Research Briefs

Personnel

• Improving Teacher Practice

  Courtney A. Bell, Lucrecia Santibañez, Eric Taylor

  California's teacher data system makes it difficult to evaluate teachers' capabilities, diagnose weaknesses in teacher preparation programs, or assess the effectiveness of various professional pathways.

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• Teacher Supply Falls Short of Demand in High-Need Fields, Locations

  Linda Darling-Hammond, Dan Goldhaber, Katharine O. Strunk, Leib Sutcher

  Nearly three-quarters of California school districts report having teacher openings that they cannot fill; shortages are most severe in special education, math, and science and in rural and high poverty urban areas.

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• The Development and Distribution of School Leadership in California

  Jason Grissom, Leib Sutcher

  School principals are central to school improvement, but the professional development activities that would be most helpful to their work, including peer observation, coaching and mentoring, are some of the least available.

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• Investments in Students’ Physical and Mental Health in California’s Public Schools

  Randall Reback

  California ranks at or near the bottom in school-based health services nationally, but providing basic mental and physical health services in every school would cost less than $100 per pupil.

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