WestEd Insights / research and innovations
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How Educators Can Support English Learner Students in Distance Learning
Students who are English learners will require rigorous, well-supported content instruction with ample opportunities for language and critical skills development so that they are not left behind.
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Preventing Students from Dropping Out During COVID-19 School Closures
REL West’s BethAnn Berliner spoke with leading dropout prevention scholar, Dr. Russell W. Rumberger, to discuss students vulnerable to dropping out during this time.
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Engaging and Supporting Families In At-Home Learning During COVID-19
REL West has compiled a list of resources to spark ideas about how to maintain school-family partnerships in the absence of opportunities to interact in person.
News
Events
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Register: Reading Apprenticeship Online Professional Development – Summer 2020
Event Date: June 8, 2020
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Register: English Learners with Disabilities Virtual Summit, July 14-15, 2020
Event Date: July 14, 2020
Making a Difference / WestEd in action
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Committed. Together. Moving Through COVID-19: Students with Disabilities [Video]
WestEd's Rorie Fitzpatrick recommends three actions state and local education agencies can take to support students with disabilities through school closures and the transition back to school settings.
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“We’re All In This Together”: Carnegie Math Pathways Helps Educators Transition to Distance Learning Amid COVID-19
Carnegie Math Pathways helps its national network of math faculty with the abrupt transition to distance learning, as it prepares to launch online versions of all Pathways courses in fall 2020.
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