Building State-Level Data Capacity in Arizona to Improve Instructional Services for English Learners
With REL West coaching and support, the Arizona Department of Education is learning to implement new data collection methods and to use reliable data to inform policy and practice.Read More
Improving Instruction with Teacher Learning Huddles and Inquiry Cycles in Nevada
Elementary teachers in the Washoe County School District are routinely conducting cycles of data inquiry in their grade-level learning huddles to improve how they teach reading and writing.Read More
Reading Apprenticeship SEED Grant Professional Learning is Underway for 2021-22
As part of the SEED Grant, 700 teachers will engage in three days of learning this summer, followed by additional inquiry into disciplinary literacy via monthly online networks throughout the school...Read More
Rhode Island Department of Education: Partnering with WestEd to Ensure Student Readiness for High School and College
Through an innovative high school and college readiness program, the Rhode Island Department of Education is providing students with customized, high-quality online reading and math instruction.Read More
Reading Apprenticeship: Celebrating 25 Years of Excellence
The evidence-based Reading Apprenticeship program has helped thousands of educators around the country to improve students’ academic identity, engagement, subject-area knowledge, and disciplinary...Read More
WestEd Awarded Grant to Partner with North Carolina Rural School Districts
WestEd's Reading Apprenticeship program has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to improve subject-area literacy at the secondary level, working in partnership with rural...Read More
Interactive Read-Alouds: Learning From Books Together
This REL West video shares tips for designing interactive read-alouds that support literacy development, extend understanding of language, and build comprehension skills.Read More
High-Quality Online Professional Development, Training, and Support
Our virtual services provide access to a national network of peers and deliver timely evidence-based guidance to keep you moving forward.Read More
Cynthia Greenleaf Receives Distinguished Scholars Award for Literacy Research
This award honors scholars who are members of the National Council on Research in Language and Literacy and whose work has made major contributions to language and literacy research.Read More
States Push to Improve Secondary Literacy Across All Subject Matters
Maryland is undertaking large-scale implementation of the Reading Apprenticeship model to improve literacy across the curriculum.Read More