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Infrastructure at Oakland Unified School District helped to successfully implement a community schools approach by centralizing processes and systems and providing support for family engagement and professional learning and development.
Susan Kemper PatrickLinda Darling-HammondTara Kini
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California’s teacher residency program marks the largest investment in teacher residencies in the nation. Data on early implementation suggest residencies are helping diversify the profession, create a well-prepared workforce, and provide more intensive clinical training experiences.
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A rise in the number of school shootings over time has driven increasing attention to school safety, but the policies states might enact to promote safe schools are hotly debated. With two broad approaches—increasing physical security and building supportive school communities—it's imperative to review what the evidence shows as effective.
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As RCA enters a new phase that supports wider implementation, administration and oversight of the project will transition to LPI and RCA partner National Association for College Admission Counseling.
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High-quality civics education supports students to be informed, active, and engaged citizens throughout their lives. In the face of declining civics knowledge in America, a growing number of states are implementing policies that support a new approach to civics education that engages students in inquiry, reasoning, and action.
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To help address long-standing social inequities, a growing number of states are investing in community schools. Community school initiatives in eight states point to three potential approaches other states can use to support community schools.
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Examining how Oakland Unified School District successfully implemented a community schools approach, researchers found structures that support effective partnerships, Coordination of Services Teams, community school managers, professional learning and development, and family engagement.
Aneesha Badrinarayan Linda Darling-HammondMichael A. DiNapoli Jr.Tara KiniTiffany MillerJulie Woods
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The Every Student Succeeds Act presented new possibilities for innovative state assessments that support deeper learning; however, constraints have limited states’ abilities to fully realize such opportunities. Federal executive actions that offer time, support, and permission to innovate could encourage assessment systems that bolster high-quality teaching and learning.