WestEd joins teachers, administrators, and community members at the 2026 California Association for Bilingual Education Annual Conference this March 4–7, 2026, in San Francisco, California. This page offers research, tools, and strategies that will help you shape the future of learning
Whether you’re strengthening professional learning communities, expanding dual language programs, engaging multilingual students in ambitious mathematics, or supporting long-term English Learners, our experts can help you move from insight to action. The resources below reflect WestEd’s commitment to rigorous research and practical, ready-to-use tools that are designed to support effective teaching and learning.
We look forward to connecting with you at the conference!
Advancing Achievement Through Biliteracy, Brief #1: Statewide Trends in Bilingual Teacher Supply, Demand, and Assignment in California
By Alex B. Jacobson, Lucy Hadley, and Dana Grayson
This brief examines statewide data on the supply, demand, and assignment of bilingual teachers in California, providing a research foundation for understanding the current landscape of bilingual educator availability.
Advancing Achievement Through Biliteracy, Brief #2: State Policy Levers to Support a Strong and Sustainable Bilingual Teacher Workforce in California
By Dana Grayson and Alex B. Jacobson
Building on Brief #1, this policy-focused companion identifies concrete state-level levers that can strengthen and sustain California’s bilingual teacher supply line.
Amplifying the Curriculum: Designing Quality Learning Opportunities for Multilingual Learners (Second Edition)
Edited by Aída Walqui , George C. Bunch, and Peggy Mueller
Expanded and revised to include four entirely new chapters, this thoroughly updated edition presents a model for how educators can design high-quality, challenging, and supportive learning opportunities for Multilingual Learners.
Developing ESL Certification to Meet Local Needs: Lessons From the Field
Featuring Kate Wright, Leslie Hamburger, and Lyn Westergard (WestEd); and Wanda Gonzalez-Crespo and Angel Zimmerman (Reading School District)
In this recorded webinar, WestEd and Reading School District leaders share the process and benefits of establishing an in-district ESL certification program designed to amplify access and opportunities for Multilingual Learners.
Legislating Literacy at the State Level: Six Considerations for Supporting Students With Disabilities
By Elizabeth Zagata
This paper discusses the importance of inclusive literacy policies and offers strategies for effectively meeting the diverse needs of multilingual learners and students with disabilities.
Literacy Practices That Support Multilingual Student Success Across Content Areas
Featuring Annette Gregg and Amanda Nabors
This 30-minute recorded webinar explores four evidence-informed literacy practices that can serve as powerful tools for engaging all students, especially Multilingual Learners, in meaningful disciplinary learning across content areas.
Math Pathways and Pitfalls
By Carne Barnett-Clarke, Alma Ramirez, Debra Coggins, Katie Salguero, José Franco, and Robert Rosenfeld
Math Pathways & Pitfalls transforms common mistakes into pathways for growth and achievement, helping elementary and middle school students explain their mathematical thinking and discuss concepts like real mathematicians.
Promoting Ambitious Math Learning for English Learners
Featuring Haiwen Chu
This recorded webinar explores how education systems can help ensure that Multilingual Learners realize their immense potential in mathematics through coherent, aligned policies and programs.
Reading and Writing Across the Content Areas: Helping Students Improve Comprehension in Grades K–5
Featuring Robin Sayers and Kathryn Grogan
In this recorded webinar, WestEd experts provide evidence-based K–5 comprehension strategies that integrate literacy across subjects, with practical examples to boost elementary student success.
Reading for Understanding: How Reading Apprenticeship Improves Disciplinary Learning in Secondary and College Classrooms, 3rd Edition
By Cynthia Greenleaf, Ruth Schoenbach, Linda Friedrich, Lynn Murphy, and Nika Hogan
The newly revised third edition of this landmark book in the field of adolescent literacy contains strategies for boosting the reading independence of middle school, high school, and college students.
Realizing Multilingual Learners’ Immense Promise in Mathematics: Policies That Enable Ambitious Practice
By Haiwen Chu
This WestEd Perspectives brief draws from research to outline policies and practices that enable meaningful mathematical access, support conceptual understanding, and foster active participation for Multilingual Learners.
Redesign High School Math to Prepare Students for a Fast-Changing World
By Angela Knotts and Rebecca Perry
This brief argues that the most common high school math course pathways—unchanged for over a century—are no longer meeting most students’ needs. This brief also offers research-based strategies for redesigning math pathways.
Re-VITALizing Your Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
Featuring Melissa Strand and Johanna Barmore
In this recorded webinar, Drs. Johanna Barmore and Melissa Strand describe how PLCs can serve as engines of improvement by making teaching practice visible and by embedding feedback into ongoing teaching and learning cycles.
A School Leader’s Guide to VITAL Collaboration: Building and Sustaining PLC Systems That Improve Teaching and Learning
By Kevin Perks
The research-based VITAL Collaboration methodology is a structured, data-driven framework equipping leaders with practical tools and field-tested strategies for building transformational PLCs that drive continuous improvement in teacher practice and student outcomes to support school leaders.
Strengthening Literacy Routines in Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts
Featuring Alicia Ross, Karen Lionberger, and Jenell Krishnan
This recorded webinar session explores the power of metacognitive reading routines to deepen disciplinary literacy and enhance student learning across content areas.
A Strong Early Math Foundation Helps Students’ Later Academic Achievement
By Kylie Flynn and Ashli-Ann Douglas
This WestEd Perspectives brief examines the critical connection between early math instruction and students’ long-term academic success, presenting research-based strategies for building a robust mathematical foundation in the early grades.
A Teacher’s Guide to VITAL Collaboration: Facilitating Evidence-Driven Inquiry in PLCs to Improve Teaching and Learning
By Kevin Perks
This guide provides K–12 educators with a structured PLC framework using real classroom artifacts and data to drive visible improvements in teaching practice and student learning through practical protocols and facilitation strategies.