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6 Actions Districts Can Take to Improve Student Attendance and Engagement

Discover six strategies that local education agencies can implement to boost student engagement and attendance.

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A New Guide Sparks a Paradigm Shift Around Complex Issues of School Safety 

Working through a new interactive guide challenges student leaders to reflect on the complexities of school safety through their lived experiences. 

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Back-to-School Spotlight: Resources for Improving Outcomes for All Learners

This Back-to-School Spotlight features resources to help educators address issues such as improving literacy, teaching math to English Learners, and promoting attendance.

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Back-to-School Spotlight: Student Leaders in New Orleans Discuss What’s Needed to Shift School Safety Paradigms 

This post is the second in a series that explores how one New Orleans classroom is helping to cultivate student leadership and a deeper understanding of what it means to be safe at school. 

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Black Students Twice As Likely To Be Suspended From Lansing School District, Audit Finds

WestEd conducted an equity audit for Lansing School District and found racial disparities in discipline, academic achievement, access to AP courses, and general treatment of students.

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Building Capacity: Region 2 Comprehensive Center Partners with Connecticut on New Social and Emotional Learning Guidelines

By focusing on social and emotional work, public schools in Connecticut are helping students develop the skills necessary to be successful in school and beyond.

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Building Community Agendas to Advance Racial Equity

Led by community representatives, a community agenda addresses complex, large-scale problems in a specific context. Learn how community agendas can help you advance racial equity.

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California Center for School Climate Director Named Senior Director of Resilient and Healthy Schools and Communities Team at WestEd

Rebeca Cerna, formerly the Director of the California Center for School Climate (CCSC) at WestEd, has been named the Senior Director for the agency’s Resilient and Healthy Schools and Communities work. In her new role, Cerna supports districts, schools, and community partners in centering equity and inclusion, and strengthening educational, prevention, and health outcomes.

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Centering Equity in Social and Emotional Learning

In this blog post, Dr. Erin Browder explores how educators can build equitable schools that ensure learners develop critical social and emotional skills.

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Centering Youth Voice in a Juvenile Justice Research Agenda

Research topics and designs typically reflect funders’ or researchers’ agendas and biases. Rarely is research informed by the voices of the people whose lives our work intends to affect.

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