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Policy
Comprehensive Center Gathers State Education Agencies to Tackle Common Issues
"Bringing [Southwestern states] together to discuss [common] issues and share information has been an essential part of our center's strategy." WestEd's Paul Koehler
Postsecondary and Career Policy Analysis
Read about WestEd’s role in analyzing the efficacy and impact of state and institutional policies that impact students transitioning from secondary...
WestEd School Turnaround Center
WestEd partners with districts nationwide to provide comprehensive school turnaround and transformation services leading to rapid improvement in low-p...
By: E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
Why are reading scores low? Because educators emphasize comprehension strategies instead of teaching the broad general core knowledge that is chiefly...
Format: Print | Copyright: 2007
By: Sir Michael Barber
In this Policy Perspectives paper, Sir Michael Barber describes the "struggle, over more than two centuries, to close the gap between the 'American...
Format: Print | Copyright: 2009
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This study explores the connection between mathematics achievement in middle school and high school to better understand the degree to which students...
In Crime Prevention, What Is Best for Young People?
Removing young people from the formal juvenile system may be better for public safety and could save money. Read the scoop in this R&D Alert article...
Research & Evaluation
School-Site Administrators: A California County and Regional Perspective on Labor Market Trends
This study explores the differences among California's counties and regions in their needs for new school-site administrators in the coming decade...
Do Schools in Rural and Nonrural Districts Allocate Resources Differently? An Analysis of Spending and Staffing Patterns in the West Region States
This study presents the first detailed comparison of resource allocation patterns between rural and nonrural districts in Arizona, California, Nevada...