Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education

06/25/2021

North Carolina faces many challenges in providing adequate and equitable education to its students from low-income families and students of color. New Learning Policy Institute brief identifies four evidence-based policy strategies that can help. Read here:

An analysis in North Carolina offers four key recommendations to put high-poverty schools on a path to improve and provide their students with the resources and opportunities they need to succeed.

06/25/2021

June 28 webinar and report release: What policies and practices can ensure high-quality early childhood education and care for all children? Co-sponsored by OECD, OECD Washington Center, Learning Policy Institute, and National Institute for Early Education Research. Register here:

Children’s learning, development, and well-being are directly influenced by their daily interactions with other children, adults, their families, and the environment. This interactive process, known as “process quality,” leads to a key question: Which policies set the best conditions for child...

06/25/2021

An innovative initiative using in-person and virtual site visits to share learning is helping build the capacity of the California Partnership for the Future of Learning groups and policymakers to advance just and equitable school systems. Read the Learning Policy Institute blog by Roberta Furger.

Through in-person school visits and virtual learning sessions, engaged students, parents, and other participants are building their capacity to advance evidence-based, equitable education practices.

06/23/2021

A groundbreaking playbook translates the science of learning and development and the experience of practitioners into principles for designing schools to support education. Published by the Learning Policy Institute & Turnaround for Children.

The science is clear: students’ skills and well-being can be influenced and improved by environments that use whole child design. Key principles show how to apply that learning in school design.

05/27/2021

Although research shows that students thrive with sufficient access to advanced courses, access is limited for many, particularly students of color and students from low-income families. Read the new Learning Policy Institute report on the latest U.S. Department of Education data:

Equitable access to advanced courses in mathematics and science remains out of reach for many students, particularly students of color and students from low-income families.

05/21/2021

How can districts advance equity and opportunity in partnership with students, teachers, and families? Join Learning Policy Institute & AASA, The School Superintendents Association for a 6/1 webinar focused on equity-centered strategies that learning during and beyond .

Panelists discuss strategies for how to evaluate existing district work on diversity, equity, and inclusion through intentional conversations and strategies.

05/19/2021

The American Rescue Plan Act provides $122 billion that can be used to support programs. See how one successful community school is structured to improve outcomes and support whole child learning in new Learning Policy Institute case study.

Social Justice Humanitas Academy uses a community school approach that advances outcomes and supports student well-being supports in alignment with the science of learning and development.

05/13/2021

WEBINAR May 18, 12:00 PM EDT | How can districts assess students’ needs and provide targeted supports? This Learning Policy Institute and AASA, The School Superintendents Association webinar will explore strategies to assess students’ well-being to learning and support recovery from . To register:

Panelists discuss strategies to assess students’ social and emotional well-being, as well as to illuminate student growth and learning through authentic diagnostic and formative assessments.

05/13/2021

Research points to using the science of learning and in postpandemic schooling to address learning disruption and the multiple forms of trauma students experienced this year from the pandemic and racialized violence. Read about it in the report by the Learning Policy Institute and the Spencer Foundation:

Pandemic and post-pandemic learning should be centered on teacher-student relationships that address social and emotional learning, creating intellectually rigorous and equitable educational settings.

05/06/2021

Early learning assessments help teachers to tailor instruction to the changing skills of young learners, and policymakers to identify system-level needs. The new Learning Policy Institute blog explores the components & benefits of a high-quality early childhood assessments system. Read more:

Formative assessments are key to high-quality early childhood learning. They enable instruction to be tailored to the changing skills of young learners and the identification of system-level needs.

05/04/2021

Classroom teachers are the lynchpin to student learning, so how can we recruit and retain a strong, diverse teaching profession today? The new playbook from Partnership for the Future of Learning offers strategies and solutions: https://teachingplaybook.org

 Building a Strong and Diverse Teaching Profession Download PDF Read Online ContributorsThe Teaching Profession Playbook was produced for the Partnership for the Future of Learning by the Learning Policy Institute and the Public Leadership Institute in collaboration with 26 organizations and severa...

04/23/2021

The guilty verdicts for George Floyd’s killer are a welcome moment of hope and a reminder that, within and beyond the classroom, each of us has a sphere of influence to help change the culture of fear, hate, and violence in which we are currently immersed.