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Preparing School Leaders for Crises
Leadership preparation programs and state and district leaders all have a role to play in building principals’ capacity to face crises with resilience and lead in ways that best serve students and support and retain teachers.
read moreStates Adopt Trauma-Informed Teacher Training, Few Consider Secondary Traumatic Stress
Embed trauma-informed practices in mandated teacher training can ensure that schools reduce the risks to teachers from STS, according to NASBE analysis.
read moreBuilding Trauma-Informed School Systems
This analysis highlights ways states can embed trauma-informed practices in mandated teacher training and ensure that schools reduce the risks to teachers from STS.
read moreBuilding Trauma-Informed School Systems
This webinar highlights approaches states are taking through policies and programming to equip educators with the knowledge and skills to provide trauma-informed instruction and avoid secondary traumatic stress.
read moreAchieving Equity and Excellence in Mathematics Teaching
States should revamp how teachers are equipped to deliver effective instruction.
read moreDeveloping Effective Principals: What Kind of Learning Matters?
High-quality principal development is linked to better outcomes for principals, teachers, and students, but access to it varies by state and school poverty levels. Changes in public policy could help fix that, according to this research commissioned by The Wallace Foundation.
read moreUnderstanding Special Education Teacher Shortages
State policies meaningfully affect recruitment and retention.
read moreExploring State Policy Levers that Drive Local Principal Pipeline Efforts
What would a state’s policy environment look like if it were to support local school districts in developing effective approaches to strengthening the principal corps? That is the question Dr. Paul Manna, professor of government and public policy at William & Mary, seeks to answer in a new report commissioned by The Wallace Foundation. On […]
read moreTeacher Diversity and Student Success
State policymakers should name diversity as a marker of teacher quality.
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