Carnegie Math Pathways: Key Takeaways from a Decade of the Math Pathways Movement
Karon Klipple, Executive Director of the Carnegie Math Pathways, shares what's been most impactful and where further work is needed in the math pathways movement.
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The Importance of Social-Emotional Supports in Math Classrooms
A community college instructor shares how addressing the non-cognitive aspects of learning can contribute to a supportive environment that reduces students' math anxiety and brings out their strengths.
Education Leaders Learn from "Bright Spot" Mathematics Classrooms in Utah
Discover how a dedicated team of REL West researchers and Utah educators are working on mining and getting teachers to adopt promising math practices.
Thinking Like a Scientist: What Educators Can Learn From a Six-Year NGSS Initiative
The recently completed Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Early Implementers Initiative built districts’ capacity to implement the NGSS in grades K–8 and make science a core subject.
Writing and Implementing NGSS-Aligned Performance Tasks
Learn how teams in Los Angeles County are collaborating to build teacher capacity to create and use performance assessment as part of the teaching and learning process.
Spotlight: A Roundup of WestEd's 2020 Resources Designed to Support Educators During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Check out this selection of resources created in response to changes prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. These publications and webinars cover diverse topics of interest to educators at all levels.
2020 Award Winner of Margaret Nicholson Distinguished Service Award: Karen A. Cerwin
The award honors Cerwin’s contribution to science education, her leadership and service, and her positive impact on the quality of science teaching.
Carnegie Math Pathways Virtual Courses See 3x the Success Rate of Traditional Math Sequences
WestEd is pleased to announce new fully online courses, Carnegie Math Pathways Quantway and Statway Virtual, are boosting students’ successful course completion by 3 to 4 times the rate of more traditional course sequences in math.
Using Visualizations to Improve K-12 Student Learning
Researchers discuss how processes of visual comparison enhance student learning and communicate complex ideas in an effective way.
WestEd Announces 2020–2021 NextGenScience Peer Review Panel (PRP) Launch
The NextGenScience project at WestEd has finalized the selection of a Peer Review Panel to continue its work evaluating lesson sequences and units designed for the Next Generation Science Standards, and sharing selected high-quality examples online.