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Creating Supportive Early Learning Environments: Meeting Every Child’s Growth and Belonging Needs 

Learn more about comprehensive early learning supports help all children thrive by fostering belonging, adapting practices, and integrating services for inclusive, meaningful participation.
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Ensuring Young Children With Disabilities Have Access to High-Quality Learning Environments 

Learn more about how to ensure young children with disabilities have access to high-quality early learning with funding strategies, evidence-based practices, and partnerships.
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Improving Professional Learning Communities With VITAL Collaboration™: Q&A With WestEd Experts

Discover how WestEd experts use VITAL Collaboration™ to transform PLCs into sustainable, inquiry-driven engines of continuous school improvement.
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Building Supportive School Climates for Disciplinary Literacy  

Learn how supportive school climates promote disciplinary literacy, accessibility, and engagement by empowering students as active participants in every subject.
Back to School: Building a Brighter Future with WestEd

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How School and District Leaders Can Strengthen Student Literacy This School Year

This special Back-to-School Spotlight shares three strategies that education leaders can use to improve literacy outcomes for all learners.
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Why Family Engagement Matters for Literacy Success

Strong readers and writers often develop their literacy skills at home before entering formal education. Explore how schools can enhance literacy by linking family practices with classroom instruction.
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Lessons From a Rural School’s Path to Renewal 

Discover how Selma Middle School in rural North Carolina overcame high turnover and stagnant performance to become a 'School to Watch,' offering lessons on trust, teamwork, and sustainable improvement.
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Ending Chronic Absence Starts With Early Action and Strong Partnerships

Cecelia Leong of Attendance Works and Rebeca Cerna of WestEd share insights and strategies on tackling chronic absenteeism, highlighting California’s progress and practical steps to improve student attendance and engagement.
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Navigating Justice-Centered Science Teaching and Learning

Many middle school students are concerned about the future of their neighborhoods. Local teachers and scientists are helping them transform that concern into action through the Empowering Changemakers: Urban-Biodiversity Initiative for Teachers and Youth project.