and the contexts that support such development to inform policy and practice. Read more >
    Topics Deeper Learning, Early Childhood Learning
  • Caitlin Scott

    Caitlin Scott

    Research Director
    Caitlin Scott provides research direction and support at LPI. For the past two decades, her publications have focused on educator learning and change, as well as improving educational systems at all levels, especially for students traditionally underserved by public schools. Read more >
  • Leib Sutcher

    Leib Sutcher

    Research Associate
    Leib Sutcher served as a Research Associate at the Learning Policy Institute. He is currently enrolled in UCLA’s teacher education program to earn his teaching credential in secondary mathematics, and he continues to consult for LPI. Read more >
    Topic Educator Quality
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    Charlie Thompson

    Research and Policy Associate
    Charlie Thompson is a Research and Policy Associate on the Deeper Learning team, where she focuses on social and emotional learning, the California Performance Assessment Collaborative, and LPI’s work with the Partnership for the Future of Learning. Read more >
  • Krystal Uzuegbu

    Krystal Uzuegbu

    Administrative Assistant
    Krystal Uzuegbu is the administrative assistant for the Washington, DC, office. Prior to joining LPI, she gained professional experiences as a receptionist, procurement assistant, and administrative assistant. Read more >
  • Marjorie Wechsler

    Marjorie Wechsler

    Principal Research Manager
    Marjorie Wechsler has more than 25 years of experience conducting policy research at the national, state, and local levels. Read more >
    Topic Early Childhood Learning

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California’s Positive Outliers: Districts Beating the Odds

May 16 2019
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LPI studied 156 California school districts of significant size in which students of color, as well as White students, consistently achieve at higher levels than students from similar racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds. What are these "positive outliers" doing to raise achievement and support students of all backgrounds?
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Protecting Students' Civil Rights: The Federal Role in School Discipline

May 01 2019
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In 2018, the Trump administration rescinded voluntary federal guidance intended to help states end exclusionary and discriminatory school discipline practices. Many states had implemented policies based on evidence-based approaches outlined in the guidance and have seen lower rates of suspensions and expulsions among all students, including students of color, and other benefits. Loss of that guidance removes an important set of resources available to states and districts to end harmful practices.
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Investing for Student Success: Lessons from State School Finance Reforms

Apr 09 2019
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Money matters when it comes to improving our nation’s schools, but how that money is spent is critical. This report reviews and analyzes efforts by four states to undertake progressive school funding strategies in order to substantially improve learning opportunities for all students and provides recommendations for federal and state policies to address funding inequalities that contribute to the cycle of poverty.