School board members, superintendents and school communications staff should be ready to communicate what the loss of ESSER funding for their LEAs. There are no easy answers, but CSBA is providing tips for communication around this difficult topic.
Evidence of academic recovery among students following COVID-19 pandemic disruptions has been mixed. According to a report released in September by the Brookings Institution, most data sources indicate small but promising signs of recovery in math and no widespread evidence of recovery in English language […]
The Center on Reinventing Public Education’s (CRPE) new report, The State of the American Student: Fall 2024, documents how pandemic disruptions impacted and continue to affect vulnerable student populations and offers an overview of overall recovery.
The School Superintendents Association’s (AASA) latest report on how school districts handled American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding found that providing expanded learning opportunities was the top expenditure.
While students and school staff continue to struggle with challenges related to mental and behavioral health, academic recovery and more, graduation rates nationwide appear to have rebounded following initial disruptions caused by COVID-19, according to a report released May 30 by the National Center of […]
The National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Justice Statistics released their annual report on indicators of school crime and safety for 2022 and found that the rate of cyberbullying among students doubled from 8 to 16 percent from 2009–10 and 2019–20, though rates […]
Although they are back in physical classrooms, increasing chronic absenteeism, behavioral issues and record low test scores prove that students are still struggling post-pandemic. Four graduating classes have been impacted by the public health crisis, including roughly 13.5 million California students, and undergraduate enrollment at […]
With the availability of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) II funds coming to a close in September and the third and final round of dollars expiring in September 2024 with a liquidation deadline of 120 days after the fact, local educational agencies around […]
Comparing the 2021–22 school year with pre-pandemic data, The National Institute for Early Education Research’s (NIEER) report The State of Preschool 2022 provides information by state on preschool enrollment, funding and policies, and outlines next steps for improvement. Enrollment was down 8 percent from pre-pandemic […]
The 2023 Report on Condition of Education released May 24 by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) found that nearly every aspect of preK-12 education has been impacted by COVID-19: School and teacher preparation program enrollment both declined, teaching positions remain vacant, student mental […]
