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San Francisco's Gateway Public Schools is a public charter organization with a lottery entrance system prioritizing local residents and students from low-income families. They emphasize positive school climates with a focus on inclusivity, restorative practices, and high expectations that meet students where they are—research-based practices shown to foster success for all students.
Linda Darling-HammondAbby SchachnerAdam K. Edgerton Aneesha Badrinarayan Jessica CardichonPeter W. Cookson, Jr.Michael GriffithSarah KlevanAnna MaierMonica Martinez Hanna MelnickNatalie Truong Steve Wojcikiewicz
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The disruption to education caused by the pandemic presents an opportunity for policymakers and educators to seize the moment to reimagine schooling using safe, equitable, and student-centered approaches. This framework provides research, state and local examples, and policy recommendations for 10 key areas of education.
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The disruption to education presents an opportunity for policymakers and educator to seize the moment to reimagine schooling using safe, equitable, and student-centered approaches. A new, comprehensive framework by the Learning Policy Institute outlines how policymakers and education leaders can address the pressing question of how to reopen schools safely, effectively, and equitably to serve the needs of the whole child.
Jennifer DePaoliLaura E. HernándezLinda Darling-Hammond
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As school and district leaders prepare to start school—whether in person or virtually—their work should be grounded in two essential questions: How can we address the acute needs of young people, who continue to grapple with the dual impacts of COVID 19 and systemic racism? And, how can we use this crisis as an opportunity to transform schools into nurturing communities that are committed to equity, diversity, and antiracism?
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The How Learning Happens video series, created by Edutopia and featuring LPI President and CEO Linda Darling-Hammond and Pamela Cantor, MD, founder and senior science advisor of Turnaround for Children, explores how educators can integrate social, emotional, and academic skills to support and guide diverse learners.
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A positive school climate—where students feel a sense of safety and belonging and where trust prevails—improves academic achievement, test scores, grades, and engagement and helps reduce the negative effects of poverty on academic achievement. To bring about such environments, teachers, paraprofessionals, and school and district leaders must be prepared to create the school and classroom structures that encourage secure relationships.
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A positive school climate can be an effective counter to harassment, bullying, and other forms of social identity threat that many students experience. This blog explores how strong, trust-based relationships and other “whole child” strategies can facilitate a student’s sense of belonging. This improves learning, development, and wellness among students, especially for those who are harassed or marginalized because of their race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, or sexual identity.
Jacqueline AncessBethany L. RogersDeAnna Duncan GrandLinda Darling-Hammond
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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.
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Both students' learning and their overall health and well-being are improved when schools adopt "whole child" supports and practices. Multi-disciplinary research identifies four main ingredients of school success that allow us to care for and nurture the potential in all children: a positive school climate, productive instructional strategies, social-emotional development, and individualized supports. In this post, LPI Senior Researcher Lisa Flook identifies the steps schools and school systems can take to foster students’ social and emotional well-being.
Linda Darling-HammondLisa FlookChanna Cook-HarveyBrigid BarronDavid Osher
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Applied Developmental Science by Linda Darling-Hammond, Lisa Flook, Channa Cook-Harvey, Brigid Barron & David Osher | Our understanding of human development and learning has grown rapidly in recent years, providing insight into how to shape more effective educational practices. This article draws from several branches of educational research about well-vetted strategies to support the kinds of relationships and learning opportunities that promote children’s well-being, healthy development.
