WestEd Insights / research and innovations
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Designing Productive Mathematical Talk: Supporting English Learner Students
Experts from WestEd’s Quality Teaching for English Learners initiative describe why incorporating opportunities for effective dialogue with peers is essential for effective math teaching and learning.
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Improving School Safety: Using Evidence to Inform Policy and Practice
A series of briefs, created by the WestEd Justice & Prevention Research Center, examine the research and clarify misconceptions about how to make schools safer.
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The Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement for Charter Schools
Learn how the Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement framework can be adapted and used to create effective and sustainable charter school improvement.
News
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August Focus: College Pathways and Career Success
August 22, 2019
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How Relationships Drive Improvement in Chula Vista
August 21, 2019
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Improving Ed Tech Through Research: Q&A with Michelle Tiu
August 19, 2019
Events
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Leading for Literacy Online, Middle School and High School, September 8-December 15, 2019
Event Date: September 8, 2019
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Reading Apprenticeship: Cognitive Dimension, Middle School and High School, September 8-December 15, 2019
Event Date: September 8, 2019
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Reading Apprenticeship: Knowledge-Building Dimension, Middle School and High School, September 8-December 15
Event Date: September 8, 2019
Making a Difference / WestEd in action
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Innovative Math Program Boosts Community College Completion Rates
Community college students who took Carnegie Math Pathways' Statway course completed their degrees at three times the rate of their non-Statway peers.
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Science Teaching and Learning: When Teachers Learn, Students Succeed
Studies show Making Sense of SCIENCE professional learning improves teacher knowledge and transforms science classrooms.
Featured Initiatives
WestEd’s National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) helps states transform their systems to improve outcomes for infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities. Learn More
The WestEd Justice & Prevention Research Center focuses on high-quality research to identify solutions that promote positive community and school environments. Learn More
Be part of the growing network of institutions that are empowering students to reach their college and career goals by transforming their mathematics learning experience. Learn More