A report by the Learning Policy Institute and EdPrepLab builds on recent research about how people learn and insights gained from leading-edge preparation programs. The report recommends changes that may benefit both educator preparation programs and the schools they will serve.
A recent report by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools examines the federal role in supporting a diverse educator workforce and the importance of federal programs that have been canceled or are under threat from the Trump administration. In Protecting Pathways to the […]
Drawing on successes observed in the Central Valley, Ensuring a Multilingual‑Ready Universal Pre‑Kindergarten Workforce, a recent report from Californians Together, offers a glimpse at promising workforce development strategies to support multilingual learners.
About 25 percent of students statewide attend schools where at least 20 percent of teachers are not fully credentialed or are teaching subjects outside of their formal authorizations, according to a recent report from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). These schools were often […]
A new WestEd report, Strengthening California’s Teacher Workforce: Toward a Statewide Strategic Framework, outlines the work of California’s State Educator Workforce Collaborative in working toward a strategic framework to guide the state’s approach to teacher workforce planning and action. The collaborative brings together state agencies […]
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools offer genuine benefits for educators when used correctly. However, without proper training, oversight and integration into schools, teacher assistant platforms including Google Classroom’s Gemini Teacher Assistant, Khanmigo’s Teacher Assistant, Curipod and MagicSchool pose a risk to students, according to a […]
Over the summer, the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) announced an increase in the number of newly issued teaching credentials in the 2023–24 academic year, signaling a promising development in addressing the state’s teacher shortage. Hispanic educators represented a significant number of those new […]
Recent research concluded that teachers do continue to improve professionally the more experienced they become. Think Again: Do the Returns to Teacher Experience Fizzle Out? explores the conditions needed to foster ongoing growth and how the field can retain more seasoned educators.
The Education Commission of the States (ECS) recently released a national comparison of state policies to recruit and retain teachers across the teacher pipeline. “Schools continue to face specific and persistent teacher shortages in certain subjects, such as upper-level math and special education, and in […]
A pair of recent fact sheets from the Learning Policy Institute (LPI) provide a national overview of teacher shortages in 2025 and insights into teacher shortages by subject area across states.
