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  • Na’ilah Suad Nasir

    Senior Research Fellow
    Na'ilah Suad Nasir is the sixth President of the Spencer Foundation.

  • Sonia Nieto

    Senior Research Fellow
    Sonia Nieto is Professor of Language, Literacy and Culture Emeritus at the School of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

  • Aaron Pallas

    Senior Research Fellow
    Aaron Pallas is the Arthur I. Gates Professor of Sociology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

  • Roy Pea

    Senior Research Fellow
    Roy Pea is the David Jacks Professor of Learning Sciences and Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, Director of the Ph.D. Program in Learning Sciences and Technology Design, and Co-founder and Director of H-STAR (Human-Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research Institute), a Stanford interdisciplinary research center focusing on people and technology.

  • James W. Pellegrino

    Senior Research Fellow
    James W. Pellegrino is Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor and Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Co-director of the Learning Sciences Research Institute.

  • Sean Reardon

    Senior Research Fellow
    Sean Reardon is the endowed Professor of Poverty and Inequality in Education and a Professor (by courtesy) of Sociology at Stanford University, and he is the Director of Stanford’s Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Program in Quantitative Education Policy Analysis.

  • Michael A. Rebell

    Senior Research Fellow
    Michael A. Rebell is the executive director of the Center for Educational Equity and Professor of Practice in Law and Educational Policy at Teachers College, Columbia University.

  • Kimberly Jenkins Robinson

    Senior Research Fellow
    Kimberly Jenkins Robinson is Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law. Previously, she served in the General Counsel’s Office of the United States Department of Education, where she helped draft federal policy on issues of race, sex, and disability discrimination.

  • Jesse Rothstein

    Senior Research Fellow
    Jesse Rothstein is Professor of Public Policy and Economics and Director of the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California, Berkeley.

  • Richard J. Shavelson

    Senior Research Fellow
    Richard J. Shavelson is the Margaret Jacks Professor of Education and Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Stanford University, a former Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Education, and a past president of the American Educational Research Association.

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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.