A July 30 webinar hosted by the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading examined how the passage on July 4 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, coupled with other federal proposals, threatens programs like Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Head Start and the Digital Equity Act with cuts that could prove catastrophic for […]
More Americans support school cellphone bans compared to last year, with 74 percent adults saying they would support banning middle and high school students from using their devices in class — up from 68 percent in fall 2024, according to data released in July by […]
Education research organization WestEd is holding a series of 30-minute webinars from June through December featuring experts sharing research and evidence-based practices that help bridge opportunity gaps, support positive outcomes for children and adults and help build thriving communities. The July 31 webinar, “Reading and […]
In spring 2025, the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) surveyed its members to explore how schools are engaging students more directly in their communications. NSPRA then worked with SchoolStatus, a company helping districts tackle issues with “data-driven solutions,” to broaden the pool of real-world […]
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 […]
