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.
Spotlight: 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.
Spotlight: 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.
New Report: Understanding the Experiences of LGBTQ Students in California
A new report draws upon data from approximately 800,000 secondary school students and their perceptions of school supports, school safety, school engagement, academic performance, and mental health.
Early Childhood Development and Learning
Because healthy development in the early years pays off throughout one’s life, WestEd strives to ensure families and early childhood professionals have the skills and resources necessary to give young children a safe, healthy, emotionally secure, and intellectually rich start.
WestEd’s Michelle Tiu Joins EdTech Genome Project Steering Committee
Michelle Tiu, WestEd’s Director of Education Technology in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program, will serve as a member of The EdTech Genome Project, who aims to help inform educators and school administrators’ decision-making around which edtech solutions to invest in for their schools and districts.
WestEd Researchers Contribute to The Oxford Handbook of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
Anthony Petrosino, Sarah Guckenburg, and Trevor Fronius of the WestEd Justice & Prevention Research Center and Jenna Terrell of WestEd's Learning Innovations program contributed a chapter to The Oxford Handbook of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, published earlier this year.
Embracing the Challenge: How a Wisconsin Elementary School Radically Improved Its Performance
Learn how Fort Howard Elementary went from the lowest state accountability rating to an “Exceeds Expectations” score.