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Desiree Carver-Thomas
Learning Policy Institute, Research and Policy Associate
Desiree Carver-Thomas is a member of LPI’s Educator Quality Team. She is the lead author of Teacher Turnover: Why It Matters and What We Can Do About It, Addressing California’s Growing Teacher Shortage: 2017 Update and is the co-author of the Institute’s report, A Coming Crisis in Teaching? Teacher Supply, Demand, and Shortages in the U.S.