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The Federal Role and School Integration: Brown’s Promise and Present Challenges

Janel George

Linda Darling-Hammond

Feb 28 2019
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Public schools are increasingly segregated along both racial and socioeconomic lines and many of the most extremely segregated schools are also the most under-resourced, plagued by inexperienced educators, lack of access to quality curriculum, and lack of quality facilities or access to technology. Although integrated education is not a panacea, diverse learning environments benefit all students and the federal government plays a critical role in fostering school diversity.

Topics Equitable Resources and Access, Accountability and Improvement, The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
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Sharing the Wealth: How Regional Finance and Desegregation Plans Can Enhance Educational Equity

John Brittain

Larkin Willis

Peter W. Cookson, Jr.

Feb 28 2019
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Most racial and ethnic segregation—and most financial inequities—in American public schools occur between, not within, school districts. Solving these problems often requires interdistrict solutions. Some regions are crossing boundaries and finding effecting ways to promote school diversity, equity, and access; examples include Boston, Hartford, and Omaha.

Topic Equitable Resources and Access
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The Instructional Leadership Corps: Entrusting Professional Learning in the Hands of the Profession

Rachel A. Lotan

Dion Burns

Linda Darling-Hammond

Feb 21 2019
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Teacher leaders in California are collaborating to lead sustainable professional development for implementation of new student standards within their districts. This statewide effort, the Instructional Leadership Corps, has been in place for the last 4 years and participant feedback has been overwhelmingly positive about the experience. This study describes how teacher-led learning can motivate shifts in practice, enhance teachers’ professionalism and efficacy, and create supportive systems and strategic relationships that can sustain change.

Topics Deeper Learning: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
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The California Way: The Golden State’s Quest to Build an Equitable and Excellent Education System

Roberta C. Furger

Laura E. Hernández

Linda Darling-Hammond

Feb 21 2019
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In 2013, California adopted its Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), which has shifted billions of dollars to districts serving high-need students, created a multiple-measure accountability system, and provided all districts with broad flexibility to develop spending plans aligned to local priorities and needs. This report examines LCFF and related reforms—the decade-plus effort leading to their passage and the impact on culture, practice, opportunities, and outcomes—and explores next steps to sustain and deepen improvement. Read the report or brief >

Topics Accountability and Improvement, Deeper Learning, Equitable Resources and Access
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The Instructional Leadership Corps: Entrusting Professional Learning in the Hands of the Profession

Rachel A. Lotan

Dion Burns

Linda Darling-Hammond

Feb 21 2019
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Four years into a project to support teacher instruction for deeper learning, research shows that an innovative professional development program is a decided success. Based on a model of teachers teaching teachers, California's Instructional Leadership Corps prepares teacher leaders to provide sustainable professional development aligned with new state standards. Participant feedback has been overwhelmingly positive and demonstrates how teacher-led learning can motivate shifts in practice, enhance teachers’ efficacy, and sustain change.

Topics Deeper Learning: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
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The California Way: The Golden State’s Quest to Build an Equitable and Excellent Education System

Roberta C. Furger

Laura E. Hernández

Linda Darling-Hammond

Feb 21 2019
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California students, families, educators, and policymakers are at the center of one of the most ambitious, equity-focused education reforms in the country. Changes include a bold, new approach to equitable funding, a more holistic vision of student and school success, and community engagement in decision making. This study analyzes the impact of the reforms on opportunities and outcomes, and identifies the challenges ahead for California.

Topics Accountability and Improvement, Deeper Learning, Equitable Resources and Access
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Untangling the Evidence on Preschool Effectiveness: Insights for Policymakers

Beth Meloy

Madelyn Gardner

Linda Darling-Hammond

Jan 31 2019
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Research on early learning programs in the 1960s and 1970s revealed enormous benefits for children that lasted into adulthood, sparking investment in preschool programs, but two evaluations of large preschool programs that yielded mixed results created confusion about the wisdom of such investments. A review of rigorous and more recent research into the impact of preschool clarifies that students who attend high-quality preschool programs reap benefits that can last throughout their lives.

Topics Early Childhood Learning, Equitable Resources and Access
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Untangling the Evidence on Preschool Effectiveness: Insights for Policymakers

Beth Meloy

Madelyn Gardner

Linda Darling-Hammond

Jan 31 2019
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Research on early learning programs in the 1960s and 1970s revealed longlasting benefits, sparking investment in preschool programs. However, recent evaluations of two large preschool programs found mixed results, creating confusion about whether preschool programs can support student success. This report reviews these two studies and others in depth, and finds that when participants are compared to very similar students who did not attend preschool, the benefits of participation are typically found to be substantial.

Topics Early Childhood Learning, Equitable Resources and Access
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Essential Building Blocks for State School Finance Systems and Promising State Practices

David Hinojosa

Dec 05 2018
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Creating equitable and adequate school finance systems is a challenging-but-achievable task. It's also an essential one, as the cost of failing to properly invest in high-quality public education for all children impacts not just students but society at large. This new study shares essential state-level strategies and examples to help policymakers develop equitable and effective school finance systems.

Topics Equitable Resources and Access, Accountability and Improvement
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Essential Building Blocks for State School Finance Systems and Promising State Practices

David Hinojosa

Dec 05 2018
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The cost for failing to properly invest in a high-quality public education for all children has grave implications for both the students and society at large. A new report shares essential state-level strategies and examples to help policymakers develop equitable and effective school finance systems.

Topics Equitable Resources and Access, Accountability and Improvement

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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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