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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.
This month we are highlighting resources to help you continue schooling this fall with a focus on equity, excellence, and well-being. This selection of resources provides actionable guidance to help you continue to make a positive difference in the lives of children, youth, and adults.
WestEd recently partnered with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) to provide key guidance for the recently launched “Restart and Recovery: Considerations for Teaching and Learning”— a fully customizable series of vetted resources addressing system-level conditions, academics, and student wellbeing. “The WestEd team is glad to have supported CCSSO,” says Natalie Walrond, Director […]
Rena Dorph is the newly elected chair of WestEd’s Board of Directors. Currently the Director of the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Dorph has three decades of experience in the field of education. She begins her one-year term as Board Chair on July 16, 2020.
WestEd is pleased to announce the agency has been awarded a five-year grant from the National Center for Education Research (NCER), within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), to lead one of two new national R&D centers that will focus on innovative solutions to improving opportunities and achievement for English Learners in secondary settings. The […]
To help educators use trauma-informed teaching practices in distance learning contexts, this brief offers strategies, with specific examples, for recognizing and responding to students’ social and emotional needs while teaching remotely.
We need to acknowledge what happened to Mr. Floyd — and to acknowledge how many times similar acts of violence have been wrought on other members of the Black community.
Check out these tools and resources designed to assist educators and policymakers in shaping practice based on evidence in schools, districts, and across states.
WestEd is pleased to announce the launch of NextGenScience—a new project and team focused on advancing science teaching, learning, and achievement nationwide through the implementation of rigorous science standards.
