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Equity and ESSA: Leveraging Educational Opportunity Through the Every Student Succeeds Act

Channa Cook-Harvey,

Linda Darling-Hammond,

Livia Lam,

Charmaine Mercer,

Martens Roc

Dec 07 2016
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The passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) represents an opportunity for states, districts, and schools to equitably design education systems to ensure that historically underserved students are prepared for the demands of the 21st century. This report details the equity implications of ESSA and provides recommendations for ways in which states, districts, and schools can leverage the new law to enhance equitable educational opportunities and close persistent achievement gaps.

Topics Equitable Resources and Access, Deeper Learning, The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
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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
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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
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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
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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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Considerable research exists on the elements of high-quality early childhood education and its many benefits, particularly for low-income children and English learners, but little information is available to policymakers about how to enact their visions of good pre-k programs. This report fills that gap by describing and analyzing how four states—Michigan, West Virginia, Washington, and North Carolina—have built high-quality early education systems.

Topics Early Childhood Learning, Educator Quality
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Does Teaching Experience Increase Teacher Effectiveness? A Review of the Research

Tara Kini,

Anne Podolsky

Jun 03 2016
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Do teachers, on average, continue to improve in their effectiveness as they gain experience in the teaching profession? This review of research finds that teaching experience is, on average, positively associated with student achievement gains throughout a teacher’s career, especially in collaborative school environments.

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Professional Learning, Educator Quality: Evaluation & Career Development, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Equitable Resources and Access, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design
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Pathways to New Accountability Through the Every Student Succeeds Act

Linda Darling-Hammond,

Soung Bae,

Channa Cook-Harvey,

Livia Lam,

Charmaine Mercer,

Anne Podolsky,

Elizabeth Leisy Stosich

Apr 20 2016
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This report provides critical information about the requirements and opportunities under the new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act. Drawing on promising examples from several states, as well as from New York City and Alberta, Canada, the authors offer alternative approaches to developing, presenting, and using a multiple-measure accountability system.

Topics Deeper Learning, Accountability and Improvement, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design, Educator Quality: Professional Learning, Equitable Resources and Access, The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
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Redesigning School Accountability and Support: Progress in Pioneering States

Channa Cook-Harvey,

Elizabeth Leisy Stosich

Apr 09 2016
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During 2015, a group of diverse states began to work together to redesign their accountability systems so as to better support school improvement and students’ acquisition of deeper learning skills to ensure all students are college, career, and life ready upon graduation. This report documents the progress made by 10 states to transform their systems of accountability to support more meaningful learning opportunities for all students.

Topics Deeper Learning, Accountability and Improvement, Deeper Learning: College, Career & Civic Participation, Deeper Learning: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design, Educator Quality: Professional Learning, The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
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Addressing California’s Emerging Teacher Shortage

Linda Darling-Hammond,

Roberta Furger,

Patrick M. Shields,

Leib Sutcher

Jan 19 2016
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After many years of teacher layoffs in California, school districts are using an influx of new k–12 funding to hire again. However, the supply of teachers has not kept pace with the increased demand. This report examines shortage indicators, discusses their impact on students, analyzes factors that influence teacher supply and demand in California and nationally, and recommends policies to ensure an adequate supply of fully prepared teachers where they are needed.

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

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Educating the Whole Child: Improving School Climate to Support Student Success

Sep 07 2018

Each year in the United States, 46 million children are exposed to violence, crime, abuse, homelessness, or food insecurity—experiences that can affect attention, learning, and behavior. This report looks at neuroscience, science of learning, and child development research on whole child approaches to education that improve learning for all students, especially those living with trauma.

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Making ESSA’s Equity Promise Real: State Strategies to Close the Opportunity Gap

Sep 05 2018

Under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), in addition to the required indicators of schools performance, states can select indicators to measure schools’ efforts to support students and provide equitable opportunities or to identify places where additional investments need to be made to improve education and support underserved students. This report documents how states are taking advantage of this opportunity to address disparities, make schools more inclusive, and help all students succeed.

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Taking the Long View: State Efforts to Solve Teacher Shortages by Strengthening the Profession

Aug 29 2018

Most states have been struggling to address teacher shortages for several years, often filling the vacuum with underprepared teachers. Governors and legislators in many of these states are now working to turn the tide. A new report from the Learning Policy Institute focuses on six evidence-based policies that states are pursuing to address their teacher shortages that can help states build long-term sustainable systems to attract, develop, and retain a strong and stable teacher workforce.

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