SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, & MATHEMATICS How Computer Simulations Could Transform Science Education

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING Register Now for Spring & Summer Professional Learning

Whether you're focused on preventing educator burnout, teaching complex disciplinary material to English learner students, or trying to better engage students by putting a new twist on the classic properties of matter, WestEd services build knowledge and skills, and present strategies designed to help all learners succeed.

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Professional Learning Don't Miss These Webinars

Sign up for upcoming webinars that will explore such topics as how an Oregon coalition is educating youth in the juvenile justice system about sexual health; strategies for supporting students in the stressful final months of school; and how to help students use argumentation to make sense of texts.

• March 27, 2018, 11am (Pacific Time)
  Healthy U: Promoting Sexual Health Among Juvenile Offenders
• April 11, 2018, 11am (Pacific Time)
  Crossing the Finish Line: Student Wellness and End-of-Year Transitions
• April 25, 2018, 3pm (Pacific Time)
  Evidence-Based Argumentation in Science: A Reading Apprenticeship Approach

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS Mark Your Calendar: Quality Teaching for English Learners (QTEL) Summer Institutes Are Back

During QTEL Summer Institutes, educators develop the expertise to challenge and support English learner students through a pedagogy of promise. Participants will experience powerful models of learning that scaffold the advancement of conceptual, analytic, and language practices in tandem.

The Institutes will be held on July 16–27, 2018 in San Francisco, California, and July 23–27, 2018 in San Antonio, Texas.

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EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT & LEARNING Getting It Right for Our Babies, Now in Spanish

Through the story of baby Eva, this animated Spanish-language video illustrates the challenges facing U.S. families and babies and the teachers who work with them.

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STANDARDS, ASSESSMENT, & ACCOUNTABILITY What Teachers Are Saying About Formative Assessment

Funded by the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, How I Know is a multi-year initiative that follows the journey of three school districts and over 60 educators as they design and implement formative assessment in their classrooms and share lessons learned from the process.

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SCHOOLS, DISTRICTS, & STATE EDUCATION SYSTEMS Promoting Successful School Turnaround

Download five recent reports designed to help administrators from state education agencies, local districts, and schools to lead effective school turnaround efforts.

• Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement: Indicators of Effective Practice
• The Engagement Playbook: A Toolkit for Engaging Stakeholders Around the Four Domains of Rapid School Improvement
• Recommendations for Differentiating Services to Support Schools Designated for Targeted Support and Improvement
• Examples of Actions Taken by Principals Trying to Lead Turnaround
• Prioritizing Talent in Turnaround: Recommendations for Identifying, Hiring, and Supporting Principals and Teachers in Low‑Performing Schools

AGENCY NEWS Join WestEd at National Conferences

Attend sessions and workshops conducted by our staff, and visit us at the WestEd booth.

• March 15–18, 2018
  National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Conference, Atlanta, GA
• March 27–30, 2018
  TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Chicago, IL
• April 13–17, 2018
  American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY

Identifying and Supporting English Learners with Learning Disabilities

No definitive processes exist for identifying English learner students with learning disabilities and determining the best academic supports for them. As a result, these students can end up in classrooms or programs mismatched to their needs, which can hamper their academic achievement.

This updated brief provides strategies and resources for consistent and accurate identification of these students.

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Carnegie Math Pathways: An Evidence-Based Approach to Transforming Math Learning

What if students who test two to three levels below college-level math could complete a college-level math course in a single year or even a single semester? Six years of classroom data show that they can.

More than 70 colleges and universities across the country, their faculty, and the students they serve are already experiencing this success as members of the growing Carnegie Math Pathways network.

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