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ResourceTraining and Professional Development

Apprenticing Students to Read and Write in the Disciplines

This Leading Together webinar introduces Reading Apprenticeship and Writing Apprenticeship, which take an integrated, research-based approach to disciplinary literacy. Participants will explore how instruction can center students’…

WestEd "Leading Together" Webinar Series: "Apprenticing Students to Read and Write in the Disciplines."
ResourceTraining and Professional Development

Language at Work: Building Reading Comprehension Through Writing

In this 30-minute webinar, we explore how writing about content, in students’ own voices and in the language of each discipline, can build and hone the skills that complex texts demand. We offer practical strategies for K–12 classrooms and content areas throughout.

Webinar thumbnail for the WestEd Leading Together Webinar Series featuring the session title "Language at Work: Building Reading Comprehension Through Writing"
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Leading With Urgency: 5 Levers for Effective School Improvement and Lasting Change 

Part of WestEd’s VITAL Education Series, Leading With Urgency introduces a practical, field-tested framework designed to help K–12 principals navigate the complex challenges of leading meaningful school change efforts.

Cover page for the book, "Leading With Urgency: 5 Levers for Effective School Improvement and Lasting Change," by Joseph G. Sassone. Available for purchase by following the link below.
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How Policy and Pedagogy Influence STEM Teachers’ GenAI Use: Findings From a 2025 Exploratory Study From the AmplifyGAIN Center

This WestEd report examines how math and science teachers use generative AI in their work, offering STEM educators and education leaders context-grounded insights to inform AI policy, professional learning, and practice.

Cover page of a WestEd report titled "How Policy and Pedagogy Influence STEM Teachers' GenAI Use: Findings From a 2025 Exploratory Study From the AmplifyGAIN Center" by Drew Nucci, Sarah Rainier, and Ann Edwards, July 2026.
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Evaluation of the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum English Language Development Modules: Grades 6 Through 8

This resource presents WestEd’s evaluation of the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum English Language Development modules, finding that the curriculum was implemented with fidelity and positively impacted English Learner students’ achievement in grades 6 through 8.

Cover page of a WestEd report titled "Evaluation of the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum English Language Development Modules: Grades 6 Through 8" by Karina Jaquet and Anthony Fong, June 2026.
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Reading to Learn: A 7-Step Framework for Optimizing Comprehension, Pre-K–12

Part of WestEd’s VITAL Education Series, this practical book provides a research-based, 7-step process to develop reading comprehension skills across all content areas and grade levels.

Cover page of the VITAL Education Series resource titled, "Reading to LEARN: A 7-Step Framework for Optimizing Comprehension," by Kevin Perks and Melissa Strand.
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Carroll M. Johnston Academy Progress and Impact in 2024—25

This report examines the first-year progress and impact of the Carroll M. Johnston STEM Academy, a North Las Vegas middle school that reopened in August 2024 as a new magnet school after receiving Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) funding from the U.S. Department of Education through Clark County School District.

Cover page of a WestEd report titled "Carroll M. Johnston STEM Academy: Progress and Impact in 2024–25," authored by Sara Allender, Jonathan Nakamoto, and Jason Snipes, March 2026.
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Burkholder Academy of Science Progress and Impact 2024—25

This resource examines the first-year progress and impact of the Burkholder Academy of Environmental Science, a Henderson, Nevada middle school that reopened in August 2024 as a new magnet school after receiving Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) funding from the U.S. Department of Education through Clark County School District.

Cover page of a WestEd report titled "Burkholder Academy of Environmental Science: Progress and Impact in 2024–25," authored by Sara Allender, Jonathan Nakamoto, and Jason Snipes, March 2026.
ResourceCase Study

Finding the Sweet Spot for English Learner Reclassification: A Study of California’s Criteria  

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.

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Connecticut Case Study: Academy of Computer Science and Engineering Middle School

Learn how a Connecticut magnet school reduced suspensions and built school belonging by embedding logical consequences and community repair into discipline practices in this WestEd case study.

CT Case Study