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Download full textRuthie Caparas; Hannah Jarmolowski; Kelsey Krausen; Patrick McClellan – WestEd, 2025
While states are often impacted by cost pressures beyond their control, certain state policies can help stabilize school funding from year to year and help school districts maintain stable services during times of declining revenue. This report delves into some of the most pressing conditions contributing to current revenue volatility. It then…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, State Aid, School Districts
Jenna Howard Terrell; Robin Ahigian; Morgan Garvey; Sarah Barzee – WestEd, 2025
With constantly changing needs in a global economy, more flexibility in educational accountability for states and districts, and a focus on high standards for all students, state educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) are increasingly defining what skills, competencies, and knowledge graduates should have by developing a…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Profiles, Graduation Requirements, Student Development
Contann Dabney, Contributor; Terry Hofer, Contributor; Beth Jackson, Contributor; Smriti Jacob, Contributor; Jeannine Medvedich, Contributor; Andrew Morrill, Contributor; Shakinna Patterson, Contributor; Joe Sassone, Contributor; Giselle Sherry-Marsh, Contributor; Andrew Swanson, Contributor; Ashleigh Tillman, Contributor; Susan Villani, Contributor; Melinda Wallace, Contributor; Noel White, Contributor – WestEd, 2025
This guide was developed for district leaders and leadership teams to use as a supplement to the "Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement: A Systems Framework" and its related survey system. The Four Domains framework, from WestEd's Center for School Turnaround and Improvement, was created to assist states, districts, and schools as…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Educational Improvement, Program Implementation, School Districts
Walrond, Natalie – WestEd, 2021
Educators in K-12 school systems are increasingly acknowledging the importance of serving the "whole person" as an essential foundation for achieving equitable outcomes. The guide is based on the idea that equitable outcomes are more likely to result when whole-person initiatives are implemented in an aligned and coherent way. If…
Descriptors: School Districts, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Teaching Methods
Jonathan Nakamoto; Colleen Carter; Sarah Russo – WestEd, 2025
Project With is an innovative, literary-based curriculum designed for justice-involved youth. The curriculum has 12 lessons in which youth read a literary selection, such as a short story or poem; discuss the literary work with their peers and a facilitator; and participate in an activity aligned with the lesson's main idea. Project With can be…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation, Juvenile Justice
Melinda Wallace; Maria Paredes; Faith Burtamekh, Contributor; Kenwyn Derby, Contributor – WestEd, 2024
Developed for school and district leaders, Family and Communication Engagement (FACE) departments, educators, and all departments charged with engaging families, this playbook offers evidence-based strategies to enhance family engagement in middle schools. It is a comprehensive resource for those seeking to implement broad-based improvements and…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Family Involvement, Evidence Based Practice, Middle Schools
Trout, Lauren – WestEd, 2021
Restorative practices hold significant promise for school transformation. However, because of the widespread popularity of their restorative justice component, many educators mistakenly assume that restorative practices are merely responsive, focused on repairing harm to relationships as an alternative to traditional disciplinary approaches that…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Justice, Discipline, Punishment
Nicholas Gage; Kim Salomonson; Tori Ballew; Beth Clavenna-Deane; Nicolette Grasley-Boy – WestEd, 2024
The success of all students in schools, including students with learning differences, is contingent on how schools operationalize universally designed instruction, positive behavior support, and data-based decision-making for individualized and group-level interventions. When schools have fully functional multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS)…
Descriptors: Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Positive Behavior Supports, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
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
Canavero, Steve; Buckner, Laura – WestEd, 2021
Strategic communications is important for building awareness, engagement, and commitment for serving children and youth. When this communication is bidirectional, it also creates avenues for state education agency (SEA) leaders to receive timely, honest feedback from stakeholders about the effectiveness of whole-person initiatives. This guide is…
Descriptors: Organizational Communication, Alignment (Education), Holistic Approach, State Departments of Education
Caparas, Ruthie – WestEd, 2021
Across the United States, educators and education leaders are increasingly recognizing the value of social and emotional learning (SEL), school climate, and related whole-person efforts as keys to enabling student success. Many school districts are still exploring or just beginning implementation of these whole-person efforts, and many have…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Social Emotional Learning, Academic Achievement, School Districts
Jaquet, Karina; Skjoldhorne, Susann; Thomas, Colieen; Negrete, Deb; Robbins, Cate – WestEd, 2022
Elevate [Math] is a 19-day (76-hour) in-person summer math program created by the Silicon Valley Education Foundation to help middle school students who are struggling in math to achieve math proficiency, increase their interest in math, and develop a growth mindset. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the in-person summer program was adapted to a…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Mathematics Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Mathematics Achievement
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
