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Teacher Shortages

Decades of persistent teacher shortages in the United States have impacted student outcomes and well-being. This is especially true for underserved students. Kickstarted by the 2008 Great Recession, the shortage of fully prepared teachers has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. What steps can policymakers take to recruit and adequately prepare teachers and clear a path for them to enter into classrooms?

Topics Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention, Equitable Resources and Access
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Teacher Licensure Collaborative

The Teacher Licensure Collaborative aims to support participating states in revising and improving teacher licensure and certification standards to incorporate whole child practices, social and emotional learning, and ensure alignment with the science of learning and development.

Topic Educator Quality
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Resources for Reopening Schools

Reopening and sustaining in-person instruction that ensures the safety of students, school staff, and their communities requires attention to the most recent and rigorous science. To support that work, the Learning Policy Institute has conducted research since the outset of the pandemic to help inform educators and policymakers of the pressing issues of education and equity in the time of COVID-19.
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State Policies to Foster a Sound Basic Education for all North Carolina Students

Widespread education funding disparities have sparked lawsuits in more than 40 states, including North Carolina, where the state supreme court established that the state has a constitutional responsibility to provide every student with an equal opportunity for a sound, basic education. Research identifies key challenges and approaches to create access and opportunity for all students.

Topics Equitable Resources and Access, Accountability and Improvement, Educator Quality, Educator Quality: Recruitment & Retention
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Whole Child Education

Decades of research have demonstrated the need for an education system that recognizes the connections between children’s social, emotional, cognitive, and academic development, as well as their physical and mental health. A “whole child" education prioritizes the full scope of a child’s developmental needs as a way to advance educational equity and ensure that every child reaches their fullest potential.

Topics Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: College, Career & Civic Participation, Deeper Learning: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment, Deeper Learning: School Organization & Design
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Improving Education the New Mexico Way

Following a major court decision requiring more adequate and equitable school funding in New Mexico, state leaders and stakeholders have begun to reimagine the system of education. This series of research reports and briefs offers insights into the challenges facing education in the state and evidence-based policies to help build a high-quality, culturally and linguistically responsive, and equitable education system.

Topics Accountability and Improvement, Deeper Learning, Equitable Resources and Access, Educator Quality
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Teacher Preparation for Deeper Learning

This study features case studies of exemplary teacher preparation programs that embody deeper learning practices and prepare teachers to use those strategies themselves in k-12 classrooms. The lessons learned from the study of these programs provide valuable information for practitioners and policymakers seeking to ensure that our nation’s teachers have the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare all students for college, career, and civic life.

Topics Educator Quality, Deeper Learning, Educator Quality: Professional Learning
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Science of Learning and Development

Findings from the science of learning development (SoLD), when taken together, reveal many powerful lessons for transforming education systems, advancing equity, and helping every young person thrive. LPI, in partnership with the American Institutes for Research (AIR), EdCounsel, the Forum for Youth Investment, Populace, and Turnaround for Children, has launched this initiative to integrate insights across multiple scientific fields.

Topics Deeper Learning, Equitable Resources and Access
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California Performance Assessment Collaborative

The California Performance Assessment Collaborative represents educators, policymakers, and researchers who are working to study and advance the use of authentic approaches to assessment, such as presentations, projects, and portfolios, which require students to demonstrate applied knowledge of content and use of 21st century skills. The lessons captured and documented from this work will inform educators seeking to implement performance assessments, as well as policymakers who are developing next-generation assessment and accountability policies.

Topics Deeper Learning, Deeper Learning: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
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Whole Child Policy Table

The Whole Child Policy Table (WCPT) is a collaboration between the Learning Policy Institute and a number of partner organizations that seeks to galvanize collective action behind an equity-focused whole child policy agenda for states. The WCPT unifies and coordinates the work of a broad set of policy partners who aim to create a supportive context for whole child development work in schools.

Topic Deeper Learning

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Santa Fe cityscape with the Bataan Memorial Building in foreground and mountains in the background

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Improving Education the New Mexico Way: An Evidence-Based Approach

Dec 01 2020

In New Mexico, children and young people who face barriers to school success from poverty and marginalization are the norm, not the exception. A year-long study from LPI is designed to provide New Mexico policymakers, stakeholders, leaders, and other interested parties a research perspective on the challenges facing education in the state and to identify evidence-based policies that could build a high-quality, equitable system.

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Sustainable Strategies for Funding Teacher Residencies: Lessons From California

Nov 12 2020

High-quality teacher residencies have the potential to address workforce challenges, including teacher shortages, underprepared educators, and, when adequately funded, workforce diversity. In 2018-19, California provided seed funding to jump-start or scale such programs. Recognizing that state funding may not always be reliable, programs are also working toward greater financial sustainability. This report examines the current state of teacher residencies in California and strategies these programs use to sustain funding, particularly in the wake of COVID-19.

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Elementary School Principals' Professional Learning: Current Status and Future Needs

Oct 27 2020

Research has found that high-quality professional learning opportunities for principals can build leadership capacity. This study reports on findings from a survey of elementary school principals on access to high-quality professional learning. The survey showed that, while most had access to professional development, far fewer were able to participate in authentic learning opportunities addressing deeper learning, student well-being, and equity.

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