WestEd Insights / research and innovations
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Scaffolding Young Children’s Story Writing
Words of advice before trying the Teaching Learning Cycle to support children’s engagement with complex stories and their story writing: planning is key, start with one new strategy, and have fun.
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Sustaining Reform as Steady Work: Fordson High School
People often comment on how rare Reading Apprenticeship’s research base is in the landscape of education reform. Even more rare, however, is education reform that gets sustained over time.
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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.
News
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September Focus: Literacy Across Content Areas
September 17, 2019
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Cindy Litman and Cynthia Greenleaf Receive Reading Research Quarterly Award
September 17, 2019
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How Community Colleges Take a Regional Approach to Guided Pathways
September 10, 2019
Events
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Register for Camp Making Sense of SCIENCE (MSS), September 26–29, in Pacific Grove, California
Event Date: September 26, 2019
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2019 Equity Breakfast Institute: Realizing the Dream — Promoting Success for English Learners
Event Date: September 27, 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
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