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The Essential Playbook for Family Engagement in Middle School

The Essential Playbook for Family Engagement in Middle School is an essential resource designed for school and district leaders, educators, and departments dedicated to fostering family involvement in middle schools. By providing evidence-based strategies organized around key elements—Capacity, Process, Infrastructure, and Outcomes—this guide empowers educators to build relational trust with families, ultimately enhancing student achievement and creating impactful connections within the school community.

Brief

The Center of Black Student Excellence: A Place Without Barriers and the 10 Elements That Lay Its Foundation

The Center of Black Student Excellence is a transformative initiative within the Long Beach Unified School District dedicated to uplifting Black students by fostering a sense of belonging, pride, and agency while ensuring equitable access to educational resources. Guided by 10 key elements derived from community engagement, the Center aims to empower students and their families, promoting academic success, cultural identity, and holistic development in an inclusive educational environment.

WestEd Webinars

Spotlight on Teacher Compensation Reforms: Insights and Innovations from State and District Leaders

This webinar archive features a panel of state and district leaders from across the country who have been tackling this issue on the ground to learn about how they have engaged the public, explored approaches to redesigning salary structures, and considered approaches to raising revenue or expense tradeoffs to cover the cost.

Technical Report

Supporting Middle School Math Learning With a Technology-Based Intervention: Impact, Moderators, and Usage

This technical report examines the differential impacts of ASSISTments on subgroups of student populations and the relationship between the usage of ASSISTments and students’ long-term math outcomes.

Brief

Bilingual Beginnings: Planning Kindergarten Entry Assessments for Spanish–English Speakers

This brief describes kindergarten entry assessments for Spanish–English bilinguals in the United States, highlighting the opportunity gap for young Spanish–English bilingual students and suggesting policy and implementation options.

Racial Integration in Federally Funded Magnet Schools: How Magnet Schools Assistance Program Grantees Are Addressing Minority Group Isolation in an Age of Increasing Segregation

To support MSAP grantees considering how to combat minority group isolation, this brief highlights promising strategies for meeting minority group isolation goals.

Brief

Strengthening English Learner Reclassification in California

This brief highlights the critical process of English learner reclassification in California, emphasizing its high-stakes nature and the standardized criteria mandated by the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Guide

Mapping Assets for Charter Schools: A Guide for Charter Authorizers

This guide offers insights on addressing early warning signs of school decline through asset mapping, or leveraging existing resources to proactively address challenges and enhance educational quality before decline occurs.

Education Resource

Promoting Safe and Supportive Learning Environments: A School Climate Domain Assessment Tool

This tool provides a comprehensive framework that enables educators and school leaders to assess and enhance school climate by focusing on three core domains.