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Joseph A. Durlak, Editor; Celene E. Domitrovich, Editor; Joseph L. Mahoney, Editor – Guilford Press, 2025
The definitive work on social and emotional learning (SEL) research and practice is now in an extensively revised second edition, featuring all-new and thoroughly updated chapters. The world's leading SEL scholars describe state-of-the-art interventions that build students' competencies for managing emotions, showing empathy for others, forming…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Educational Research, Educational Policy, Program Implementation
Rachael Conway – New England Board of Higher Education, 2022
For the first time in U.S. history, a proposal for nationwide free community college passed through the House of Representatives in the fall of 2021. Although the provision was ultimately dropped from President Joe Biden's Build Back Better bill, its early presence suggests the political appeal of making college accessible to more Americans. These…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Equal Education, Funding Formulas, Student Costs
Walrond, Natalie; Romer, Natalie – WestEd, 2021
To advance equity, districts and schools must serve the whole person. Equitable outcomes are more likely to result when whole-person initiatives are implemented within an aligned and coherent system. If educators at every level of the K-12 system--from the state level to the classroom--work in aligned and coherent ways to sustain the conditions…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Articulation (Education), Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
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Driscoll, Thomas F., III, Ed. – IGI Global, 2022
It has quickly become apparent in the past year that online learning is not only an asset, but it is critical to the continued education of youth during times of crisis. However, districts and schools across the nation are in need of guidance and practical, research-backed approaches to distance and hybrid learning. The current COVID-19 crisis has…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Distance Education, Blended Learning, Electronic Learning
Complete College America, 2021
This report is focused on both introducing corequisite support to institutional leaders looking for new approaches to addressing remediation and offering new insights that can deepen practice for those who are already at work implementing the model. Following previous reports on the corequisite model, "No Room for Doubt" outlines a…
Descriptors: Remedial Programs, Developmental Studies Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation
Winn, Maisha T. – Harvard Education Press, 2018
Restorative justice represents "a paradigm shift in the way Americans conceptualize and administer punishment," says author Maisha T. Winn, from a focus on crime to a focus on harm, including the needs of both those who were harmed and those who caused it. Her book, "Justice on Both Sides," provides an urgently needed,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Justice, Equal Education, Program Implementation
Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E., Ed.; Strambler, Michael J., Ed.; Schonert-Reichl, Kimberly A., Ed. – Guilford Press, 2023
Just because a school has adopted a social and emotional learning (SEL) program does not mean it will work. This book explores the conditions needed to implement, strengthen, and sustain effective SEL, and identifies paths that schools, districts, and states have taken to create those conditions. Major themes include equity of access to…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Program Implementation, Equal Education, Educational Quality
Ball, Wayne; Howard-Brown, Beth; Junk, Kevin – Region 9 Comprehensive Center, 2023
Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) invited 10 districts to participate in a community of practice designed to increase understanding of how to braid and blend federal funds. District teams composed of principals, superintendents, business managers, and other district leaders participated in four 90-minute virtual sessions. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Principals, Superintendents, Administrators
Tyler, Burr; Estrella, Denise; Britton, Ted; Nguyen, Kimberly; Iveland, Ashley; Nilsen, Katy; Arnett, Elizabeth; Valcarcel, Josh – WestEd, 2020
Over the course of six years, a diverse group of school districts and charter management organizations in California ran a substantial experiment in implementing the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in elementary and middle grades. WestEd led an extensive evaluation of that effort, the California K-8 NGSS Early Implementers Initiative,…
Descriptors: Science Education, State Standards, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students
Gallardo, Veronica M.; Finnegan, Patty; Ingram, Amy; Martin, Shannon – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2020
This guidance is designed as a companion resource to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction's (OSPI's) "Reopening Washington Schools 2020: District Planning Guide" (ED606044), issued June 2020. The goal of this companion document is to provide guidance, best practices, resources, and unique considerations for supporting…
Descriptors: School Closing, COVID-19, Pandemics, Bilingual Students
Nilsen, Katy; Iveland, Ashley; Tyler, Burr; Britton, Ted; Nguyen, Kimberly; Arnett, Elizabeth – WestEd, 2020
This 13th report in WestEd's evaluation of the K-8 Early Implementers Initiative for the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) provides an extensive response to the following question: What does NGSS science teaching look like in the classroom? The report first discusses Initiative teachers' experiences with four instructional practices that…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Education, Science Teachers, Teaching Methods
Council of Chief State School Officers, 2017
Every student deserves an education that prepares him or her for lifelong learning, success in the world of work, and participation in representative government. Unfortunately, far too many students are not receiving the high-quality educational experiences needed to help them reach these goals. Meaningful progress toward equity in education does…
Descriptors: Equal Education, State Agencies, State Boards of Education, Administrators
Estes, Elizabeth; Davis, Jeff; Shilton, Adrienne; Stoner-Mertz, Christine; Funk, Michael; Eisenberg, Lisa; Weller, Teneh; Knecht, Richard S.; Kelley, Veronica; Kain, Lara; Peck, Jennifer; Rosario, Aleah; Lombardo, Michael; Kimner, Hayin; Jacobs, Melissa; Dickey, Amanda; Epstein, Ken; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alcala, Lupita; Caparas, Ruthie; Coley, Aressa; Justus, Marianne; Willis, Jason; Larsen, Karen – WestEd, 2022
This field guide is a first step by a collaborative of California child-serving education, health, and social service experts and leaders to further California's current efforts toward one effective, integrated, comprehensive, school-based child-serving system. The guide includes guidance for both local education agencies (LEAs) and state leaders,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Guides, School Districts, Public Officials
Stiles, Katherine; Mundry, Susan; DiRanna, Kathy – WestEd, 2017
In response to the need to develop leaders to guide the implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), the Carnegie Corporation of New York provided funding to WestEd to develop a framework that defines the leadership knowledge and actions needed to effectively implement the NGSS. The development of the framework entailed…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Science Instruction, Standard Setting, Science Education
Villa, Richard A., Ed.; Thousand, Jacqueline S., Ed. – ASCD, 2016
This book provides an in-depth, research-based guide for ensuring that your school provides the federally guaranteed "least restrictive environment" for students no matter the severity of the challenges they face. "Leading an Inclusive School: Access and Success for ALL Students" offers administrators, teachers, and other…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Access to Education, Evidence Based Practice, Disabilities
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