Free Publications
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Addressing the Needs of Students Experiencing Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Highlights from the Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Solano County Offices of Education Bay Area Geographic Leads Consortium
This report explores how five Bay Area counties and local school districts pivoted to reach, teach, and support the holistic needs of students experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Arkansas School Finance Study
This report describes an education finance study conducted for the State of Arkansas and provides a set of seven recommendations to the State that reflect the study’s body of work.
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Hero Elementary Playlist RCT Study in Formal School and Distance Learning Contexts
WestEd conducted a randomized controlled study to investigate how NGSS-aligned transmedia playlists can support student engagement and learning.
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Authentic Science Experiences: Designing High School Science Learning to Reach all Students
This resource highlights five features of authentic science experiences and underlying research that can support the design and implementation of meaningful and enriching science learning for high school students.
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Formative Assessment Practices for English Learners in Distance Learning Environments
This archived webinar was sponsored by the Region 13 Comprehensive Center at WestEd, in collaboration with the New Mexico Public Education Department. In distance learning
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Integrating ELD into Secondary Science
Drawing upon recent recommendations regarding evidence-based instructional practices, this archived webinar explores concepts and activities for developing English learner’s oral language in science classrooms.
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Integrating ELD into Secondary Mathematics
In this archived webinar, learn how to design content-specific learning experiences that promote oral language development in distance learning environments.
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Integrating ELD into Elementary Math Settings
In this archived webinar, learn about ideas and activities for developing English learners’ oral language.
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How Residency Programs Are Organizing Mentor Teacher Professional Learning During Distance Learning
This brief focuses on how teacher residency programs are shaping their practices to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, and shifting their in-person programs online.
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Student Progress Before and After California State University’s Executive Order 1110
This report compares outcomes for students who entered the CSU system in the first year under the new Executive Order 1110 policy (2018) against the outcomes of students who entered in 2017, just prior to implementation.
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High-Quality Charter Authorizing Policy State Profiles
The National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC) created the High-Quality Charter Authorizing Policy Profiles (State Profiles) as summaries of states’ charter school authorization policy contexts.
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Joyful Reading at School and at Home: A Storybook Reading Routine
This webinar will share research-based guidance to help PreK–1st-grade educators learn a routine for storybook reading, consider the culturally affirming aspects of stories, and hear ideas from elementary principals for creating school-to-home connections.
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Helping Young English Learners at Home: Simple and Fun Activities to Strengthen Language Development
This webinar, developed by REL West, REL Northwest, and REL Northeast & Islands, will highlight the What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide, Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School.
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Digital Professional Learning for K–12 Teachers: Literature Review and Analysis
To help those in charge of developing and delivering teacher professional learning online, this knowledge brief produced by the Region 15 Comprehensive Center summarizes themes from an informational scan of research on digital professional learning.
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Stronger Together: How an Ecosystem of Partnerships Leads to Change
This report describes the dynamic ecosystem of systems-aligned, cross-sector partnerships with K–12 local education agencies, industry, and economic development corporations, focused on strengthening education and workforce opportunities that increase economic mobility for the region.
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