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Darling-Hammond, Linda; Wei, Ruth Chung; Andree, Alethea – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2010
Research shows that professional learning can have a powerful effect on teacher skills and knowledge, and on how well students learn. To be effective, however, professional learning for teachers needs to be conducted in the ways that it is in many high achieving countries--continuously, collaboratively, and with a focus on teaching specific…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Teacher Collaboration
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Darling-Hammond, Linda; Schachner, Abby; Edgerton, Adam K. – Learning Policy Institute, 2020
Across the United States, state education agencies and school districts face daunting challenges and difficult decisions for restarting schools as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. As state and district leaders prepare for what schooling will look like in 2020 and beyond, there is an opportunity to identify evidence-based policies and practices…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, School Schedules
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Podolsky, Anne; Kini, Tara; Bishop, Joseph; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2016
One of the most pressing issues facing policymakers is how to staff classrooms with a stable teaching force responsive to complex student needs and the growing demands of the knowledge economy. Recurrent teacher shortages are a function of both declines in entrants to teaching and high rates of teacher attrition, especially in low-income schools.…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility