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		WestEd E-Bulletin - October 2008 View presentations on how early childhood development impacts K-12 education. Check out the most recent reports prepared by WestEd's Regional Educational Laboratory West. Increase K-8 English learner academic performance with WestEd's English Learners and the Language Arts. Learn how to promote resilience and youth development in your school community. Turn your school or district around using WestEd's Local Accountability Professional Development Series. Join WestEd at the 2008 National Association for the Education of Young Children's Annual Conference & Expo in Dallas. Stop by the WestEd table at the American Evaluation Association annual conference in Denver. Take 20% off selected professional development products at the WestEd online bookstore.
		WestEd E-Bulletin - September 2008 Register for a series of free English learner webinars sponsored by SchoolsMovingUp. Take our online survey and receive a 20% discount on your next purchase from WestEd's online bookstore. Help teachers become effective in the classroom with the Mentoring New Teachers Through Collaborative Coaching Set. WestEd's Mayumi Shinohara and Kirsten R. Daehler wrote a key chapter in the recently published book, Teachers in Professional Communities. Download the free Trends in California Teacher Demand: A County and Regional Perspective, a new Regional Educational Laboratory West report. WestEd's Local Accountability Professional Development Series and DistrictsMovingUp are designed to turn your school or district around. Enjoy a 20% discount on selected school and district improvement resources. Our SB 472 English Learner Professional Development Training offers evidence-based practical information, demonstration lessons, and more.
		WestEd E-Bulletin - August 2008 A new Regional Educational Laboratory West study focuses on high school students who drop out and reenroll. Take the WestEd E-Bulletin survey and let us know how we are doing! Sign up for our free English learner webinar series. Learn how to evaluate online learning programs for your school. Our Teach for Success® team raises student achievement through excellent teaching. Save 20% on essential literacy and English learner resources.
		WestEd E-Bulletin - 07/31/08 Teach for Success® improves student achievement by improving the quality of teaching. English Learners and the Language Arts institutes help teachers improve academic performance with research-based strategies. The Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center website offers a new, free data inventory tool. Learn to lead mathematics professional development at our fall institute. A new document, coedited by WestEd's Karen Kearney, describes leadership actions that will lead to improved teaching and learning for all students. Download the free PDF file! WestEd's California Map to Inclusive Child Care website is your one-stop source for inclusive child care materials. Enjoy a 20% discount through August 30th on selected school and district improvement products!
		WestEd E-Bulletin - 06/26/08 WestEd's services offer one-stop professional development to boost the academic performance of English learners. Our institutes help teachers align their math courses to meet state and local standards. Teach for Success® improves student achievement by improving the quality of teaching in schools. WestEd offers several summer institutes based on our acclaimed Reading Apprenticeship® instructional framework. DistrictsMovingUp provides customized, research-based solutions that meet the needs of your district to ensure student achievement. Participate in our one-day workshop to get students to talk — and think — more conceptually, in any subject. Enjoy a 20% discount through July 31st on selected childhood resources developed in part or in whole by WestEd staff.
		WestEd E-Bulletin - 05/28/08 Empower your leaders to create and implement quality mathematics professional development. Our Strategic Literacy Initiative will present summer training sessions based on its acclaimed Reading Apprenticeship® instructional framework. Let us help your English learners, preK-12, boost their academic achievement. DistrictsMovingUp provides research-based solutions that meet the needs of your school district. The WestEd 2007 Annual Report, available as a free PDF or hard copy, captures another successful year for our agency. WestEd's Cynthia Greenleaf and Cindy Litman author a key chapter in Best Practices in Adolescent Literacy Instruction. Rather than focusing on educational activities, the authors of a new book emphasize paying attention to the child's whole experience in center-based and family child care programs.
		WestEd E-Bulletin - 04/30/08 A new report profiles three schools that have implemented mathematics programs that prepare all students for college. WestEd.org now offers RSS feeds, providing quick and easy access to the most recently posted content on our site. Our seasoned staff will help teachers effectively deliver their core literacy and content curriculum to English learners. Improve adolescents' reading comprehension through WestEd's Reading Apprenticeship® training sessions. Need help reaching English learners enrolled in secondary school? Register for one of our summer institutes. A new WestEd book illustrates an effective method for teachers to not only assess what students understand, but also use that information to adjust their teaching. WestEd's K-12 Alliance Science Content Institutes will increase your content knowledge and pedagogical skills for teaching science.
		WestEd E-Bulletin - 03/26/08 Our professional development services can help your English learners, preK–12, boost their academic achievement. Sign up for our free online events, from English learners and formative assessments to science vocabulary education. Improve adolescents' reading comprehension through our Reading Apprenticeship® training sessions. Leadership team members will achieve maximum results from our mathematics professional development institutes. Use WestEd's Discussion Builders to get students to talk — and think — more conceptually, in any subject. Check out the latest schedule of institutes offered by WestEd's Program for Infant/Toddler Care.
		WestEd E-Bulletin - 02/28/08 WestEd's Reading Apprenticeship® launches a new academic literacy course, curriculum, and teacher training program targeting ninth graders. Leadership Institutes will prepare academic teams to lead professional development in Reading Apprenticeship. WestEd will have a significant presence at this year's annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Learn rigorous strategies to aid English learners at our summer institutes. WestEd staff will present at the annual National Science Teachers Association National Conference on Science Education. Our upcoming institutes will show leadership teams how to create and implement mathematics professional development.
		WestEd E-Bulletin - 01/31/08 ELLA institutes help teachers improve academic performance with research-based strategies. Several WestEd staff will present at this year's California Association for Bilingual Education conference. New REL West report finds that it is crucial for students to take college-preparatory classes sooner than later in their high school careers. QTEL summer institutes help teachers and teacher educators reach English learners in secondary school. Online instruction becomes an option for schools and districts looking for new ways to educate students. Resiliency workshops offer strategies in creating supportive, asset-rich environments for children. New book and DVD show data coaches how to examine data in ways that create systematic and continuous school improvement.
		WestEd E-Bulletin - 12/20/07 Institute helps strengthen relationships between families and child care center staff. Free Innovation Guides offer promising practices on charter schools, parent involvement strategies, online learning, and more. WestEd resources help regional centers and states improve their assessment and accountability systems for special populations. Summer institutes offer strategies to leaders of mathematics professional development. Literacy conference helps parents become full partners in educating their children. WestEd book and companion guide focus on best research-based approaches for developing effective, high-quality teachers.
		WestEd E-Bulletin - 11/28/07 Doing What Works, a WestEd-developed and U.S. Department of Education-sponsored website, helps educators identify and make use of effective teaching practices. WestEd offers research-based seminars that practitioners can use with preschool English learners. WebDialogues bring people together in a focused economical way that promotes informed action and decision-making. WestEd staff present at Courageous Leadership for School Success Institute. DistrictsMovingUp provides research-based solutions that meet the needs of your school district. WestEd service shows how to use data to get special education results.
		WestEd e-bulletin - 10/25/07 Bestselling guidebook will help you reach English learners. WebDialogues focuses on achieving success for all students in California. In this new Policy Perspectives paper, E. D. Hirsch, Jr., calls for an early curriculum oriented to knowledge. WestEd's Sharon Nelson-Barber coauthors chapter on culture-based mathematics curriculum in new book. Learn how to evaluate your local education initiatives in this professional development institute. WestEd staff participate in upcoming conferences.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 09/26/07 New report profiles reform programs that have successfully prepared students for college, a career, and life. WestEd's Andrea Venezia coedits Minding the Gap: Why Integrating High School with College Makes Sense and How to Do It. Our Early Start Institutes will help you better serve children with special needs. WestEd can help policymakers make informed decisions about early care and education. Check out the latest schedule of institutes offered by WestEd's Program for Infant/Toddler Care.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 08/28/07 DistrictsMovingUp provides research-based solutions that meet the needs of your school district. Free WestEd report evaluates after-school programs that address the underachievement of California teenagers. SchoolsMovingUp offers free literacy webcasts by Catherine Snow, Jana Echevarria, WestEd's Cynthia Greenleaf, and more. WestEd service shows how to use data to get special education results. Free research brief shows you how to improve the literacy outcomes of high school English learners. WestEd's Bonnie Benard authors resiliency chapter in Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Well-Being.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 07/27/07 Institute shows how to lead professional development in Reading Apprenticeship®. School teams learn how to improve student achievement at "On the Right Track" symposium. Service helps states and districts better understand their assessment and standards systems. Reading Room offers over 250 abstracts on school improvement. Educators learn to use the Healthy Kids Survey to improve their own school communities. Service helps create and administer instructional programs designed to boost K-6 English learner performance.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 06/28/07 SchoolsMovingUp's Tips to Go help you ensure better student performance at your school. WestEd service helps schools and districts create custom lessons that work. New report measures the impact California charter schools are having on student performance. Institute helps educators address the needs of underserved cultural, linguistic, and racial groups. New book offers studies and reflections on the federally funded Comprehensive School Reform program. California teachers learn simple, practical ways to address English language development and English language arts standards.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 05/30/07 Summer institutes help educators teach academic language to English learners. WestEd project boosts English learner performance in grades K-6. Online archive offers over 50 web telecasts for free download. Research-based institutes help caregivers better serve infants and toddlers. Nine-day series helps teams move underperforming schools up to standards. New book provides teachers with better understanding of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 04/18/07 WestEd service helps administrators create school improvement plans that work. Institutes show how to lead professional development in Reading Apprenticeship®. Custom seminars offer key concepts and strategies to use in classrooms with English learners. Online event presents current research on the development of literacy in language minority children. WestEd staff help support teachers and others leading mathematics professional development.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 03/29/07 WestEd professional development, book, and companion guide focus on best approaches for developing effective, high-quality teachers. Institutes help educators promote academic language development in secondary English learners. Institutes help school and district leadership teams develop, implement, and monitor school improvement plans. WestEd will have a significant presence at this year's annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. In this new Policy Perspectives paper, Edison Schools Founder and Chairman Chris Whittle calls for expanded education leadership and new investment at the federal level.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 02/27/07 Facilitators’ Institute supports the development of teacher leaders and others leading mathematics professional development. Conference helps educators adapt inservice materials to preservice environments. WestEd staff present at annual CABE conference. Webinar focuses on mentoring new teachers. Online event describes a process for supporting teachers to become teachers of other teachers. WestEd staff present at annual NSTA conference.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 01/30/07 WestEd's latest R&D Alert® offers ways to help academically troubled schools and districts. New study examines the progress of 14 small high schools in New York City. Online events summarizes strategies of differentiated instruction. WestEd staff host sessions at annual NABE conference. Online event demonstrates how to align resources to school improvement needs.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 12/28/06 A free online presentation examines Response to Intervention and its connection to neurodevelopment. Workshop explores how to design new teacher mentoring and induction programs. Training-of-Trainers Institute helps enhance partnerships between families and staff. PITC's 20/20 Vision Symposium comes to Southern California. New research brief offers policies and strategies that enrich the education experience of English learners.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 11/30/06 New two-part guide plus CD helps schools write effective improvement plans. A free online presentation helps participants gain a greater understanding of formative assessment. Redesigned WestEd.org makes finding services and products easier. Partnership for the Assessment of Standards-Based Science helps schools meet No Child Left Behind requirements.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 10/30/06 WestEd's R&D Alert focuses on how to make the most of student test data and more. WestEd staff participate in various sessions at this annual conference in Nashville. Workshops help school leadership teams develop plans for implementing Smaller Learning Communities. Free online presentation helps teachers differentiate science instruction for English learners. New resource offers carefully scaffolded school improvement activities and tools. Summary report offers strategies for teaching English learners.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 09/29/06 New book features 20 essays on infant/toddler development and care. WestEd service helps education practitioners produce high-quality evaluation research studies. National seminar provides framework for alternate assessments. WestEd staff present at Utah Education Association 2006 Convention. WestEd staff present at the annual American Evaluation Association meeting.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 08/30/06 Institutes and roundtables help ensure success for California's English learners. Envisioning California Conference addresses issues facing California high schools. Conference celebrates WestEd's Program for Infant/Toddler Caregiver's 20-year anniversary. WestEd staff participate in a variety of Fall literacy events. Workshop helps California teachers address English language development and standards.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 07/31/06 New book helps teachers communicate science concepts to English learners. WestEd's Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers (PITC) celebrates 20-year anniversary. PITC institute shares ways to better care for toddlers and infants with disabilities. WestEd's Jordan Horowitz presents conclusions from a 10-year evaluation of the California Academic Partnership Program. New report traces progress of grantees participating in the California 21st High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 06/29/06 Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers Summer Institutes comes to Anaheim, CA and Baltimore, MD. WestEd Wins several communications awards from the Association of Educational Publishers. Teachers learn to better coach English learners through Building the Base Summer Institutes. National Institute in Reading Apprenticeship® brings Strategic Literacy Initiative's celebrated framework to Boston, MA and Oakland, CA. Article Database offers a library of articles on education and human development.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 05/31/06 New Policy Perspectives paper outlines reforms to narrow the achievement gap. WestEd presents research on various projects at the Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference. WestEd to participate in annual national assessment conference. National Institute in Reading Apprenticeship® comes to Ann Arbor, MI. Final installment of WestEd's 40-year history is featured.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 04/28/06 New book addresses how to better mentor seasoned teachers. Two-day workshop helps districts enhance science assessment programs. Free online event explains how to build on the values and behavior of children and families from non-mainstream cultures. Building the Base Summer Institutes help teachers coach English learners in academic language in various subjects.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 03/30/06 WestEd's Dr. Art takes teachers and young people on an engrossing journey into the awesome ideas of science. WestEd will present at over 25 sessions at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. SchoolsMovingUp offers three free online events in April focused on helping students with disabilities. WestEd will participate in over 20 sessions at the 2006 National Science Teachers Association 54th National Conference. The third installment of WestEd's 40-year history is featured.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 02/24/06 Five-year evaluation of Proposition 227 reveals findings and policy implications for education in California and nationwide. Free online event explores the reform efforts of 28 California high schools. Upcoming WestEd events focus on English learners. Second installment of WestEd's 40-year history is featured.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 12/29/05 WestEd's Lori Van Houten illustrates, in a free online event, how to use data to boost student achievement. New WestEd institute helps California education agencies with No Child Left Behind Title III requirements. WestEd's Aida Walqui will present the keynote address at the 35th annual National Association for Bilingual Education convention.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 11/29/05 WestEd's Bonnie Benard discusses resiliency theory on television series, Connect with Kids. Interactive presentation shows how schools can leverage NCLB and IDEA to help all students. WestEd staff present at this year's National Staff Development Council (NSDC) Annual Conference. WestEd's new Article Database features library of education and human development articles. WestEd institute helps strengthen bonds between child care centers and families.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 10/28/05 Interactive presentation explores how racism, exclusion, and prejudice deter student learning. Bay Point Garden Project yields social and academic benefits for local students. Strategic Literacy Initiative staff speak at conferences throughout the nation.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 09/28/05 Two-part interactive presentation focuses on how to improve outcomes for English learners — the nation's fastest growing student population. WestEd project helps teams evaluate performance and better the education of English learners. Learn how Malcolm X Academy tripled math scores in just two years. WestEd project helps you create a robust school plan that will boost student performance.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 08/24/05 Every school in Arizona's Vail District significantly increased test scores over a two-year period. Learn how they did it. WestEd project helps California schools meet their academic targets. WestEd co-sponsored event explores the latest in second language acquisition and sociocultural theory. New WestEd report recommends solutions that will benefit Nevada's children and the state's economy.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 07/27/05 New WestEd book offers practical advice to boost high school graduation-to-college rates. WestEd develops six free nuts-and-bolts guides to help public schools understand and use No Child Left Behind legislation. Building Systems for Learning Results workshops help educators better use data to improve schools. WestEd's Annual Report wins international awards.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 06/29/05 New WestEd report details how funding preschool may help solve budget and social woes. WestEd project helps those in need live successful lives in Riverside, California. Several WestEd products and the agency's website win national awards.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 05/25/05 WestEd client honored by White House for increasing student achievement. Secondary Literacy Support Network helps middle and high schools assess reading and literacy achievement needs of every student. Free online presentation provides preliminary findings and recommendations for further study on new "small" schools.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 04/22/05 WestEd's Strategic Literacy Initiative selected for national study. WestEd named one of the Best Places to Work in the Greater Bay Area. Mathematics Video Cases II Project uses video clips from real classrooms to help leaders boost teachers' understanding of mathematics.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 03/24/05 WestEd will have a significant presence at this year's annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Quality Matters! Web site offers free resources that inform action on issues related to teaching quality and closing the teaching gap. Teachers boost student math performance through Mathematics Case Methods Project courses. National Institute in Reading Apprenticeship® helps students become more motivated and successful readers.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 02/23/05 Two WestEd reports examine the progress of new "small" schools funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. WestEd’s Secondary Literacy Support Network helps middle and high schools build a comprehensive literacy plan across all content areas. Our latest R&D Alert newsletter offers information on the challenges and opportunities of educating English learners from preschool through high school.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 01/27/05 In a free online presentation, internationally known Mike Schmoker offers techniques to boost student achievement. WestEd's Learning Zone in Northern California is the first in a series of algebra learning centers opening on school campuses nationwide. New Knowledge Brief explains how technology already available at most schools can be used to support more tailored instruction. The On the Right Track symposium will give schools and district teams an opportunity to learn from schools that have improved student achievement.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 12/21/04 WestEd's SchoolsMovingUp helps you get the most out of No Child Left Behind. Learn how tracer cases have helped one state track early literacy interventions. New WestEd product shows middle-school mathematics staff developers how to improve student achievement in math. WestEd's Ann Muench describes the process of creating Learning From Assessment and its impact.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 11/30/04 The Southwest Leadership Academy will help school leaders implement technology to promote systemwide school improvement. WestEd's Interactive Web Applications creates tools that enable schools, districts, and education organizations to collaborate with one another on key school improvement issues. New book illustrates how WestEd's Reading Apprenticeship® helps students engage with and learn from academic texts. WestEd Wins 2004 Spotlight Awards and contract to develop the 2009 National Science Assessment.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 10/27/04 In a free online presentation, WestEd's Vanessa Girard provides research-based knowledge in teaching English literacy to K-6 English learners. English Learners and the Language Arts can help your school raise the academic achievement of English learners in grades K–6. New WestEd report details the hidden crisis in California's graduation rate. WestEd analyzes student progress in California since the advent of the state's accountability program.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 9/24/04 WestEd's Bonnie Benard leads a free online event detailing research from her book Resiliency: What We Have Learned. New WestEd report underscores the importance of risk and youth development factors to academic achievement. Promoting Resilience and Youth Development in School Communities can help your school or organization understand and apply effective youth development approaches.
		WestEd e-bulletin | 8/25/04 Learn how WestEd can help schools and districts with English learners, one of the nation's fastest growing student populations. Tania Madfes explains the process of discovery and group collaboration that led to What's Fair Got To Do With It: Diversity Cases From Environmental Educators. Frederick M. Hess offers an agenda for school reform in the latest issue of Policy Perspectives.