Laura Stokes

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Laura Stokes
Senior Researcher,
Inverness Research

Laura Stokes is a senior researcher at Inverness Research, a nonprofit that works with both organizations that fund educational improvement projects and the programs they support to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the improvement work. She is especially interested in teacher development and leadership, as well as the contributions of teacher leadership to strengthening the education profession and educational policy. Laura Stokes was previously director of the National Writing Project at the University of California, Davis; director of the composition program at UC Davis; and assistant director of the California Subject Matter Project at the University of California Office of the President. Stokes received her PhD in educational policy from Stanford University.

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Contributing topics
Education finance
Educational governance & policy
Contributing initiatives
LCFF Research Collaborative
Laura Stokes in the Media
: New Report on LCFF in Year 3
: California’s Local Control Funding Formula
Publications by Laura Stokes
How Stakeholder Engagement Fuels Improvement Efforts In Three California School Districts
California's LCFF is a significant change in education finance and governance that sends funds to districts based on student need and eliminates most categorical funding. The LCFF requires districts to engage with stakeholders and develop a Local…
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Paving the Way to Equity and Coherence?
The Local Control Funding Formula in Year 3
The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) gives districts funding authority and requires input from stakeholders to create Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAPs) for equitable resource allocation and improved student outcomes. This report…