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Fact Sheet

Addressing the Teacher Shortage: What States Can Do

Oct 26 2016
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Providing all students with excellent educators is one of the most important drivers of a well-functioning education system—a system that must prepare diverse students to participate in today’s knowledge-driven economy. However, many states are facing a teacher shortage that threatens their ability to deliver a quality education to all children. Shortages are most severe in certain fields (special education, math, science, and bilingual education) and in high-poverty districts and schools, where students most need highly skilled teachers.

Topics Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
Report

The Teacher Residency: An Innovative Model for Preparing Teachers

Roneeta Guha

Maria E. Hyler

Linda Darling-Hammond

Sep 15 2016
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The teacher residency model holds much promise to address the issues of recruitment and retention in high-need districts and subject area shortages. This model also has the potential to support systemic change and building of the teaching profession, especially in the most challenging districts. Initial research is promising as to the impact residencies can have on increasing the diversity of the teaching force, improving retention of new teachers, and promoting gains in student learning.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
Brief

Solving the Teacher Shortage How to Attract and Retain Excellent Educators

Anne Podolsky

Tara Kini

Joseph Bishop

Linda Darling-Hammond

Sep 15 2016
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Fewer young people choosing to enter the teaching profession and high attrition rates are contributing to teacher shortages. School districts throughout the country are having difficulty finding enough qualified teachers to fill open positions, especially in schools serving low-income students and students of color. This brief summarizes research on teacher recruitment and retention, identifies key factors that influence decisions to enter, stay in, or leave the profession, and offers evidence-based recommendations for policymakers.

Topics Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
Report

Solving the Teacher Shortage: How to Attract and Retain Excellent Educators

Anne Podolsky

Tara Kini

Joseph Bishop

Linda Darling-Hammond

Sep 15 2016
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High rates of teacher turnover contribute to shortages and undermine academic progress. This report reviews an extensive body of research on teacher recruitment and retention, identifies key factors that influence decisions to enter, stay in, or leave the profession, and offers evidence-based recommendations for local, state, and federal policymakers.

Topics Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
Brief

A Coming Crisis in Teaching? Teacher Supply, Demand, and Shortages in the U.S.

Leib Sutcher

Linda Darling-Hammond

Desiree Carver-Thomas

Sep 15 2016
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This brief summarizes an analysis of the scope of teacher shortages being experienced throughout the country and discusses the causes and consequences of the shortages. Shortages are particularly severe in special education, mathematics, science, and bilingual/English learner education, and in locations with lower wages and poorer working conditions. This brief also provides recommendations of local, state, and federal policies to support the recruitment and retention of a quality teacher workforce.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
Report

A Coming Crisis in Teaching? Teacher Supply, Demand, and Shortages in the U.S.

Leib Sutcher

Linda Darling-Hammond

Desiree Carver-Thomas

Sep 15 2016
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Widespread media reports of local teacher shortages have become a hot topic in education since the summer of 2015. After years of teacher layoffs, districts began hiring again as the economy recovered from the Great Recession. This report analyzes evidence of teacher shortages, looks at national and regional trends in teacher supply and demand, and investigates policy strategies that might mitigate these effects based on research about effective approaches to recruitment and retention.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
Infographic

Why Do Teachers Leave?

Sep 15 2016
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Increasing the number of teachers entering the profession is one strategy for reducing the teacher shortage, but we also need to address the persistent problem of teacher turnover. Each year, more than 200,000 teachers leave the profession, with nearly two out of three leaving for reasons other than retirement. This infographic describes the factors contributing to the teacher exodus.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention
Brief

Minority Teacher Recruitment, Employment, and Retention: 1987 to 2013

Richard M. Ingersoll

Henry May

Sep 15 2016
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The nation’s population and students have grown more racially and ethnically diverse, but the teaching workforce has not experienced similar demographic shifts. This brief summarizes the results of a study of the recruitment, employment, and retention of minority k-12 teachers, examining the extent and sources of the minority teacher shortage and offering evidence-based solutions to addressing the low proportion of minority teachers in comparison to the increasing numbers of minority students in the school system.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Equitable Resources and Access
Fact Sheet

The Road to High-Quality Early Learning: Lessons from the States

Marjorie Wechsler

David L. Kirp

Titilayo Tinubu Ali

Madelyn Gardner

Anna Maier

Hanna Melnick

Patrick M. Shields

Jun 29 2016
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During the 2015–16 fiscal year, states invested nearly $7 billion in programs for our country’s youngest learners. This fact sheet summarizes the lessons learned by a review and analysis of how states can design, fund, and manage investments to assure high-quality preschool. The original report looked at how four states built quality early education systems with strong outcomes.

Topics Early Childhood Learning, Educator Quality
Brief

The Road to High-Quality Early Learning: Lessons From the States

Marjorie Wechsler

David L. Kirp

Titilayo Tinubu Ali

Madelyn Gardner

Anna Maier

Hanna Melnick

Patrick M. Shields

Jun 29 2016
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Read a summary of case studies of high-quality early education programs in four states: Michigan, West Virginia, Washington, and North Carolina. This analysis is based on reviews of policy documents, studies, and data in each state, as well as observations of programs and interviews with policymakers, program administrators, providers, teachers, parents, advocates, and researchers.

Topics Early Childhood Learning, Educator Quality

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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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Protecting Students' Civil Rights: The Federal Role in School Discipline

May 01 2019

In 2018, the Trump administration rescinded voluntary federal guidance intended to help states end exclusionary and discriminatory school discipline practices. Many states had implemented policies based on evidence-based approaches outlined in the guidance and have seen lower rates of suspensions and expulsions among all students, including students of color, and other benefits. Loss of that guidance removes an important set of resources available to states and districts to end harmful practices.

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