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Episode 23: How Education Leaders Can Reduce Administrative Burden and Reclaim Staff Time
Every reporting requirement is intended to serve a purpose, but is each one delivering value? In this episode, Kelsey Krausen, Director of Education Finance at WestEd, shares how education leaders can separate meaningful data reporting from burdensome paperwork and reclaim more staff time to focus on students.

Stay Interviews: A Proactive Strategy for Strengthening Teacher Retention
Stay interviews are simple in concept and powerful in practice. Learn how states are using them to understand what helps teachers thrive, what barriers they face, and what encourages them to continue growing in the profession.

What’s Working to Grow the Teacher Workforce: Insights on Pathways, Licensure, and Bilingual Staffing
Explore how states and colleges are tackling teacher shortages and diversity gaps through innovative pathways, licensure reforms, and bilingual workforce strategies through key insights from recent WestEd research.

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.

Reclassifying English Learners, Boosting Math, and Improving Early Literacy: What Three New Studies Say
In this spotlight blog, new WestEd research examines English Learner reclassification in California, the impact of NBA Math Hoops on student math achievement, and whether early literacy screening leads to meaningful intervention.

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.

New Research on Early Literacy Laws and Multilingual Learners: Lessons From Massachusetts
A recent study examined how English Learners were screened for reading difficulties using English- and Spanish-language early literacy screeners. The findings underscore the need for states and districts to ensure that literacy screening policies effectively serve all learners.

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.

Literacy Practices That Support Multilingual Student Success Across Content Areas
Learn how educators can support Multilingual Learners as disciplinary thinkers with four key strategies taken from WestEd’s Leading Together webinar.

Six Tennessee School Districts Work Together to Advance Science Education
This fall, the state of Tennessee is shifting to rigorous new learning goals, the Tennessee Academic Standards for Science, that will raise the bar for…
