New Releases

Explore WestEd’s resources, including research, tools, and strategies supporting effective teaching, learning, and innovation in collaboration with presentations at the AERA & NCME 2026 conferences.

This report examines the first-year progress and impact of the Carroll M. Johnston STEM Academy, a North Las Vegas middle school that reopened in August 2024 as a new magnet school after receiving Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) funding from the U.S. Department of Education through Clark County School District.

This resource examines the first-year progress and impact of the Burkholder Academy of Environmental Science, a Henderson, Nevada middle school that reopened in August 2024 as a new magnet school after receiving Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) funding from the U.S. Department of Education through Clark County School District.

In this archived webinar, WestEd experts walk through the compliance requirements that all California charter schools are held accountable for, and learn how to strengthen practices that serve students with disabilities.

A new study finds that California’s English proficiency exit standard is rigorous yet fair and questions whether the state’s additional reclassification criteria are necessary.

Learn how a Connecticut magnet school reduced suspensions and built school belonging by embedding logical consequences and community repair into discipline practices in this WestEd case study.

Learn more about the impact of NBA Math Hoops on student math achievement through findings from a randomized controlled trial.

This follow-up study examines whether math gains from the Air Tutors high-dosage tutoring program lasted one year after intervention and what the findings mean for sustaining student achievement over time.

Explore this comparative report on Colorado and Washington strategies for supporting highly mobile youth, highlighting policies, collaboration models, and recommendations to improve educational stability.