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Anna Maier

Research Analyst and Policy Advisor

Anna Maier co-leads the Deeper Learning team, with a focus on community schools and performance assessment. Read more >

Topics Early Childhood Learning, Deeper Learning
Monica Martinez

Director of Strategic Initiatives

Monica Martinez provides strategic direction and support for multiple initiatives across LPI, most specifically focused on performance assessment. Martinez has spent her career focused on addressing college success from both the higher education level and the k–12 level. Read more >
Barbara McKenna

Director of Media Relations

Barbara McKenna is the Director of Media Relations. She oversees outreach relations for LPI, communicating LPI’s news to media and the public and serving as a resource for members of the press looking for research to inform education news of the day. Read more >
Hanna Melnick

Research Analyst and Policy Advisor

Hanna Melnick co-leads the Early Childhood Learning team. She is the lead author of Understanding California’s Early Care and Education System and Building an Early Learning System That Works: Next Steps for California. Read more >

Topics Early Childhood Learning, Deeper Learning, The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Naomi Ondrasek

Senior Researcher and Policy Advisor

Naomi Ondrasek serves as a Sacramento-based policy advisor and senior researcher for the Learning Policy Institute. She previously worked on the California Assembly Education Committee, where she served as a California Council on Science and Technology science fellow. Read more >
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 >
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 >

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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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Deeper Learning Networks: Taking Student-Centered Learning and Equity to Scale

Oct 21 2019

A hallmark of deeper learning is students’ ability to apply their knowledge to new situations and complex problems. Big Picture Learning, Internationals Network for Public Schools, and New Tech Network have successfully instantiated, sustained, and spread deeper learning practices in ways that advance equity in schools across the nation. A deep look into their systems and structures reveals common threads, including rethinking structures and relationships in schools, collaboration, professional learning, leadership development, and continual improvement.

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