Briefs

This policy snapshot summarizes existing research about the effects of education on students’ social and emotional skills, identifies important state and district policy considerations for initiating and integrating social and emotional learning into classroom instruction, and presents considerations for preparing and developing teachers and leaders to focus on the whole child.

This policy and practice portrait helps educator preparation programs support educators to be conscious of their own perspectives and biases, have deep knowledge of their students’ cultural backgrounds, establish professional learning communities characterized by multicultural awareness and high expectations, and empower students to become informed citizens through critical thinking skills and informed perspectives.

This brief from the Learning Policy Institute details how local and state policymakers can leverage federal ESSA funding to strengthen principal preparation and development.

This policy snapshot provides an overview of available research on principal impact and influences on principals’ career paths. The brief also identifies potential strategies that states should consider to reduce principal turnover.

This brief highlights findings from the annual American Teacher Panel Survey about strategies used in California to ensure that teachers have a voice and influence in school decision making.

This brief outlines key provisions found in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) that ensure that teachers’ voices are part of decision making at the federal, state, and local levels.

This blog post shares six tips for school and district leaders to involve teachers in leadership roles at the school level.

The brief outlines five opportunity culture principles to implement sustainable and effective strategies for extending the reach of excellent teachers and principals to more students and teachers.

The infographic highlights how extending the reach of great teachers and their teams builds an “opportunity culture” in which all teachers and students can excel. In opportunity culture roles, great teachers choose to extend their reach to more students and support other teachers’ success, without increasing instructional group sizes.

This brief provides an overview of current tiered licensure policies across the United States.