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Strong Professional Learning Systems for Math Instruction in California: What Do We Know Today?
This Knowledge Brief is part of a continuing series designed to inform California education leaders about key policy issues related to teachers and teaching in the Golden State.
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Using Multiple Measures to Predict Success in Students’ First College Math Course
This report concludes a multiyear series of implementation studies intended to inform the California State University (CSU) system about the implementation of Executive Order 1110 (EO 1110).
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Making Decisions Using Assessment Data in the Time of COVID-19
This knowledge brief produced by the Region 15 Comprehensive Center explores how to gather meaningful assessment data in order to develop responsive supports that address the needs of all students, particularly those most affected by learning disruptions due to COVID-19.
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Meeting the Moment: How Education Leaders Can Maximize Federal COVID Relief Aid to Support More Equitable Student Learning
This policy brief provides context on the sheer magnitude of federal COVID-19 relief aid for K–12 education and describes the opportunities and challenges that the funding brings.
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Beyond Tuition, Costs of Teacher Preparation: Descriptive Analytics from the Aspiring Teachers’ Financial Burden Survey
This report helps higher education leaders to better understand the financial realities of aspiring teachers in the context of their personal circumstances.
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Going Further Together: Building Ownership and Engagement to Support High-Quality Teacher Preparation
This report produced by Bank Street College of Education and WestEd shares strategies for building successful teacher preparation programs that have expanded shared ownership and engagement to ensure program development and longevity.
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Breaking Down Barriers, Building Relationships: Delaware’s Collaborative Approach to Inventorying Whole-Child Efforts
This case story describes Delaware Department of Education (DOE)'s collaborative approach to inventorying whole-child efforts, using and adapting the guide to comprehensively review their statewide initiatives.
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Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools: Tools to Support Authorizer Data Collection
This toolkit is a self-guided resource for authorizers to identify indicators of distress, audit their data collection and evaluation process, and assess whether and to what extent the schools in their portfolio are showing indicators of distress.
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Making Meaning Together: Connecting with Dual Language Learners in Infant and Toddler Care
This archived session is the third in a series of online conversations, Providing Culturally Responsive and Individualized Infant and Toddler Care. The session features WestEd Senior Research Associate Ann-Marie Wiese and PITC Regional Coordinator Edilma Serna.
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Why YOUR Wellness Matters: The Intersections of Leaders' Mental Health, Systems Change, and Equity
In this archived professional learning session hosted by the COVID Education Equity Response Collaborative’s Equity Accelerator, presenters shared ideas and strategies customized for California County Office of Education (COE) leaders to help them prioritize their personal mental health while also working toward equity for students, educators, and families.
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Getting Better at Getting More Equitable: Addressing Racial Inequities in Education Using Equity-Driven Continuous Improvement
This resource is intended for educators and education leaders who are interested in leveraging equity-driven continuous improvement to address racial inequities, racism, and other forms of systemic oppression.
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Everyone Belongs: Creating Authentically Inclusive and Equitable Infant and Toddler Care
This archived session is the second in a series of online conversations, Providing Culturally Responsive and Individualized Infant and Toddler Care. The session features Senta Greene, Founder and CEO of Full Circle Consulting Systems, Inc., an international consulting firm specializing in the science of child and adolescent development, transformational leadership, community, and family engagement.
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The Power of Culturally Consistent Care in Home-Based Settings
This archived session is the first in a series of online conversations, Providing Culturally Responsive and Individualized Infant and Toddler Care. The session features Eva Marie Shivers, Executive Director and Founder of the Indigo Cultural Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Reimagining Excellence: A Blueprint for Integrating Social and Emotional Well-Being and Academic Excellence in Schools
Just as constructing a well-designed school building requires a blueprint, so does designing an effective and equitable learning program that addresses the needs of the
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California Statewide Early Math Initiative in Local Communities: Building Educator Math Capacity
This report summarizes the findings across two case studies conducted as part of WestEd’s evaluation of the California Statewide Early Math Initiative.
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