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Despite some gains in areas like school stability and graduation rates over the past decade, the report reveals that many educational outcomes for foster youth remain among the lowest compared to other high-need groups, with setbacks in areas such as chronic absenteeism, college readiness, and suspensions—some of which were worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.

WestEd has received a 5-year, $5.9 million grant to adapt Quantway, a college-level quantitative reasoning course, for dual enrollment.

The abrupt cancellation of federal contracts for Regional Educational Laboratories has halted essential initiatives on student mental health, chronic absenteeism, literacy, and teacher retention. It is our hope that the important work of the RELs will be allowed to continue so that states, school districts, schools, teachers, and students will again be able to benefit from rigorous research and support.

A recent National Academies report identifies Making Sense of SCIENCE and Pre-K Mathematics as successful, evidence-based education programs that show promise for improving STEM learning and teaching.

The new research and development center will provide national leadership on the use of GenAI in math and science education. 

Trevor Fronius has been named the new Director of WestEd’s Justice and Prevention team.

WestEd was selected to lead the Region 14 Comprehensive Center, which, for the first time, the U.S. Department of Education has dedicated solely to serving the Bureau of Indian Education.

A new study examines the key factors in marginalized students’ struggles with high school mathematics.  

Krista Murphy has been named Director of WestEd’s Early Childhood Integrated Systems work.