Healthy U: Providing Effective Sexual Health Education to Incarcerated Youth
Promising new findings are validating the effectiveness of Healthy U, an innovative, app-based sexual health program that addresses high rates of pregnancy among teens involved with the justice system.
A Guided Pathways Approach to Improving Learning and Teaching in Introductory College Mathematics
Through Guided Pathways, Milwaukee Area Technical College's math department introduced students to new paths to success and helped them build a better relationship with math.
New REL West Equity-Focused Partnerships Launching in 2022
Approximately ten new REL West partnerships are launching in 2022, each of which have a distinct set of short, medium, and long-term goals to achieve measurable educator or student outcomes.
Operators and Authorizers: Collaborating to Make Sure Charter Schools Meet Community Needs
WestEd's School Choice Project Director Robin Chait describes how a charter school operator and authorizer collaborated to ensure a proposed charter school met the needs of a San Diego community.
Advancing Equity: Five Districts Focus on Improving Outcomes of Black and Latinx Students
Collaborating with REL West, districts identified areas of opportunity and developed a strategy to improve safety, well-being, and engagement for Black and Latinx students.
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.
Training the Next Generation of Youth-Serving Professionals in California's Central Valley
REL West collaborates with local partners to facilitate training and build connections that support the web of services available to young people and their families.
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.
Breaking Down Barriers, Building Relationships: Delaware’s Collaborative Approach to Inventorying Whole-Child Efforts
Discover how the Delaware Department of Education used a WestEd resource to improve the alignment and coherence of their whole-child initiatives.
Carnegie Math Pathways: Key Takeaways from a Decade of the Math Pathways Movement
Karon Klipple, Executive Director of the Carnegie Math Pathways, shares what's been most impactful and where further work is needed in the math pathways movement.