Sixty-five percent of educators expressed confidence in using digital technology in their classrooms, a 7 percent increase over last year, according to a recent survey commissioned by education and publishing company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. While 98 percent of educators reported using…

The International Association for K-12 Online Learning has released a new report focused on trends and practices in personalized and competency-based learning for English language learners. The report, “Next Generation Learning Models for English Language Learners: Promising Practices and Considerations for…

The National Center for Education Statistics collects data on crime and violence in U.S. public schools through the School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS). This First Look report presents findings from the 2015–16 School Survey on Crime and Safety…

The Netflix series 13 Reasons Why explores the suicide of a fictional teen, and the finale graphically shows the suicide over a 3-minute scene.  The series has generated widespread interest (>600 000 news reports1), including debate about its public health implications. For some…

Many new science teachers are assigned to teach subjects in which they have not been prepared, a practice referred to as out-of-field (OOF) teaching. Teaching OOF has been shown to negatively influence instruction and constrain teachers’ development. In this study…

Securing a child’s academic success begins with choosing the right schools. But how can parents decide where best to enroll their kids? Because children develop and learn at different rates, the ideal answer to that question varies based on each student’s needs.…

According to the most recent data, about 10 percent of K-12 students in U.S. public schools were classified as English learners (EL). But that only tells part of the story: a large proportion of students in U.S. schools are former…

In Spring 2017, a team of graduate students from the School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University, H.J. Heinz III College (Heinz College) examined current practices of a select group of education technology (EdTech) startups in the…

Data from two recent NCES reports—the Condition of Education and the Digest of Education Statistics—show that student homelessness is a challenge in many different types of communities. In 2014-15, the rate of homelessness among U.S. public school students was highest…

This First Look presents preliminary data findings from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) fall 2016 collection, which included three survey components: Institutional Characteristics for the 2016-17 academic year, Completions covering the period July 1, 2015, through June 30,…

This report profiles current conditions and recent trends in the education of students by racial and ethnic group. It presents a selection of indicators that examine differences in educational participation and attainment of students in the racial/ethnic groups of White,…

The National Indian Education Study is designed to describe the condition of education for American Indian and Alaska Native students in the United States. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)