The National Institute for Early Education Research’s (NIEER) 2024 State of Preschool report found that although state-led initiatives to advance early childhood education (ECE) hit “historic highs” in 2023–24, and preschool participation rebounded from the pandemic, overall progress has been “highly uneven from state to state.”
Participation in the School Breakfast Program (SBP) and National School Lunch Program (NSLP) both increased nationally in 2023–24, promoting health and academic outcomes for students, according to a recent report from the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC).
Forty-four percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) individuals age 13-17 reported being food insecure in the past month and 51 percent reported experiencing houselessness at some point in their life, according to findings from The Trevor Project’s April research brief “The Impact of Houselessness and Food Insecurity on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People.”
By June 30, local educational agencies across the state will need to adopt one of four approved reading difficulties screeners for implementation in 2025–26. A May report from Californians Together and Teach Plus, Considerations and Suggestions When Adopting a Reading Difficulties Screener for Multilingual Learners, includes guiding questions for LEA leaders for adoption and implementation and other resources.
Though California and Texas serve similarly sized populations of English learners (ELs) in K-12, the states have their own educational approaches that lead to substantially different outcomes in how students grow both linguistically and academically, according to data.
Just ahead of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, Pew Research Center published its new report, Teens, Social Media and Mental Health, which found that an increasing number of teens find social media harmful.
While the number of youths in residential placement has been on a steady decline in the U.S. since 2003, an uptick was observed in 2023.
Through a nationally representative survey of 1,286 individuals aged 18-29 that took place following the presidential election in November, the report How Does Gen Z Really Feel About Democracy? Insights from Three Profiles of Youth and Democracy found that most young people (about 63 percent) have a “passive appreciation” of democracy.
Resource guides published in March by AAPI Data, a research and policy organization based at the University of California, Berkeley’s Asian American Research Center, offer a glimpse of K-12 and higher education trends among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities.
Nearly half (48 percent) of the 1,591 adults who took part in the Public Policy Institute of California’s (PPIC) latest survey on education feel their local public schools do not receive sufficient state funding.
