Announcements

In these activities, students in grades 4-12 will use code to program planets to make music that is out of this world. Students will explore how computer science can be used to learn about our universe and to be creative at the same time. Learn more. 

This webinar recording discusses practical, ready-to-use strategies for preventing sexual violence and other gender-based violence in the secondary school setting. This webinar featured a roundtable of educators, prevention experts, and other officials describing actual practices, strategies, and lessons learned in their efforts to support prevention and reduce the incidence of gender-based violence in middle and high schools. Learn more. 

In this webinar, presenters discussed the causes of bullying behavior and the impacts of bullying. Experts defined and discussed the impacts of identity-based bullying and explored strategies for improving school climate to lessen identity-based bullying. Learn more. 

This video describes six steps to create a suicide safety plan, including identifying warning signs, coping strategies, and trusted resources. Sample language for sharing the video on social media are provided. Learn more. 

This video shares warning signs of suicide in young people. Sample language for sharing the video on social media are provided. Learn more. 

This webpage includes cultural competence, cultural humility, and responsiveness resources to help agencies, their professionals, and families better understand and communicate effectively with individuals across various cultures. Learn more. 

This webpage shares resources that highlight how programs and child welfare professionals can support young parents, including parents in out-of-home care. State and local examples of strengths-based programs for young parents are provided. Learn more. 

This webpage shares guidance on working with expectant and parenting youth in out-of-home care and ways to support them and their families. State and local examples are provided. Learn more. 

This bulletin (PDF, 18 pages) provides strategies for caseworkers, agencies, and other youth-serving professionals to better support expectant and parenting youth and their families. The bulletin provides tips for working with these young people and shares case-level and systemwide strategies that contribute to overall improved outcomes. Learn more.  

This fact sheet (PDF, 10 pages) shares stories and advice from caregivers and birth parents who have experienced kinship care on the importance of maintaining boundaries, managing family dynamics, building trust, positive parenting and communication, and securing support. Learn more. 

This webpage contains a set of web tables that highlight data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The tables include data on: 

• Graduation Rates for Selected Cohorts, 2014-19 

• Outcome Measures for Cohort Year 2014-15 

• Student Financial Aid in Postsecondary Institutions, Academic Year 2021-22 

• Admissions in Postsecondary Institutions, fall 2022 

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This Kahoot! Game showcases festive Census Bureau data on imports of holiday decorations, population estimates for places like Santa Claus, Indiana, and Rudolph, Wisconsin, and more holiday-related statistics and facts. Learn more. 

This interactive report describes results from the 8th cycle of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), an international comparative study of 15-year-old students' performance in reading, mathematics, and science literacy. The report presents results across these subject areas: 

• Mathematics Literacy 

• Reading Literacy 

• Science Literacy 

• Financial Literacy 

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This three-part webinar series supports Tribal child welfare professionals in building knowledge and identifying strategies to increase their understanding, acceptance, and support of LGBTQIA2S+ youth and families. Recorded sessions include: 

• Part 1: Foundations of Gender Diversity  

• Part 2: Origins of the Gender Binary 

• Part 3: Celebrating Gender Diversity 

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This data snapshot (PDF, 1 page) highlights the prevalence of bullying experiences, on school property and electronically, reported by high school students. Learn more. 

This tip sheet (PDF, 7 pages) offers actionable guidance to Tribal child welfare programs and caseworkers for supporting Indigenous youth in foster care. The tip sheet outlines strategies to help these youth strengthen their connections to their Tribe, culture, and traditions and access resources to navigate their foster care experiences and transition into adulthood. Learn more. 

This webpage shares tips for driver safety, teen driver safety, and child passenger safety during the holiday season. Learn more. 

This webpage provides tips for parents about helping teens stay safe behind the wheel. The webpage shares an overview of graduated driver licensing (GDL) laws, what parents can do to enforce GDL laws, and describes the benefits of driver’s education programs. Learn more. 

This webpage describes the dangers, consequences, and contributing factors of speeding and offers tips for encountering speeders on the road. Learn more. 

Application deadline: July 1, 2024 

Through this opportunity, NIH will support creative educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce in biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research. This opportunity will fund activities that focus on:  

1. Developing courses for skills development  

2. Developing and implementing a program to prepare nurse scientists and scientists in aligned fields to conduct research on the social determinants of health in alignment with the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Strategic Plan 

Learn more and apply.