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  • Clement Kirabo Jackson

    Senior Research Fellow
    Clement Kirabo Jackson is Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy at the Institute for Policy Research and an Associate Professor in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University.

  • Rucker Johnson

    Senior Research Fellow
    Rucker Johnson is the Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy in the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and faculty research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

  • Susan Moore Johnson

    Senior Research Fellow
    Susan Moore Johnson is the Jerome T. Murphy Research Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

  • Helen F. Ladd

    Senior Research Fellow
    Helen F. Ladd is the Susan B. King Professor of Public Policy Studies and Professor of Economics at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy.

  • Gloria Ladson-Billings

    Senior Research Fellow
    Gloria Ladson-Billings is a researcher at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research and current President of the National Academy of Education.

  • Carol D. Lee

    Senior Research Fellow
    Carol D. Lee is the Edwina S. Tarry Professor of Education in the School of Education and Social Policy and in African-American Studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

  • Henry Levin

    Senior Research Fellow
    Henry Levin is the William Heard Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

  • Ann Lieberman

    Senior Research Fellow
    Ann Lieberman, Professor Emeritus of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, is a Senior Scholar at the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education and was previously a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

  • Milbrey McLaughlin

    Senior Research Fellow
    Milbrey McLaughlin is the David Jacks Professor Emeritus of Education and Public Policy at Stanford University.

  • Jal Mehta

    Senior Research Fellow
    Jal Mehta is a Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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California’s Special Education Teacher Shortage

Feb 18 2020
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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
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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
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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.