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Developing Educator Expertise to Work with Adolescent English Learners Module 2 – The Language We Use to Talk about English Learners and Our Work
Through the modules in this series, the National Research and Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners promotes a thorough understanding the theories
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Developing Educator Expertise to Work with Adolescent English Learners Module 1: Introduction to Key Constructs
Explore how to build a common knowledge base to provide coherence to the field of educating English Learners in secondary schools.
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Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 through Summer Learning and Enrichment
This archived online discussion, intended to elevate evidence-based components of high-quality summer learning and enrichment programs, describes how funds from American Rescue Plan can be used to support program design and implementation, and how these opportunities can be available this summer and beyond by building district capacity.
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Stakeholder Voice, Agency, and Co-Creation for Equity in Education
In this archived professional learning session, two student leaders and experts in youth engagement, leadership, and equity present strategies for engaging often-overlooked stakeholders in education decision-making and helped California county offices of education participants explore new ways to move from "doing to" or “doing for” stakeholders to "doing with" them.
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Students' Use of School-Based Telemedicine Service and Rates of Returning to Class After These Services in a Small Elementary School District
This study report, developed by REL West at WestEd, describes the first two years of implementation of school-based telemedicine services before the pandemic at one small elementary school district.
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Toward NGSS Design: EQuIP Detailed Guidance (Archived Webinar)
In this archived webinar, you will learn about the key features of the EQuIP resource, Toward NGSS Design, and hear examples of how educators, curriculum developers, and district leaders have used the EQuIP Rubric for Science to guide the development and evaluation of instructional materials. -
Toward NGSS Design: EQuIP Detailed Guidance
This resource is designed to support those who develop, review, select, or use instructional materials by helping create a common vision of high-quality materials that are designed for the Next Generation Science Standards.
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Key Takeaways for Transforming Science Education
This resource highlights five takeaways from a series of focus groups of educators and experts who developed, adopted, and/or implemented instructional materials aligned with today’s science standards. It also includes a series of "Stories from the Field" that highlight solutions to common challenges in the field.
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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 WestEd 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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Growing Strong Learners in Galt Joint Union Elementary School District
This evaluation of the Growing Strong Learners initiative in the Central Valley’s Galt Joint Union Elementary School District (GJUESD) examines the program's objectives to improve kindergarten readiness and continuing academic achievement for the district’s English Learner 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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