california

To Address Chronic Absenteeism, Dig Into the Data

"We’ve seen how effective Academic Parent-Teacher Teams can be in helping students meet their learning goals," says Amy Song of the Georgia Department of Education. Find out how WestEd is helping Georgia educators empower families to take a more informed and active role in their children’s education.

A network of 25 districts in New York state are using data to address a barrier to the academic growth of their students who are English learners: Only 2 to 3 percent of class time for these students involves listening, speaking, reading, or writing in English for subject-matter learning. Find out how the New York Department of Education, working in partnership with WestEd and Stanford University, drove systemwide improvement in the network.

"We learned that this was the first time most of these young men had any sort of systematic approach to sexual health education,” says Staci Wendt, a Senior Research Associate at WestEd. Find out about Healthy U, a first-of-its-kind teen pregnancy prevention program designed for young men in the juvenile justice system.

Looking for intensive support to help turn around its struggling performance, Fort Howard Elementary worked with WestEd to implement a range of improvement practices. Learn how the school went from the lowest state accountability rating to an "Exceeds Expectations" score.