The report Aligned by Design: How cross-system math alignment can improve students’ pathways from high school to college offers recommendations that states can consider to improve the effectiveness of math pathways for learners.
High school (53 percent), social media (31 percent) and their parents (21 percent) were the top sources rising college students whose own parents received higher education cited for learning about their future careers, according to the California Cradle-to-Career Data System’s student experience report for the 2025 academic year. For first-generation college goers, school (50 percent) and parents (38 percent) were top sources, followed by social media (27 percent).
This Earth Day, recognized annually on April 22, San Diego County’s National School District will be one of six local districts participating in an event at the Fleet Science Center where roughly 200 sixth graders will learn about the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and explore sustainability-focused exhibits.
It’s been established that most teenagers in the U.S. have used artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, but a February report from Pew Research Center found that searching for information (57 percent) and getting homework help (54 percent) are among top reasons.
In fall 2024, just 32 percent of U.S. schools had recovered to pre-pandemic achievement levels in math or reading, and only 14 percent had recovered in both subjects, according to NWEA’s February brief “From loss to recovery: Diverging paths and uneven gains across schools.”
According to YouthTruth’s recent report, School Safety, Security, & Emergency Preparedness: Understanding and Acting on How Students Experience Safety, students feel safer at school when their concerns are heard.
The recent report Preventing Youth Homelessness in Highly Marginalized Populations considers causes of youth homelessness and potential prevention strategies for five groups of young people who are disproportionately represented among those experiencing homelessness, and underrepresented in research and policy conversations.
Although the number of experienced administrators (those with more than two years of service) increased in recent years in California, the overall percentage is on a slow decline, according to a new brief from the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools that examined those serving as administrators (primarily superintendents and principals) from the 2019–20 through 2023–24 school years.
Drafted in response to a request from Congress to explore the psychological impact of active school shooter drills on students and staff, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published its consensus study report, School Active Shooter Drills: Mitigating Risks to Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health, in 2025.
A webinar hosted by the Learning Policy Institute (LPI), “Community Schools as a Locally-Driven Strategy for Student Success,” detailed the investments states are making in the model and how strategies are paying off.
