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Evaluation of the Richmond Fund for Children and Youth, serving youth across Richmond, CA, highlighting the first three funding cycles from 2021–24.

This paper explores the value of identifying early signs of distress in schools by examining leadership stability, staff management, culture, finances, and instructional programs.

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.

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.

This guide is for district leadership teams to use as a supplement to the Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement framework and related CALL survey. It suggests strategies and reflection questions to help guide school turnaround efforts.

Explore this data-driven report highlighting the persistent educational challenges faced by foster youth—one of California’s most vulnerable and underserved student populations.

This brief delves into some of the most pressing conditions contributing to current revenue volatility and explores policies that states may want to consider implementing to help them weather economic uncertainty and declining enrollment.

This report summarizes key research findings and provides guidance to School Health Centers on leveraging the system changes being implemented.

WestEd’s Systems Effectiveness Self-Assessment tool offers a structured approach to examining organizational health.
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A guide to elevate your leadership practices to improve your school’s teaching and learning for K–12 school leaders to develop and implement a robust, systemwide approach to fostering impactful Professional Learning Communities.