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Evaluation of the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum With Respect to English Language Development
This report describes an evaluation and its findings focused on the implementation and outcomes of Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum modules for English language development instruction (ERWC-ELD) in grades 9-12 in California.
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Restorative Practices Beyond the Classroom: Integrating Circle Practices Into Existing School Processes
The brief describes the need and rationale for expanding the use of restorative practices in contexts outside of the classroom, including IEP/504 meetings, staff meetings, committee meetings, and online spaces.
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Now We Know Our Regional Might: Advancing Equity and Economic Mobility through Career Education
This report describes the efforts of the San Diego and Imperial Counties Community Colleges Regional Consortium to improve students’ early community college experiences and lead more students to family-sustaining jobs.
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Equitable Environments and Relationships: Cultivating Strong Tier 1 Practices in Multi-Tiered System of Supports
This archived webinar can help educators cultivate and model strong Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) tier-one practices. Tier 1 of the MTSS framework encompasses core instructions and primary interventions that help to create a supportive atmosphere and build positive relationships between staff and students.
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EdTech Partnerships: Key Findings 2021–2022 Report
The 2021 SBIR Phase I projects in this document showcase the types of EdTech partnerships that WestEd has established and the impact that each project has on promoting success for every learner.
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Strategic Use of One-Time State and Federal Resources
Interactive series of virtual learning sessions focused on how to strategically use the one time-funds in combination with ongoing resources to accelerate equitable learning opportunities and supports.
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Moving Toward Instructional Coherence: How Four Popular Student-Centered Approaches Deepen Identity, Agency, Equity, and Community
This paper helps educators consider ways to strengthen their practices in simultaneously implementing formative assessment, deeper learning, culturally responsive and sustaining education, and personalized learning.
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Exploring the Powerful Role of Play in Early Education – Part 2: Play at the Center of the Curriculum
This archived webinar explores how teachers and providers can place play at the center of early childhood curriculum. The panelists describe how to design play spaces as environments for learning, invite children’s playful participation during daily routines, and support children’s play with others, especially when conflicts arise.
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Evaluation of the Kansas City Scholars Program: Year 5 Report
WestEd evaluates the Kansas City Scholars Program in its fifth year of operation. This report explores the characteristics of students participating in the KC Scholars program and to what extent that applicant pools and awardee cohorts have changed over time.
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Expanding the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum: An Evaluation of an Investing in Innovation Validation Grant
This report presents the findings from an independent evaluation conducted by WestEd on the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum (ERWC). Funded by an Investing in
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Assessing Community Needs: Strategies for Charter Schools and Authorizers
As part of a body of work that focuses on the role of community needs and interests in charter authorizing, this brief provides guidance to
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Leading Voices Podcast Series Episode 1: Adult Well-Being and Creating a Culture of Care
In this episode, Dr. Christina Pate, Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety, and host Danny Torres share a rich discussion about the importance of educator self-care for improved well-being and better student outcomes.
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Exploring the Powerful Role of Play in Early Education – Part 1: Play Matters
In this archived webinar, panelists discuss why play is important to children’s learning and what each of us can do to re-center play as the primary context for early learning.
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Instructional Equity and Respect for Diversity in Schools: Staff Perceptions Vary by Race/Ethnicity and by Role
This brief summarizes secondary staff responses to the California School Staff Survey in 2017/18 and 2018/19 in relation to their perceptions of instructional equity and respect for diversity in their schools.
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Discussion Builders Posters Set: Grades K-1, 2-3, and 4-8 (Spanish Version)
When we introduced these posters in professional development, teachers begged us to publish them, and so we have. Use them to build students’ language and thinking in any subject area. Powerful scaffolding for English language learners.
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