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This brief summarizes WestEd’s learning from the Math in Common initiative on the successes and challenges that districts encountered while drawing on support.
This report shares insights from the California Partnership for Math and Science Education, a statewide initiative designed to increase access to high-quality math and science teaching and learning.
This brief provides information on rural education concerns that are found across the state of California and presents examples of rural California counties' strategies for supporting math and science standards implementation.
School systems throughout the country are developing new courses and supports to prepare students to succeed in college. One example is the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum.
The K-8 NGSS Early Implementers Initiative has consistently expanded the professional learning it provides for administrators, particularly for site administrators, who generally have the most contact with teachers.
NGSS Early Implementers is a six-year initiative created to help eight California school districts and two charter management organizations implement the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The initiative has provided professional learning about environmental literacy to prompt and support...