A new NCES report has some good news about overall high school dropout and completion rates, but it also highlights some areas of concern. Using a broad range of data, the recently released Trends in High School Dropout and Completion…

This First Look report provides selected findings from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) Postsecondary Education Transcript Study and Student Financial Aid Records Collection (PETS-SR). HSLS:09 follows a nationally representative sample of students who were ninth-graders in fall…

The report draws on a wide array of surveys and administrative datasets to present statistics on high school dropout and completion rates at the state and national levels. The report includes estimates of the percentage of students who drop out…

Even for teachers who aren’t feeling well, a powerful mix of devotion, obligation, and fear often leads them to consider coming to work.

About half of U.S. adults (51%) think having a college education is “very important,” according to a recent poll from Gallup that solicited responses from around 2,000 people. However, the data shows the public’s view of higher education has diminished…

The Digest of Education Statistics 2018 is a comprehensive statistical reference for all levels of education

This report includes in-depth analyses that examine the demographics, school characteristics, and course-taking patterns of the small subset of U.S. 12th-graders taking the TIMSS Advanced assessments; describe the extent to which the topics assessed in the study were covered in…

About 3 percent of the school-age population—around 1.7 million students—was homeschooled in 2016. We know that homeschooled students have different educational experiences than students who are enrolled in public or private schools, and recently released data explore some of those…

A new set of web tables looks at 2013 public high school graduates’ education and employment outcomes three years after graduation, focusing on students who had different levels of participation in career and technical education during high school.

A new report from NCES highlights various measures of the price of college for full-time undergraduates enrolled in U.S. postsecondary institutions in 2015-16.

Sixteen-year-old Taylor Henry was stumped by a question involving quadratic functions during a recent Algebra II class at Booker T. Washington High School. When she raised her hand for help, 17-year-old Roland Williams came to her aid. Displaying patience well…

When children spend more time in structured activities, they get worse at working toward goals, making decisions, and regulating their behavior, according to a study. Instead, kids might learn more when they have the responsibility to decide for themselves what…