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This article details what courses executives at major companies would like to see in high schools.
This webpage offers specific policy recommendations to ensure more children in the United States have consistent access to healthy foods from the earliest days of life. The page also has feature studies and resources highlighting physical education and obesity among K-12 students.
This toolkit helps users engage with a diverse set of stakeholders about the importance of high- quality STEM teaching and learning.
This resource provides local policymakers and educators with nearly two dozen practical strategies for improving attendance that have proven track records and in many instances are easy to introduce and simple to scale.
This report looks at how federal and state governments can invest resources to achieve high-quality education and student success in ways that redress the effects of inequities and historical discrimination. The report also reviews resource inequalities in U.S. schools. It analyzes the results of efforts to address these inequalities, examining recent research on the outcomes of school finance reforms nationally and in four states—Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and North Carolina. The report also contains recommendations for federal and state actions that could support greater resource equity.
This study examines the relationship between children’s socioeconomic status (SES) and their cognitive and noncognitive skills when starting school using data from the kindergarten classes of 1998 and 2010.
This resource provides a list of philanthropic organizations and city/county funding streams for districts/schools seeking alternative resources to provide students with necessary supports and services.
This tool helps school districts and schools conduct a clear, complete, and consistent analysis of physical education curricula for K–12 students.
This brief provides a resource to states and districts on promising practices in measuring and improving attendance and engagement during extended school closures.
This report looks at the factors leading to increased special education costs for districts.
This fact sheet guides on how parents can help youth build a foundation for a successful transition to adult life outside of foster care. It also describes the challenges youth face, the effects of adolescent brain changes, and Federal laws and programs.
This article identifies six critical elements that impact several important aspects of schooling.
This position statement informs the general public, the K-12 community, and educators about the importance of teaching world religions in the social studies curriculum in ways that are constitutionally and academically sound.
This article describes how after-school and community-based programs are funded and supported legislatively.
This article details how states and the federal government fund after-school and summer programs.
This fact sheet details Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAP) requirements and the importance of IRAPs.
This brief details how youth programs and schools can improve social and emotional learning. The brief also provides resources for building partnerships to implement social and emotional learning.
This report discusses conversations among state lawmakers on whether and how to incorporate SEL into school and after-school curriculum.
This tool provides users with an interactive look at the intersection of school-based health centers (SBHCs) and high-need areas.
This bulletin guides states and school systems about addressing mental health and substance use issues in schools. It provides examples of approaches for services in schools and describes some Medicaid authorities that states may use to cover services.
This webpage lists the 2020-21 fiscal year allocations to California middle, high, and adult schools from the U.S. Department of Education Vocational Education Basic Grant Award.
This report lists four reforms any U.S. state or school can implement to make sustainable improvements within the current educational system.
This brief helps teachers support young children’s social and emotional development through evidence-based practices, strategies, and intervention procedures.
This article discusses how the support and guidance from teachers and parents can help young children in making choices.
