Looking forward to speaking at the #LillyEndowment event this week in Indianapolis. I am eager to learn alongside Indiana's strong youth development champions and hear from our friends at Search Institute and David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality.

In this report on solving #TeacherShortages, Learning Policy Institute describes the needed investments to ✅ Ensure teachers are well-prepared & well-supported in their work ✅ Reduce turnover ✅ Improve conditions for teaching & learning Learn more: learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/federa…

Book choice is about more than mere preference: It’s about developing a sense of autonomy and ownership over one’s own learning. 📚

I'm excited to support another resource for educators that helps them build trauma-informed healing-oriented environments that support students’ learning and development. Read more about Caro Seilig's newest trauma-informed training in EdSource: bit.ly/3Ph9dEb#SafeSp…

This was the summer to complete big things personally and professionally.

During the pandemic, many students suffered steep learning loss, disengagement, & burnout—but others came out thriving. What was different about these schools and what can others learn from them? Blog by Anne B. Stanton Linked Learning Alliance. #TransformingSchools learningpolicyinstitute.org/blog/transform…

At the start of the school year, students develop positive relationships, learn foundational concepts, & form routines that set the tone for regular attendance the rest of the year. More from Hedy Chang Attendance Works via the LPI blog. #SchoolEveryDay learningpolicyinstitute.org/blog/attendanc…

"While much attention has been on students who need MH support at the individual or small-group level, educators should not forget the “power of relationships” to help students more broadly at the classroom or school level." edsurge.com/news/2023-08-0… EdSurge

Learn to recruit, develop, and retain high-quality #teachers, #principals, and leaders. Developed with AIR, TxCEE’s new toolkit provides research-based strategies to meet your district's needs. txcee.org/txcee-resource…

NEW RELEASE: #Covid19 continues to impact learning in insidious ways, particularly for older students. Many will exit the system unprepared for college and career—and we're running out of time to act. Read the 2023 #StateoftheAmericanStudent report: ow.ly/xPWs50PL3Up

This #BackToSchool season, we are #PlantingSEADs by amplifying resources to support advocates, educators & school leaders in cultivating a school environment that supports students' social, emotional, & academic development (#SEAD). edtru.st/Planting-SEADs

WEBINAR 9/27: Explore research-based policies and strategies to foster #SafeSchoolsThrivingStudents, featuring: 🔹Rep. Bobby Scott 🔹Tony Thurmond CA Department of Education 🔹Dr. Jacqueline Rodriguez NCLD 🔹Linda Darling-Hammond Learning Policy Institute 🔹@jld1220 Learning Policy Institute 🔹Ivory A. Toldson NAACP learningpolicyinstitute.org/event/webinar-…

Julia Freeland Fisher Also check out our Whole-Child Design Inventory, a measurement tool which provides a structure for what is non-negotiable in settings designed for equitable whole-child learning and development, including developmental relationships: turnaroundusa.org/toolbox/measur…

When adults and students alike have meaningful, inclusive opportunities to learn and develop social & emotional skills, we build a village where everyone thrives. Karen J. Pittman will be speaking at #SELExchange2023. Register now at selexchange.casel.org

Listen to governing partners Linda Darling-Hammond and Pamela Cantor, M.D. talk about the science of learning and development and the relationships that are developed with adults that have lasting positive effects on children’s learning and development.

There is widespread agreement that addressing school safety is a priority, but how we do that is a hotly debated topic. On 9/27, join me and Learning Policy Institute for a webinar to discuss the research on effective ways to foster #SafeSchoolsThrivingStudents. learningpolicyinstitute.org/event/webinar-…

See you at #Aurora23! Join us + colleagues Center on Reinventing Public Education & ASU Mary Lou Fulton College for "Whole-Child Learning Requires Whole-System Solutions: Integrating the Science of Learning, Instructional Practice, and School Design To Advance & Sustain Educational Equity" aurora-institute.org/symposium2023/…

I don’t always see the glass half full, but with what I’m seeing from Outschool.org for low-income and students of color the benefits outweigh the drawbacks we’ve traditionally seen with online tutoring.

There is power when schools & communities work together. Some schools I mention in the article are expanding the way school & community work together to build relationships & strengthen & expand teaching & learning beyond the classroom.

Check out Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s new report highlighting the impact they’ve made in education. Proud to be part of this work! czi.co/impactreport