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Blog PostInsights & Impact

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.

A teacher and a principal having a conversation, sitting at a table
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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.

Teachers working together
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The NAESP Foundation and WestEd Launch Principal Evaluation Research and Policy Initiative 

With funding from The Wallace Foundation, WestEd and the NAESP Foundation are launching two national projects to modernize how school principals are evaluated.

WestEd News
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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
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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
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How One Principal Is Turning Reflection Into Impact With WestEd’s Leadership Playbook

In this Q&A, Ayele Dodoo, Director of Education Leadership at WestEd, and Anakonia Matsumoto, principal at Hawthorne Math and Science Academy, discuss what becomes possible when principals have structured time to engage in self-reflection and deepen their leadership practice.

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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…

WestEd News
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Inside One District’s Effort to Strengthen School and Central Office Collaboration: Q&A With Kathy Hinz and Lauryn Fullerton

Learn how Crystal Lake District 47 used WestEd’s Leadership Playbook to build leadership capacity, strengthen trust, and support systemwide improvement.

Inside One District’s Effort to Strengthen School and Central Office Collaboration: Q&A With Kathy Hinz and Lauryn Fullerton
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Turning Research Into Results: WestEd Experts Share Insights on Educational Excellence 

In this Spotlight blog, learn how WestEd supports education and local government leaders through community-driven evaluation, research–practice partnerships, and data-informed strategies.

Education leaders having a discussion
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What Principals Can Do to Cultivate a School Climate in Which Disciplinary Literacy Thrives 

Disciplinary literacy is the ability to read, write, and communicate like experts in a particular field. Discover four practices school leaders can use to cultivate a climate in which disciplinary literacy can thrive.

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