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Congratulations to WestEd’s Cindy Litman and Cynthia Greenleaf, whose article “Argumentation Tasks in Secondary English Language Arts, History, and Science: Variations in Instructional Focus and Inquiry Space” received the Reading Research Quarterly Award as one of the journal's top downloaded recent papers.
Learn how high school students in California schools perceive school-based law enforcement and police in their communities.
This new research brief summarizes what’s known about metal detectors in schools and in other settings, including prevalence, effectiveness, cost, and the potential impact on students and learning environments.
How can research findings from cognitive and learning sciences be applied in authentic settings to improve student learning outcomes in mathematics?
WestEd's Aleata Hubbard shares the lessons she's learned while helping tech entrepreneurship education programs to better serve the next generation of innovators.
New research suggests middle school students practicing Transcendental Meditation as part of the widely implemented school Quiet Time program can significantly improve their social-emotional competencies and alleviate psychological distress.
Trauma can decrease students’ ability to pay attention, regulate emotion and behavior, or develop positive relationships with adults and peers. Learn five important steps to making schools supportive and safe zones for learning.
View a list of more than 40 sessions; visit us at booths 201 & 203 to learn about our career opportunities, resources, and research; and enjoy food, drink, and good company at our annual reception.
Jodi Davenport Publishes in the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
A new report describes four key budget strategies that California school districts are using to maximize limited funds and meet students’ needs.