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In this recorded webinar, WestEd experts explore how cross-disciplinary collaboration is the golden thread that supports educators in confidently creating cohesive instruction that expands students’ English language skills.

This WestEd resource explains the statewide BHSSA evaluation, a multi-year study assessing how California’s school behavioral health investments are strengthening student wellness systems across county and local education agency partnerships.

This WestEd resource describes the Youth Engagement Cohort model, a student-centered process in which young people examine data, share perspectives, and present recommendations to shape California’s school behavioral health systems under the BHSSA.

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.

A research brief that responds to a widely covered critique claiming educational research has become disconnected from classroom realities. Using an analysis of AERA conference programs across two distinct eras, the paper argues that, contrary to the critique, research addressing teacher-identified concerns has largely increased over time, not decreased.

A report that analyzes the current state of bilingual education in California’s Silicon Valley, documenting limited access to bilingual programs and key conditions for success; it offers findings and actionable recommendations for LEAs, community organizations, and policymakers to expand opportunities for English Learner students.

This resource collection, curated for AERA and NCME Annual Meeting attendees, offers research papers, blog articles, and websites, reflecting WestEd’s commitment to rigorous research and practical, ready-to-use resources designed to inform and engage professionals in a variety of fields.

A new study finds that California’s English proficiency exit standard is rigorous yet fair and questions whether the state’s additional reclassification criteria are necessary.

Explore research-backed, ready-to-use strategies for creating inclusive STEM experiences for elementary and middle school learners.

Explore WestEd’s research, tools, and strategies for supporting bilingual and multilingual education in collaboration with presentations at the 2026 California Association for Bilingual Education Annual Conference in San Francisco.