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Darling-Hammond, Linda; Flook, Lisa; Cook-Harvey, Channa; Barron, Brigid; Osher, David – Applied Developmental Science, 2020
This article draws out the implications for school and classroom practices of an emerging consensus about the science of learning and development, outlined in a recent synthesis of the research. Situating the review in a developmental systems framework, we synthesize evidence from the learning sciences and several branches of educational research…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Child Development, Learning, Well Being
Darling-Hammond, Linda; Cantor, Pamela; Hernández, Laura E.; Theokas, Christina; Schachner, Abby; Tijerina, Elizabeth; Plasencia, Sara – Learning Policy Institute, 2021
Because researchers know so much more about the brain and development than they did when the 20th-century U.S. education system was designed, this knowledge can now be used to design a system in which all individuals are able to take advantage of high-quality opportunities for transformative learning and development. This playbook suggests a set…
Descriptors: Design, Transformative Learning, Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking
Darling-Hammond, Linda; Cook-Harvey, Channa M. – Learning Policy Institute, 2018
New knowledge about human development from neuroscience and the sciences of learning and development demonstrates that effective learning depends on secure attachments; affirming relationships; rich, hands-on learning experiences; and explicit integration of social, emotional, and academic skills. Given that emotions and relationships strongly…
Descriptors: Child Development, Holistic Approach, Interpersonal Relationship, Emotional Development
Sutcher, Leib; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Carver-Thomas, Desiree – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019
This paper reviews the sources of and potential solutions to teacher shortages in the United States. It describes the sources of current and projected increases in teacher demand relative to enrollments, shifts in pupil-teacher ratios, and attrition. It places these in relation to recent declines in teacher supply and evaluates evidence of…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Teacher Supply and Demand, Enrollment, Teacher Student Ratio
Carver-Thomas, Desiree; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019
Addressing teacher turnover is critical to stemming the country's continuing teacher shortages. It is also important for school effectiveness, as the academic and financial costs of teacher turnover to student learning and district budgets are significant. Using the most recent nationally representative data from the National Center for Education…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Labor Turnover, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Shortage
Bishop, Joseph; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Jaquith, Ann – Learning Policy Institute, 2015
Due to a surplus in the State General Fund, California's Pre-K-12 teachers and administrators have an additional $490 million to spend on programs supporting professional development. The $490 million represents one of the largest investments in professional development and teacher effectiveness ever made by California and has the potential to…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Principals, Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
Darling-Hammond, Linda; Sutcher, Leib; Carver-Thomas, Desiree – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2018
Teacher shortages have been worsening in California since 2015. After years of budget cuts and teacher layoffs, the passage of Proposition 30, officially titled Temporary Taxes to Fund Education, and the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) brought more money back into California schools after 2014. Many districts began to hire again, looking to…
Descriptors: Teacher Supply and Demand, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Certification, Public School Teachers
Espinoza, Daniel; Saunders, Ryan; Kini, Tara; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2018
Across the country, districts and schools are struggling to meet the growing demand for qualified teachers. Indeed, there are some subjects--such as mathematics, science, and special education--in which nearly every state is experiencing a teacher shortage. As a result, states often turn to underqualified teachers to fill the vacuum, a problematic…
Descriptors: State Action, Teacher Shortage, Teaching (Occupation), Scholarships
Guha, Roneeta; Hyler, Maria E.; Darling-Hammond, Linda – American Educator, 2017
Recruitment and retention challenges are once again leading to teacher shortages across the nation. Especially in urban and rural school districts, low salaries and poor working conditions often contribute to the difficulties of recruiting and keeping teachers, as can the challenges of the work itself. As a consequence, in many schools--especially…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Teacher Recruitment, Residential Programs, Program Design
Carver-Thomas, Desiree; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2017
With the U.S. facing a national teacher shortage that is projected to grow substantially in the coming years, school systems across the country are grappling with the challenge of building and maintaining a high-quality teacher workforce for all students. While school leaders and policymakers might be tempted to solve shortages by focusing solely…
Descriptors: Labor Turnover, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Shortage, Elementary Secondary Education
Betebenner, Damian; Braun, Henry; Corcoran, Sean; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Friedman, John; Goldhaber, Daniel; Ho, Andrew; Kane, Thomas; Ladd, Helen; Pianta, Robert; Rockoff, Jonah; Rothstein, Jesse – Institute of Education Sciences, 2012
On August 9, 2012, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) convened a meeting of researchers and U.S. Department of Education (ED) and IES staff to discuss recent advances in measuring teacher effectiveness. The objectives of the meeting were to: (1) Identify and discuss recent advances in the use of value-added models (VAMs) and student growth…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Expertise, Teacher Evaluation, Intellectual Disciplines
Darling-Hammond, Linda; Hightower, Amy M.; Husbands, Jennifer L.; LaFors, Jeannette R.; Young, Viki M.; Christopher, Carl – Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy, 2003
During the 1990s, a new policy hypothesis focusing on the quality of teaching to provide a high-leverage means for improving student achievement began to gain currency. Based on interview, observation, survey, and record data collected at the state, district, and school levels over a five-year time period, the study offers a look at how the San…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Literacy
Darling-Hammond, Linda; Goldhaber, Dan; Strunk, Katherine O.; Sutcher, Leib – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2018
California is experiencing one of its most severe teacher shortages in two decades. Budget cuts and layoffs resulting from the recession contributed to a steep decline in the number of teachers in California, falling from a high of 310,362 teachers in the 2007-08 school year to 283,836 four years later. Recent efforts, including Proposition 30 and…
Descriptors: Teacher Supply and Demand, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Certification, Public School Teachers