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Arielle Boguslav, RPPL Senior Research Associate, spoke with EdWeek about trends in PL spending over time and across districts, providing an updated national picture.

A new report from the Research Partnership for Professional Learning shows that few districts spend enough to offer universal access to PL with strongest evidence base.

RPPL Leaders Stacey Alicea and Camea Davis spoke with Jocelyn Pickford at Waypoint Educators to explore how our recent report Defining CBPL can be used to help teams align their professional learning offerings.

Stacey Alicea, RPPL Executive Director, spoke with EdWeek about helping districts understand the need for clear policies when it comes to the use of AI in coaching and other professional development.

Brendon Krall and Krista Morales from RPPL were interviewed on the No Such Thing podcast to discuss the role of AI in shaping the future of professional learning. They share their perspectives on education research, new developments in professional learning, and efforts to support educators and improve student outcomes.

Nine projects are funded to improve high-quality instructional material in math to serve students who are Black, Latine, Indigenous, AAPI, Multilingual Learners, students with disabilities, and students experiencing poverty.

The latest paper from the Research Partnership for Professional Learning, written by 10 professional learning organizations, identifies opportunities for innovation in measurement.

Instruction Partners, a RPPL member, interviewed RPPL Senior Researchers, Heather C. Hill and John P. Papay, to discuss emerging evidence on how effective PL features can inform school and system leadership decisions and how identity-affirming classrooms may benefit children.

Psychology Today, the largest publishing enterprise exclusively dedicated to human behavior, recently published a blog post on RPPL's work to help advance teacher professional learning and the importance of helping teachers learn better so that students can do better.

TeachThought, a podcast focused on professional learning and teacher training, interviewed RPPL Executive Director Stacey Alicea and Senior Researcher Heather Hill about RPPL's "Building Better PL" brief, the organization's goals, and what lies ahead in 2023.

RPPL's Executive Director Stacey Alicea and the organization's founding members were featured on Leading Educators' blog, with a piece about the issues and challenges facing professional learning in 2023.

Ed Week's Madeline Will wrote about a new brief by RPPL Senior Researchers Heather Hill and John Papay that examines the strategies and techniques that make PL effective for educators and students. “Building Better PL: How to Strengthen Teacher Learning” is full of insights into “what” is most effective and “how” PL providers can best implement it.