Sending personalized messages to families is a relatively affordable strategy that can aid in reducing the number of school days missed, according to the working paper “Lifting Up Attendance in Rural Districts: A Multi-Site Trial of a Personalized Messaging Campaign.”
A new report by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools evaluates the success of scaling up California’s Multi-Tiered System of Support (CA MTSS) initiative. Scaling Equity: Unfulfilled Promises and Lessons From California’s MTSS Initiative evaluates the Phase 2 expansion, which was centered on […]
Nearly one-third of U.S. K-12 public schools mandate mental health screening for students, but officials say getting children the support they need is a challenge, according to a study released July 18. Researchers from RAND Corporation, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, the Harvard […]
A pair of recent fact sheets from the Learning Policy Institute (LPI) provide a national overview of teacher shortages in 2025 and insights into teacher shortages by subject area across states.
More than one in four children in the U.S. are chronically absent, defined as missing 10 percent or more of their school days, putting their long-term learning health, development and economic prospects at risk. Chronic absence affects all students, with significant disparities by geography, race […]
Schools play a key role in supporting student well-being, and a new analysis of governors’ 2022–25 State of the State addresses and legislation introduced across the country show state policymakers are increasingly adapting comprehensive health supports to help local educational agencies provide children with better […]
Results from a recent survey of 200 National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) members from K-12 districts nationwide found that artificial intelligence (AI) tools are rapidly transforming how school districts connect with their communities, and details how these tools are being used and what policies, […]
This spring, the San Mateo County Office of Education and nonprofit Ten Strands announced the launch of Seeds to Solutions — high-quality and free age-appropriate curriculum materials that educators can access to teach K-12 students about environmental literacy.
For many families, August is for frenzied back-to-school shopping and reestablishing morning routines to get children to class on time. However, August is also National Immunization Awareness Month — the perfect opportunity for schools, as well as parents and guardians, to review student vaccination records, […]
A recent national representative survey of 13- to 17-year-olds found that 72 percent of teens have interacted with artificial intelligence (AI) companions, with 52 percent deemed as regular users who access the platforms “a few times a month or more,” 21 percent using it a few times per week and 13 percent utilizing it daily.
