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New Website Offers Adult Learner Numeracy and Digital Literacy Course
The Adult Numeracy in the Digital Era (ANDE) course is now available on a new website at no cost as an open educational resource. Funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, the course helps adult learners connect math to their everyday lives as they build skills needed to earn their GED.
The NAESP Foundation and WestEd Launch Principal Evaluation Research and Policy Initiative
With funding from The Wallace Foundation, WestEd and the NAESP Foundation are launching two national projects to modernize how school principals are evaluated.
WestEd to Showcase Research on AI, Mathematics, and More at AERA Conference
More than 70 WestEd staff will lead, present, chair, or serve as panelists for 34 sessions at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting.
WestEd to Explore the Impact of an Educational Science Program for Students in First Through Third Grade
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...
Six Tennessee School Districts Work Together to Advance Science Education
This fall, the state of Tennessee is shifting to rigorous new learning goals, the Tennessee Academic Standards for Science, that will raise the bar for...
WestEd Mourns the Passing of Leading Education Researcher and Scholar David Berliner
A passionate advocate for public education, David Berliner left a lasting legacy in education research and policy.
Phoenix Vice Mayor Is New Chair of the WestEd Board of Directors
WestEd today announced that City of Phoenix Vice Mayor Ann O’Brien will serve as the new Chair of its Board of Directors. O’Brien has served...
New Research-Based Books Equip Educators and School Leaders for Greater Impact
Three new titles by WestEd authors can support all school leaders and educators in creating and maintaining supportive environments for productive teaching and learning. Learn more and add them to your toolkit today.
Report Finds Some Improvement in Educational Outcomes of California Foster Youth, But Much Remains to Be Done
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.