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Making Dual Enrollment Work: Solving the Access–Success Paradox With OUSD’s Point Person Model

This report examines how Oakland Unified School District’s dual enrollment point person model operates, what infrastructure it requires, and what it reveals about making open-access dual enrollment work.

Cover page of a WestEd report titled "Making Dual Enrollment Work: Solving the Access–Success Paradox With OUSD's Point Person Model" by Jenna Howard Terrell, Joanna Mathias, Diana Roldan-Rueda, and Alyssa Blanchard, April 2026.
Blog PostInsights & Impact

Strengthening Student Writing for Today’s Accountability Demands with WestEd’s Formative Writing Framework

As writing expectations evolve, learn how WestEd’s Formative Writing Framework helps schools strengthen instruction and improve student outcomes.

Teacher with student in the classroom working on writing excercise
Blog PostInsights & Impact

Rethinking Accountability, Attendance, and Funding in Uncertain Times 

Explore how rethinking accountability, attendance, and funding systems can reduce barriers and better support student success in this spotlight blog.

Education leaders in conversation
Blog PostInsights & Impact

Moving PLCs From Planning to Learning: The VITAL Approach 

Learn how school leaders can move PLCs from planning to learning-focused collaboration using WestEd’s VITAL framework and practical strategies.

Teachers working together in a PLC
Event

Launching a Network for Researchers and Practitioners to Tackle Challenges Together 

Learn about WestEd’s Research–Practice Partnership Network and explore how long-term partnerships enable interest holders to cocreate evidence-based responses to real-world challenges. Participation in the RPP Network and its activities is free. 

RPP webinar
ResourceReport

Supporting Schools Before Students Are at Risk: Early Warning Systems for Proactive Prevention

This paper explores the value of identifying early signs of distress in schools by examining leadership stability, staff management, culture, finances, and instructional programs.

Supporting Schools Before Students Are at Risk: Early Warning Systems for Proactive Prevention A National Implementation Framework for State Education Agencies
Blog PostInsights & Impact

Beyond the Report: How One School District Brought Curriculum Review Findings to Life 

Discover how Tolleson Union High School District partnered with WestEd to review curriculum, strengthen instruction, and turn educator and student feedback into meaningful improvements for teaching and learning.

QA blog Rosalva / Erica
ResourceTraining and Professional Development

Re-VITALizing Your Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)

Discover how Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) drive sustained instructional improvement by making teaching practice visible, embedding feedback into learning cycles, and strengthening collective expertise to boost student outcomes.

WestEd's Leading Together 30-Minute Webinar Series: Re-VITALizing Your Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
Service

UDL Lab

Partner with WestEd’s UDL Lab to cocreate innovative solutions in education and leadership through the collaborative, research-driven UDL Jams.

Blog PostInsights & Impact

Improving Professional Learning Communities With VITAL Collaboration™: Q&A With WestEd Experts

Discover how WestEd experts use VITAL Collaboration™ to transform PLCs into sustainable, inquiry-driven engines of continuous school improvement.

Johanna Barmore Melissa Strang Q&A