Teacher Preparation and Professional Learning Resources

State policies impact both teaching conditions and equitable student access to well-qualified teachers. What policy approaches influence teacher supply, demand, and retention, and what can your state consider to better support teachers and students?

State policymakers are looking at teacher residencies, service scholarships, and other strategies discussed in this legislative prep session webinar as they look to simultaneously improve the quality of preparation and provide a long-term solution to teacher shortages.

Exploring California’s investments to address teacher shortages, examining impacts on the teacher pipeline, equity and student learning, and future efforts.

The convening explores how educator preparation can be strengthened with a focus on safety, belonging, and positive developmental relationships.

California and Texas have had success in seeding, sustaining, and scaling high-quality, paid teacher residency programs. Hear from experts on the strategies they have used.

This year, EdPrepLab’s Spring Convening invites participants to explore community-engaged educator preparation as a responsive approach to strengthening local relationships, elevating essential histories, and generating transformative possibilities for teaching, learning, and leading.

As educators face tremendous technological, political, and climatic change, EdPrepLab’s 2026 Virtual Forum explores the importance of centering meaningful human relationships as the enduring core of effective teaching, learning, and leading.

States face critical education challenges, including staffing schools, creating college and career pathways, improving math achievement, and investing in school leadership. LPI and partners offer a timely webinar series with nonpartisan research and state examples to help inform effective education policy solutions.