States Push to Improve Secondary Literacy Across All Subject Matters
Maryland is undertaking large-scale implementation of the Reading Apprenticeship model to improve literacy across the curriculum.
February Focus: Improving Outcomes for Young People with Disabilities
This month, WestEd focuses on how educators are working to improve outcomes for children, youth, and adults with disabilities.
Effective Strategies for Teaching English Learner Students with Disabilities - Summer Institutes
This two-day institute addresses misconceptions about, and provides research-based strategies for, teaching English learner students and students with disabilities.
Sound Basic Education for All: An Action Plan for North Carolina
WestEd recently completed and submitted a comprehensive research and action plan that is being used to reach consensus on priority actions to transform education in North Carolina and provide a sound basic education for all. The report identifies positive, interdisciplinary actions the state can take immediately and over the next decade to provide necessary foundational opportunities to serve all students.
Remembering Ron Lally
WestEd mourns Ron Lally, whose long career focused on understanding the developmental needs of young children and supporting them and their caregivers.
Evidence in Education Is All the Buzz in the Beehive State
REL West staff held workshops for local education agencies and schools to build their capacity to examine the evidence for interventions using the ESSA standards.
January Focus: Principal and Teacher Leadership in School Improvement
Read about promising practices and evidence-based resources for supporting principal and teacher leadership — particularly for educators working in a school improvement setting.
Improving Outcomes for Learners Nationwide
This month, we are showcasing research and promising practices stories about states around the nation that are making a difference for all learners.
Expanding Evidence-Based Supports for School Leaders in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah
The REL West Educator Effectiveness Alliance has partnered with the West Comprehensive Center to help state education agency leaders strengthen their statewide supports for school leaders.
The Untapped Potential of Charter School Turnaround
Policies typically offer two options to underperforming charter schools: reconstitution or closure. One charter school pursued and succeeded at a less commonly offered option: turnaround. Read Perry Street Preparatory’s story in our R&D Alert.