Leib Sutcher

Leib Sutcher
Leib Sutcher
High School Advisor,
Highline Big Picture School

Leib Sutcher is a high school advisor at Highline Big Picture School in Burien, Washington. Dr. Stutcher was previously a math teacher at the STEM Academy of Hollywood in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). He was formerly a research associate with the Learning Policy Institute (LPI), where his work focuses on the teacher labor market, including recruitment and retention, the inequitable distribution of unqualified and inexperienced educators, and teacher shortages. Dr. Sutcher holds an MEd in teaching and secondary mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a BA in economics from Wesleyan University. He has also been a visiting student with the Institute of Education (IOE) at University College London (UCL).

updated 2024

 

Contributing topics
Educational governance & policy
Educator workforce & effectiveness
Contributing initiatives
Getting Down To Facts II
Leib Sutcher in the Media
: California’s Emerging Teacher Shortage: New Evidence and Policy Responses
Publications by Leib Sutcher
GDTFII Brief Supply
Teacher Supply Falls Short of Demand in High-Need Fields, Locations
California is experiencing one of its most severe teacher shortages in two decades. Budget cuts and layoffs resulting from the recession contributed to a steep decline in the number of teachers in California, falling from a high of 310,362 teachers…
GDTFII Brief Principals
The Development and Distribution of School Leadership in California
There is a common theme around California education, and leadership development is no exception. The state used to have nationally recognized model programs of professional development for principals and superintendents, but many were defunded and…