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Through CA STACS, the California Department of Education and WestEd are partnering on a new, three-year effort to deliver specialized technical assistance that meets charter schools’ unique special education needs.

Alicia Garoupa, Chief of Well-being and Support Services at the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE), shares what it really takes for a school to become a hub of its community.

WestEd is turning 60, a moment to celebrate, reflect, and look ahead. In this blog post, our CEO shares how our roots in tackling tough education challenges through research and hands-on support shape the way we serve educators, learners, and communities today.

NURTURES, an educational program that helps parents and teachers introduce children in preschool through third grade to hands-on, inquiry-based science activities, will be tested in...

A recent study examined how English Learners were screened for reading difficulties using English- and Spanish-language early literacy screeners. The findings underscore the need for states and districts to ensure that literacy screening policies effectively serve all learners.

Learn how school leaders can move PLCs from planning to learning-focused collaboration using WestEd’s VITAL framework and practical strategies.

In this Q&A, Ayele Dodoo, Director of Education Leadership at WestEd, and Anakonia Matsumoto, principal at Hawthorne Math and Science Academy, discuss what becomes possible when principals have structured time to engage in self-reflection and deepen their leadership practice.

Learn how educators can support Multilingual Learners as disciplinary thinkers with four key strategies taken from WestEd’s Leading Together webinar.

Teaching students to identify and define problems, rather than just solve them, is essential as AI becomes a classroom fixture. Explore key insights from WestEd’s recent literature review on problem-finding and future-ready learning.