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This tool provides users with an interactive look at the intersection of school-based health centers (SBHCs) and high-need areas. Users can search, map, and download data about child health, education, and socioeconomic status at the county level and compare it to national figures.
This bulletin guides states and school systems about addressing mental health and substance use issues in schools. It provides examples of approaches for services in schools and describes some Medicaid authorities that states may use to cover services.
This webpage lists the 2020-21 fiscal year allocations to California middle, high, and adult schools from the U.S. Department of Education Vocational Education Basic Grant Award.
This report lists four reforms any U.S. state or school can implement to make sustainable improvements within the current educational system.
This brief helps teachers support young children’s social and emotional development through evidence-based practices, strategies, and intervention procedures.
This 20-year study tracked a group of kindergarten students who were evaluated on social capabilities (e.g., listening to other, sharing materials). Researchers followed these children for the next two decades, examining whether these assessments could predict how these same children would fare by early adulthood.
This article argues that lower reading and math test scores will impact the future U.S. economy.
This article describes the expected learning losses from the COVID-19 shortened COVID-19 school year.
This tool allows users to see broad trends in history PhD employment and to assess how such factors as gender, area of study, and degree-granting institution influence career outcomes.
This research highlights the ways how advocates can more effectively communicate about CTE with parents and students.
This article discusses the impacts of COVID-19 on career and technical education.
This paper investigates the impact of participating in a specialized high school-based CTE delivery system on high school persistence, completion, earning professional certifications, and standardized test scores. The paper focuses on individuals from low-income families, an overrepresented group in CTE.
This paper reviews how states and districts have historically approached career readiness in K-12 schools and the limitations and challenges with current approaches. This paper also defines career readiness and argues that it should be pursued as an integrated measure under postsecondary readiness as part of ESSA state accountability systems as well as specific recommendations for the business community in addressing key implementation challenges involving the career readiness components of a postsecondary readiness indicator.
This Department of Defense program provides students with 25 hours of hands-on STEM activities at military bases nationwide.
This guide provides parents advice and answers to common questions about high school career and technical education.
This article gives parents basic guidelines to follow in assisting their child in making decisions.
This page offers history teaching/learning recommendations for parents and caregivers homeschooling adolescents due to COVID-19, including activities, conversation-starters, videos, and readings.
This guide has recommendations for parents on how to find and select after-school activities by grade level (K-8).
This article has eight indoor exercise activities for parents with younger children.
At home Work-based Learning Career Skills Activities are free digital lessons designed to prepare students with the skills needed for college and career success.
The Hands on Banking® courses are a great way for elementary, middle, and high school students to explore and practice money skills. Start learning today.
It’s never too early to begin teaching your children the basics of good money management. Learn ideas and strategies to start and continue the important money conversation at home and help them build healthy, lifelong financial habits. Explore our resources and activities and engage your kids today!
Designed to teach valuable financial skills, the Hands on Banking® program offers free online courses, lessons and activities that will help guide students through real-life scenarios and group discussions. And all without any endorsements or advertising.
Common Sense supports K–12 schools with lesson plans, educational technology reviews, and everything else educators need to empower a generation of digital citizens.