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Ensuring Literacy Success Across the Disciplines for Students With Disabilities
Explore how to support students with disabilities in reading—including dyslexia—to succeed using strategies that draw upon disciplinary literacy approaches—the specialized ways of reading, writing, and thinking in subjects like science, history, and math.
Role of Instructional Coaches in Implementing Disciplinary Literacy Instruction
Discover how instructional coaches can play a central role in advancing disciplinary literacy instruction for all students across subject areas.
Supporting Schools Before Students Are at Risk: Early Warning Systems for Proactive Prevention
This paper explores the value of identifying early signs of distress in schools by examining leadership stability, staff management, culture, finances, and instructional programs.
Re-VITALizing Your Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
Discover how Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) drive sustained instructional improvement by making teaching practice visible, embedding feedback into learning cycles, and strengthening collective expertise to boost student outcomes.
Reading and Writing Across the Content Areas: Helping Students Improve Comprehension in Grades K–5
Explore evidence-based K–5 comprehension strategies that integrate literacy across subjects, with practical examples to boost elementary student success.
Literacy Practices That Support Multilingual Student Success Across Content Areas
Discover four evidence-based strategies to build disciplinary literacy that boost engagement for all students, especially multilingual learners.
WestEd Perspectives Collection
A curated collection of WestEd Perspectives pieces — these thought leadership pieces offer timely, research-informed analysis and actionable recommendations for state and local policymakers, education leaders, and practitioners on the most urgent and complex issues in education and human development.
Building a Brighter Future: WestEd Resource Collection for Thriving Learners, Empowered Communities
Explore a curated collection of research-based resources and insightful blog articles from WestEd designed to help educators and school systems improve outcomes for students, teachers, families, and communities.
Legislating Literacy at the State Level: Six Considerations for Supporting Students With Disabilities
Learn more about how states can strengthen literacy policies to support students with disabilities through recent legislation, key considerations, and practical implementation resources.
Strengthening Literacy Routines in Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts
Explore how metacognitive routines can elevate disciplinary literacy and learning in social studies, English Language Arts, and science for all students. Discover practical tools to help students explicitly reflect on their thinking as they build academic confidence and engage more deeply with complex texts, scientific inquiry, and the writing process.
