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

Laura E. Hernández

Linda Darling-Hammond

Julie Adams

Kathryn Bradley

DeAnna Duncan Grand

Martens Roc

Peter Ross

Oct 21 2019
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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.

Topics Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design
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The Instructional Leadership Corps: Teachers Leading Sustainable Professional Learning in Their Communities

Rachel A. Lotan

Dion Burns

Oct 21 2019
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The teaching profession requires continuous learning and California's Instructional Leadership Corps was developed to address that need. The ILC is changing the paradigm for teacher learning by tapping the expertise and experience of local teachers, principals, and superintendents who have the training and support to lead ongoing professional development to peers in their own districts and in other schools and districts in their regions.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Professional Learning, Deeper Learning
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Deeper Learning Networks: Taking Student-Centered Learning and Equity to Scale

Laura E. Hernández

Linda Darling-Hammond

Oct 21 2019
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Research suggests that deeper learning strategies that support critical thinking and problem-solving can improve student outcomes, but implementing these strategies is not easy. Three networks of schools—Big Picture Learning, Internationals Network for Public Schools, and New Tech Network—have created the systems and structures to scale their equitable deeper learning models in diverse public school settings to serve students in more personalized and productive ways.

Topics Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design
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Early Childhood Essentials

Beth Meloy

Abby Schachner

Oct 15 2019
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Based on the report, Early Childhood Essentials: A Framework for Aligning Child Skills and Educator Competencies, this fact sheet presents the skills children should have upon entering kindergarten and the skills and competencies early educators need to support effective learning experiences. Providing leaders with a fundamental understanding of early childhood education will help them make informed decisions to ensure educators have the resources they need to provide every child with the opportunity to enter school ready to thrive.

Topics Early Childhood Learning, Educator Quality, Deeper Learning
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Early Childhood Essentials: A Framework for Aligning Child Skills and Educator Competencies

Oct 15 2019
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Providing high-quality early learning experiences is complex work. This infographic presents a framework for the essential skills and competencies children should acquire before they enter kindergarten and the related skills and competencies early childhood educators must cultivate in order to provide the high-quality early learning that will set all children on the path to success in school and in life.

Topic Early Childhood Learning
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Early Childhood Essentials

Beth Meloy

Abby Schachner

Oct 15 2019
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What skills and competencies do early childhood educators need in order to provide high-quality early learning experiences? What essential skills should children master before entering kindergarten? The Early Childhood Essentials framework answers these questions based on an analysis of relevant research. It is a must-read for local and state decision-makers looking to build and expand high-quality early learning programs.

Topics Early Childhood Learning, Educator Quality, Deeper Learning
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Teaching the Way Students Learn Best

Jacqueline Ancess

Bethany L. Rogers

DeAnna Duncan Grand

Linda Darling-Hammond

Oct 01 2019
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Most students at New York’s Bronxdale High School enter 9th grade achieving well below proficiency levels on standardized tests, yet they end up outperforming their peers and city averages in credit accrual, graduation rates, and enrollment in postsecondary education. Educators at Bronxdale teach the way students learn best by tightly weaving social and emotional skills and academic mindsets with academic learning in a safe, caring and collaborative learning environment.

Topics Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design
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Closing the Opportunity Gap: How Positive Outlier Districts in California Are Pursuing Equitable Access to Deeper Learning

Dion Burns

Linda Darling-Hammond

Caitlin Scott

Sep 10 2019
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Supporting the achievement of all students requires a strong commitment to equity, ensuring a stable high-quality educator workforce, providing access to professional development, and a focus on deeper learning and social and emotional learning. Seven California school districts provide examples of successful approaches to this work.

Topics Deeper Learning, Equitable Resources and Access, Educator Quality
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Closing the Opportunity Gap: How Positive Outlier Districts in California Are Pursuing Equitable Access to Deeper Learning

Dion Burns

Linda Darling-Hammond

Caitlin Scott

Taylor Allbright

Desiree Carver-Thomas

Eupha Jeanne Daramola

Jane L. David

Laura E. Hernández

Kate E. Kennedy

Julie A. Marsh

Crystal A. Moore

Anne Podolsky

Patrick M. Shields

Joan Talbert

Sep 10 2019
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This report examines the commonalities among seven diverse "positive outlier" school districts in which students are achieving at higher-than-predicted levels. The seven districts are among more than a hundred California school districts in which African American, Latino/a, and White students achieved at higher-than-predicted levels, controlling for their socioeconomic status.

Topics Deeper Learning, Educator Quality, Equitable Resources and Access
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Investing for Student Success: Lessons from State School Finance Reforms

Linda Darling-Hammond

Aug 05 2019
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Equitable and empowering educational opportunities are increasingly important to the survival and success of individuals, economies, and societies, but today, U.S. public schools are the most inequitably funded of any in the industrialized world. Some states, however, have had some success addressing those inequities. Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and North Carolina have substantially improved learning opportunities and there are lessons to be learned from their efforts.

Topics Equitable Resources and Access, Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Professional Learning, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality: Evaluation & Career Development

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Closing the Opportunity Gap: How Positive Outlier Districts in California Are Pursuing Equitable Access to Deeper Learning

Sep 10 2019

This report examines the commonalities among seven diverse "positive outlier" school districts in which students are achieving at higher-than-predicted levels. The seven districts are among more than a hundred California school districts in which African American, Latino/a, and White students achieved at higher-than-predicted levels, controlling for their socioeconomic status.

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Preparing Teachers to Support Social and Emotional Learning

May 21 2019

Well-implemented programs designed to foster social and emotional learning (SEL) are associated with positive outcomes, ranging from better test scores and higher graduation rates to improved social behavior. This LPI study examines San Jose State University's successful teacher preparation program and a California school district's in-service program that incorporate SEL instruction in an effort to inform policymakers, practitioners, and teacher educators about the components of strong, SEL-focused teacher preparation and development systems.

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California’s Positive Outliers: Districts Beating the Odds

May 16 2019

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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