FacebookBlueskyLinkedInShare

Search

Filters

Date Range

Type

Focus Area

Audience

Level

Resource Filters

Resource Type

Research Method

Resource Format

Support Filter

Support Type

Blog Filter

Blog Category

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"
ResourceTraining and Professional Development

Beyond Language Development: Designing Quality Opportunities to Learn for Newcomer Students

In this recorded webinar, explore how schools can support newcomer English Learners through integrated, simultaneous language and content instruction, and preview how QTEL Summer Institutes deepen this work through sustained professional learning.

Webinar thumbnail for the WestEd Leading Together Webinar Series featuring the session title "Beyond Language Development: Designing Quality Opportunities to Learn for Newcomer Students."
ResourceReport

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.
ResourceTraining and Professional Development

Finding the Golden Thread for Multilingual Learners With Disabilities 

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.

Webinar thumbnail for the WestEd Leading Together Webinar Series session titled "Finding the Golden Thread for Multilingual Learners With Disabilities," on a deep purple gradient background.
ResourcePaper

Expanding Equitable Access to Bilingual Education in California’s Silicon Valley: Analysis and Recommendations

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.

Cover page of a WestEd report titled "Expanding Equitable Access to Bilingual Education in California's Silicon Valley: Analysis and Recommendations," March 2026.
ResourceCollection

Advancing Education Research: AERA & NCME 2026 Related Resources 

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.

AERA Collections image
ResourceBrief

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.
ResourceBrief

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.

Finding the Sweet Spot resource image
ResourceCase Study

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