In California, the number of IDEA-eligible school-age individuals changed 4.2 percent from 758,272 in 2022 to 790,465 in 2023.
Number of IDEA-eligible students continues to rise
Category: Conditions of Children
Conditions of Children
New data provides national, state and local trends on youth homelessness
SchoolHouse Connection and Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan updated data profiles on child and youth homelessness in January to include four years of federal homelessness data, as well as state-, county-, local educational agency-, U.S. Congressional district- and state legislative district-level data. New […]
Teaching artists help Butte County students overcome trauma
Butte County Office of Education’s use of trauma-informed arts educators following the Camp Fire can be duplicated in local educational agencies across the state to support student well-being.
Report sheds light on additional supports foster youth need to succeed
Foster youth in California face an array of systemic barriers that often interfere with their educational success. The UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools recently released a report, Understanding Belongingness, Support, and Perseverance: An Exploratory Study of the Educational Experiences of Foster Youth in […]
Addressing bullying and harassment head on
Bullying and harassment on and off campus are serious issues for students, school personnel and overall school climate. To help local educational agencies address the issue, the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments convened a panel of experts from the U.S. Department of Education, […]
Despite room to improve, more plant-based school meals are available than ever in California
California’s largest school districts have made significant inroads in providing culturally diverse, plant-based school meals to students, according to a recent report from Friends of the Earth, a nonprofit that advocates for environmentally sustainable practices. Plant-Based Trends in California’s School Lunches shows that availability of […]
Advocates express concern over pesticide levels in air surrounding schools in agriculture communities
On Oct. 14, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) released its annual Air Monitoring Report declaring that no air samples taken at monitoring sites — all located on or near a school site — in 2023 detected pesticides at or above health-protective screening levels […]
Experiences of transgender students detailed in CDC report
Transgender high school students face more severe challenges to their mental and physical health than their cisgender peers, according to an October report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Experts detail current mental health landscape and strategies to support young people
Recent federal data show that while suicide remains one of the leading causes of death for young people between the ages of 10 and 24, some numbers are trending in a positive direction for the first time, according to experts who presented the latest findings […]
Majority of U.S. children lived in food secure households in 2023
Eighty-two percent of American households with children were food secure in 2023, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in September.