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Sara Plasencia

Research and Policy Associate

Sara Plasencia is a member of LPI’s Early Childhood Learning and Deeper Learning teams. Prior to joining LPI, she worked at The Education Trust as a graduate fellow on the National and State Partnerships team. Read more >
Anne Podolsky

Researcher and Policy Analyst

Anne Podolsky is a member of LPI’s Educator Quality Team. Her work includes having served as the co-author of the report, Does Teaching Experience Increase Teacher Effectiveness? A Review of the Research? and lead author on LPI’s report, Solving the Teacher Shortage: How to Attract and Retain Excellent Educators. Read more >

Topic Educator Quality
Raymond Quintela

Finance Assistant

Raymond Quintela is a Finance Assistant in the Finance and Operations department in LPI’s Palo Alto office. Read more >
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

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

Web Manager

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

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 >
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 >

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Report

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.

Report

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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