July Focus: Summer Reads Guaranteed to Inform and Inspire
Check out these resources to learn about supporting English learner students, implementing restorative-justice practices, and more.
STEM
Designing Productive Mathematical Talk: Supporting English Learner Students
Experts from WestEd’s Quality Teaching for English Learners initiative describe why incorporating opportunities for effective dialogue with peers is essential for effective math teaching and learning.
Classroom Innovations: A Protocol for Teacher Collaboration
This guide offers steps and resources for working with peers to research classroom innovations that benefit next generation science classrooms, reflect on current practices, and respond to challenges.
WestEd STEM Projects Featured in National Science Foundation Video Showcase
WestEd projects are featured in the 5th annual STEM for All Video Showcase. The event features over 240 innovative projects aimed at improving STEM learning and teaching, which have been funded by the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies. During the week-long event (May 13-20), researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and members of the public are […]
Redesigning Math Curriculum to Improve Student Learning
How can research findings from cognitive and learning sciences be applied in authentic settings to improve student learning outcomes in mathematics?
Evaluating and Improving Tech Entrepreneurship Education Programs
WestEd's Aleata Hubbard shares the lessons she's learned while helping tech entrepreneurship education programs to better serve the next generation of innovators.
Innovative Math Program Boosts Community College Completion Rates
Community college students who took Carnegie Math Pathways' Statway course completed their degrees at three times the rate of their non-Statway peers.
NGSS Implementation: Six Recommendations for Investing in Science Teacher Leadership
Teacher leadership plays a critical role in implementing widespread instructional change, and in many ways, administrators hold the key to nurturing or stifling leadership development.
April Focus: Promoting High-Quality STEM Teaching and Learning
This April, WestEd focuses on what educators can do to inspire all students, especially those students who are underserved, to learn and succeed in STEM.
Jodi Davenport Publishes in the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
Jodi Davenport Publishes in the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning